Keeping up with the Kants

The procedure went better than I think either of us hoped.  We were at the center by 6, and home by 7:45.  I think Erich was thinking it would be like my gallbladder procedure, where he waited for about 3 hours, and recovery time was close to another 3.  They had her prepped and ready by the time the dr arrive.  He likened it to the Runza drive thru, in reference to time spent there.  And boy, he wasn't kidding.  By the time they were done, all I had time to do was check facebook and leave an update, maybe 7 minutes, tops.  She was pretty upset when we got back there, which we expected.  I gave her a bottle and she was still pretty ticked off.  I finally got her to sleep and the nurse came in and it started all over again.  I felt bad for a guy who was also in recovery, as he was surrounded by three crying kids.  I'd have asked for a different recovery space.  We got home and she took a very short nap.  However, she woke u...

We celebrated Harper's birthday this past Saturday with a small party,  pretty much just immediate family.  It was about 15 people, which was a pretty good size for her.  She didn't really know what to think at first, but she warmed up to the people pretty quick.  We grilled burgers and had lots of yummy sides.  Then we moved on to presents.  Harper loved them at first, then she made it her mission to collect all the bows.  This made opening presents last about twice as long as necessary, but it was fun watching her as she saw each new thing.  I think her favorite was a life sized dachshund toy, which was identical to Abbey...it was Abbey's favorite too.  She got some fun new toys, a bubble mower, popcorn popper, lounge chair, some music toys, and a swingset from mommy and daddy.  We've probably screwed ourselves here, because really, we have nowhere to go but up, and what's up from a swingset? Luckily our yard is probably big enough for...

In about 45 minutes, Harper will be officially 1.  It was about this time last year we were being prepped for a c-section, and had no idea of the speedbumps we'd encounter over the next few hours.  Of course, as they say, it was worth it!  Harper is definitely developing her own personality, walking everywhere and jib jabbing about this or that.  My favorite thing (today) is her little chompers.  She has these two vampire fangs on top, and nothing else.  Love this!  I finally captured a picture of it last night, so need to get it uploaded sometime.  We are celebrating tonight with soup and sammys, and then playing on her sweet new swing and slide set.  The big party is this weekend, and we're all excited to see family on Saturday.  I still can't believe she's One! This past year has truly flown by, and it has been awesome.  Looking forward to year two! Stealing balls! First trip to the park--she loved it! Trying out the rocks ...

I can't believe it's June 1st, and my baby will be a year old next week.  She is walking, talking (well, she can say some words, and sounds that could be words), has 6 teeth (still only the canines on top, my little vampire girl) prefers to growl over speak and has an attitude that could only belong to my child.  She is pretty much the most awesome kid ever.  We decided that since her birthday is on a Thursday, she should just go to daycare and treat the day as usual.  Then we both took Friday off and have plans to go to the Henry Doorly Zoo.  It's her first visit, and I honestly can't remember the last time Erich and I were there.  Then the next day is her party--see invitation in the below post (I was more than happy to advertise that bad boy, and in return got a $10 giftcard to shutterfly).  Just family at the party, she gets pretty crazy when a lot of people are around, and then all she does is cling to me, so hopefully she'll be a littl...