Beautiful!

She's FINALLY here! My lil' sis gave birth to a BEAUTIFUL baby girl on July 23rd!

Little Miss Tynlee LaDeane is here! She is such a beautiful baby! If you can't tell I am a very proud Auntie!
I seriously took about a million picture but I figure I should let my sister post all the details on her blog so Brett and I each picked one of our favorite to post... trust me picking just two was SO hard- she is just WAY too cute not to take pictures of! Love her to pieces all ready!

CONGRATS McBride Family! She's is so beautiful! We love you guys!

The road to recovery...

Well it was a hard week but I am well on my way down the road to recovery! The doctor was not lying those first few days are rough... lots of pain and dizziness (F.Y.I. PAIN PILLS SUCK!). It's a darn good thing I have such a great husband to take care of me! He is so amazing! The doctors and nurses gave him a page of instructions and he followed them to every last detail! He had his alarm set to wake me every 4 hours for pain medication and was busy getting ice in the ice pack machine every 2 hours I seriously think he passed out at the end of each night! :) Between caring for me, playing with the dog, and cleaning up the apartment he literally ran himself to sleep every night--- BEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD! Now back to the shoulder... the surgeon was very happy with the results of the surgery! NO more bone spur! NO more ligament tear! NO more bursitis! NO more cyst! and NO more fluid! I am one happy girl! You go from being in so much pain to finally feeling like there is some light at the end of the tunnel! Each day I am able to move a bit more and feel like I am getting a little stronger- couple weeks of physical therapy and I should be back in business!

Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes- We are so lucky to have such amazing family and friends that called to check up on us and spoil us with get well wishes and gifts! You all are the BEST!

Thank you to my parents for feeding my hubby every night- He is still talking about those delicious shrimp you brought over!

Thank you to my awesome sister for out get well lunch! Pregnant and ready to pop and she still took care of her big sister! :)

Thank you to Brett's parents and sister for the beautiful flowers! It was so nice to have two beautiful arrangements to look at while I was laid up on the couch!You guys are amazing!I definitely know where my husband gets it from! :)

Thanks to my dad for making the trip up her to be with us during my surgery... I know it was a quick trip but I am so grateful you were able to be here! Can't wait to see you when you get back in from vacation!

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE! Healing is SO much easier with the help of great family and friends!

Some pictures on my incisions. Three small holes and a whole lot of bruising and swelling! :)

Ouch.

Brandie is home from the hospital. She is doing okay but is super sore and in a lot of pain. Good thing they sent her home with pain meds.

The surgery went well. Luckily her ligament was just torn so she will only be in a sling for a week. She is happy about that. The sling and ice pack they have her on are already driving her crazy. Thank you to everyone for stopping by with food and well wishes. It has meant a lot to her.

It's almost time...

It's almost time- No not for Lindsey Lohan to turn herself into jail for her 90 day jail sentence but for me to go under the knife! My shoulder surgery is tomorrow morning :( I am getting a little more nervous now that the day is rapidly approaching.

Yesterday Brett and I ran around the apartment like mad men cleaning and organizing- great to have everything finished but now I almost regret it. Now all I have to do tonight is sit here and think... alone with my thoughts- man that's a scary thought! I am such a control freak that not having something to do to keep me busy literally drives me crazy... I am afraid for tomorrow but defiantly ready to have this over with!

Fourth of July Celebration?!?!?!

This year our Fourth of July was spent at Primary Childrens Medical Center. My sisters little one unfortunately became very sick the Thursday before the 4th and was hospitalized (I am sure she will have a very detailed story on her blog!). With all our family out of town, my dad lives in Wyoming and my mom was in California visiting family, Brett and I bounced back and forth between caring for everyone's dogs and houses and visits to the hospital. It was quite the hectic week but it was nice to be able to spend the 4th of July with the McBride's even if it was under less than thrilling circumstances. Last week when we stopped by the hospital once Tayeson was feeling better we realized he was so hyped up on Morphine and Oxycoadone he hardly remembered any of our visits let alone the firework show we caught on the hospital balcony! I tell ya a three years old on drugs... gave us all a bunch of laughs! The medical staff told us he would either be extremely nice or well a little less nice... he was definitely less nice! He loved his mom and uncle Brett... his dad and Aunt Brandie, well he could have done with out us! He is definitely feeling better now- he loves his Aunt Brandie again! I think it made my day more than it did his! He's my little buddy so seeing him in so much pain and discomfort was almost too much for me to handle! I broke down in tears twice.... two more time than my sister and her husband! I tell ya they are amazing parents. They were with that little boy every step of the way... he is one lucky little dude! Finally after 8 days in the childrens surgical unit this past Friday night our little nephew was released from the hospital! Although he still has some recovering to do he is much better than he was on the 4th of July!

Tayeson just after surgery


Ouch! Big ol' chest tube...


Celebrating the fourth of July at PCMC