Springer Family: February 2015

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Surgery for Livs

On Feb 12th, Liv had her adenoids removed. She was having trouble breathing through her nose and wasn't getting adequate deep sleep at night which resulted in her being tired all the time. We took her in early in the morning to Legacy Randall Children's Hospital and checked her into day surgery. It was a minor procedure but still can be nerve wracking to have your child under anesthesia. The surgeon said her adenoids were huge so I'm glad we made the decision to have them taken out. She did amazingly with little to no post op pain or complications. Dr. Thomas was is such a great surgeon and even called me himself the next day to check on Olivia.

Watching a movie pre-op in her day surgery room

I crawled in next to her and watched Frozen with my girl.

All changed into her gown and she even got a brand new stuffed bear that she was able to take home with her.

Resting post op

A little groggy, but she did so well!

Ready to go home!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Birthday party with the Springer's

Saturday night we had B's family over for a birthday celebration for both kids. We had a delicious chicken parmesan dinner and cake/ice cream. The kids love having family over to our house. They got spoiled with gifts and had a great time.

He loved his Lego set he got from Uncle A

Huge bubble set from Uncle A

A ton of clothes and gift cards from Grammy & Papa and gift cards from Aunt Rochelle. They are excited to pick some stuff out at the store.

Happy Birthday to Peyton & Olivia!

I'm lucky they don't mind (yet anyway) sharing a party.

Best friends!

Swimming

Olivia just finished a session of swimming lessons. She did ok, but didn't seem to connect with her teacher. She was reluctant for the first half of the lessons and wouldn't swim with her unless she had a paddle board. But she turned around during the last few classes. I think a lot of it had to do with the time of the lesson..right at dinner time when she is usually the most cranky/tired. She of course loved meeting new friends and was a little social butterfly.

Finally trusting her teacher to do a back float.

Chatting with her friend while they did their kicks.

Four

I'm not sure where the time is going but my baby girl is 4! I feel like her first four years went by so much faster than Peyton's. I'm sure it's due to being more busy and a different work schedule, but dang I wish time would slow down!

I just cannot get enough of Olivia. She is the perfect combo of sweet, kind, sassy, cuddly, smart, stubborn and funny. Her and Peyt are so similar but also very different.

She hasn't had her well-child check yet so I'm not sure what her height/weight stats are yet. She is scheduled for surgery in a couple days to have her adenoids removed so I'll post an update about that. Prayers/good thoughts about that are welcomed! She's pretty nervous about it.

Here are some tidbits about Olivia at 4 years old:

~School:
Olivia goes to preschool 2 mornings a week and she absolutely LOVES it. She never had an issue with starting school which was the complete opposite of Peyton. She had zero anxiety, is very eager to learn and really is doing well. She writes well and knows how to spell/write her first and last name. We started reading BOB books and she does pretty well reading one syllable words. She counts to about 40 before she gets bored. She is always excited about school and wishes she could go everyday. Next year for her 2nd year of preschool, she will go everyday, ALL day which they just started offering. She has lots of friends that she's been around for a long time as they also have older siblings at the school. I love the thought that she will develop these long-term friendships from Preschool through 8th grade.

Here's her most recent report card...

Preschool picture

~Favorite Activities: She loves coloring, Playdoh, Lego friends, riding her bike, hitting wiffle balls, Subway Surfers/Temple Run on my iPhone, playing dress-up, puzzles, staying home with mom on my days off, and most of all-doing anything with her brother. They fight like crazy, but have their moments of totally enjoying time together playing.

~Favorite Foods: Olivia is not as great of a eater as Peyton is. She is THE slowest eater and really doesn't eat much. Her faves are PBJ, red/yellow/orange peppers, spaghetti, tacos, cucumbers, grapes, apples, pears, crackers w/laughing cow cheese, yogurt, almonds, and of course any sweet treat she can get her hands on. And her all-time favorite=GUM. Oh boy this girl loves to chew gum.

~Personality: Olivia continues to be pretty laid back and just goes with the flow. She is used to tagging along for all of Peyton's sports and other school activities. She can for sure have her moments of being tired and WHINEY. She hits a wall at about 4:30. Part of this I think has to do with her not getting deep sleep at night due to her snoring/breathing. We are praying this upcoming surgery will correct this. She is completely hilarious and has the best sense of humor.

~She is still sucking her thumb when she is bored or tired. She is always tired so hopefully the surgery will help with that as well. I'm really hoping once she is in school full-time that she will stop.

On her actual birthday, we had to work, and Peyton had basketball practice, so we didn't get to do anything that day. We did have her open a couple gifts from us.

Taylor Swift CD!

Legos!

Then a couple days later we took her to Chuck E. Cheese. We told her she could go anywhere she wanted for dinner and she somehow knew about Chuck E. Cheese. She must have saw a commercial on TV or something? Anyway, I wasn't too excited about it, remembering what that place was like as a kid-not the cleanest and a complete zoo. But we were pleasantly surprised! It wasn't busy at all on a weeknight and it was pretty clean. It's been totally remodeled and there was NO ball pit thank goodness. :) The kids had a blast.

Some iPhone pics: