One of Kaylee's Misadventures....

VIEW THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

CONTAINS IMAGES OF A CUT ON A FOOT AND HAS A LOT OF RAW LOOKING SKIN.  DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU GET EASILY GROSSED OUT. 

DON'T BLAME ME

 HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Well as you might remember we made a trip to California back in June.  We left on a Saturday, and by the following Monday Kaylee injured herself.   Luckily I wasn't around to see all of this play out, but

I've had to deal with a lot of the aftermath since then.   So don't look on, if you get squimish looking at cuts and raw looking skin...  Just scroll all the way down and see what it looks like now.  (Just a scar and all healed) 

These pictures were all taken almost two weeks after the accident happened. 

Soaking her feet in a sink so we could loosen the suture strips that were placed there by a nurse that looked at her while we were there, thus saving us a $750.00 copay to the ER... (Don't get me wrong, we would have taken her in if this were a more life or death injury, and as it turned out it wasn't -- thank goodness)

But by this time after being on for a week and a half they were getting loose and starting to fall off.  And I knew I could let her just go around with them half falling off, because the site was oozing stuff, which made me think it could have been infected. 

So we soaked, and used peroxide to work off the suture strips.

Seriously GROSS!!! 

 I was nearly wanting to FREAK out when I saw this because it still looked BAD and the accident had happened almost two weeks prior.  NOT A GOOD SIGN AT ALL. 

Ta DA!!  We got them all off, and proceeded to use peroxide to clean out the wound as best we could and then put some Neosporin type stuff with a pain reliever in it on and used some bandages to cover it again, to wait through the weekend and take her back in to the doctor on Monday. 

As it turned out, the doctor saw her on Monday and felt like there must be an infection deep inside the cut that was preventing it from healing, so they soaked her foot in a soap solution for about 20 minutes and then cleaned her up, gave her a prescription for antiobiotics... and asked us to go back in 1 week to look at it. 

I didn't get pictures of it then, but it was amazing how quickly it changed once we got her on the antibiotics.  The skin started coming together and sealing off.. and it was just amazing!!  What a miracle. 

And just earlier today about 5 1/2 weeks later since those

other pictures were taken here's what she looks like. 

I do have to say it looks a lot better now. 

My Beautiful Daughter Kaylee

This page was created using the same layout I did with Heidi and her "Freedom Bear". I experimented with the photo a little and love the effect I got, but I probably wouldn't be able to do it again... perhaps I can do another one that way just to see if I can "re-create" it.

I can't believe how much fun I keep having. I'm finding reasons to break out my camera and try to get some fun shots.... Someday, I'll achieve my dream. But for now, I can just practice on becoming an Amateur.



This bottom page is ALL Mine!! I had a lot of fun, with the layout because she was so animated while I was trying to capture her picture, that I couldn't just pick a few that I wanted to "SHOW OFF". I love the gift of learning that I have, and hope that I can continue to develop more in these areas.

Finally reaching the double digits...

I can hardly believe that my oldest is

10!!!

Her birthday is April 27, 1999 !!!

She's finally hit the double digits, and is growing into a beautiful young lady. Here are a few shots of her while we were just in California. We celebrated her birthday with her grandparents in California and with Aunts and Uncles there too!! She's quite excited for this birthday!! I'm not sure why, but maybe it's just because it's her birthday in general !!

And anymore she can be found listening to her Dad's Ipod.

She really wants one,
we're not willing to pay the money for it.

Plus she has an issue of responsibility that
she is still working on before we get something like that. But she does
listening to music.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLEE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Rollerskating Time .....

Last night Kaylee was invited to a birthday party, for a kid in her class. They were holding it at a rollerskating place nearby and she was able to go. So she experienced rollerskating for the very first time. Her knees are all bruised up today because of all the times that she fell down. But by the end of the party I was so impressed with how much better she had gotten. I took some video clips of it and will post those at a later date but for now -- I just can't believe how grown up she's getting. It's amazing how fast these little ones grow up !!! My oldest nephew is now 12!! That's insane -- so now we are past the initial period of toddlerhood into the tweens. Because in the next few years we will have at least 6 or 7 teenagers at the same time, and then start the college years ..... and life goes on and on. Sometimes I just want to make a life size Kaylee doll at the size she is now so that when I want her as a little girl again I can pull it out and hug "her" and read to her etc....

I've been a parent for the last 8 years and I still can't believe it. That's why I think I like "journals" and "pictures" because you can perserve some of those moments that are really special and mean a lot. I used to think that I would never live long enough to see the day that I was a "MOM" and here I am with 5!!! I swear my parents are going to be the "same" from here on out --- like they don't look like they ever age really. But if I were to look at someone else's parents I could totally tell they are aging --- isn't that weird how our minds and eyes work like that.