HAPPY 9 YEARS!!!

September 25th is our 9 year wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe we've been married 9 years and also to think about how much things have changed. I can definitely say though through the years our relationship has only grown stronger. To my best friend and love of my life - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

We got married old school style before digital. Here's a photo of us on our honeymoon. We look so rested...ahh the good ole' days!

GO OSU!!!

Our first home game for the Beavs was on September 13th. We played against Hawaii and won. I thought I'd post some pictures from that game. We brought kids to this game (Olivia didn't come as it was only a week after surgery and so she stayed and played at her Nana's house).

The kids relaxing and enjoying the tailgating (Anders, Mia & Evie)


Sonia very sweetly brought David and I flowers because she thought the first home game was our anniversary. It's actually the 25th (a game day).


Enjoying the game - Go Beavs!


I love this pic of Anders. He was doing the O of the OSU chant. He's so cute in his beaver gear too!


We are heading down to OSU on Thursday night to cheer them on against #1 USC. I figured any sort of positive thoughts might help against that game - YIKES!

Recovery...

Olivia's doing great. She doesn't eat very much but she is drinking. I love though when we ask how she feels she'll say "I feel a little good but my throat is a little hurt". She told us the other day she feels like she's only eating junk and she wished she could have a burrito...hilarious because of all things this is not her favorite food. I guess it probably gets old to just eat the soft stuff. Here's picture of her with her tooth. She's pretty excited about the tooth fairy coming and since it's an extra tooth she heard sometimes you get more.



THANK YOU for all the special notes. Here she is holding the book she got from her class. They took a class photo and then each kid drew her a picture. She felt pretty special!!!

At the hospital...

We arrived at the hospital on Monday morning. Olivia slept great but I'm not sure David or I could say the same. Everything went smoothly with checking in and Olivia didn't seem nervous obviously the benefits of never having surgery. Here are some pictures of her before...



Olivia getting familiar with everything. They were making her feel so comfortable and they had covered the mask with bubblegum smell so she was in heaven.


Post-op...
Olivia woke up around 11:45 am pretty violent. She was hysterical screaming for me (and they had already brought me in I was right next to her), kicking, trying to pull out her IV so they had to sedate her because they said she was delirious which can sometimes happen. The next time she woke up she did it again and so they had to sedate her with a different drug and that seemed to do the trick. She woke up for a 3rd time after sleeping for quite awhile doing much better and more aware. They only let one parent in at a time because it was busy in there. My husband came in once to see Olivia in the post-op but was immediately brought back out by one of the male nurses because he almost passed out. It provided some laughs because this is the guy that wanted to be a doctor at one point which he quickly corrected me and said it was a radiologist. We didn't get up to our room till after 4:00 pm.



We all spent the night in the room. Olivia was READY to go home on Tuesday. She said she was bored. I definitely am so thankful we only had to be there for a short visit. It's a blessing to have healthy children!

Surgery Day

Olivia has an extra tooth coming in (her top front tooth - you can see it in pictures...it's pointy) and it is embedded like a permanent tooth. She needed it removed but the surgeon wanted to put her under as it would be pretty traumatic to be awake. However, when the surgeon looked in her mouth his immediate concern was her tonsils. He said they shouldn't touch and they do. So we'll be at Emanual Hospital on Monday for the procedures and they'll be keeping her overnight. I've heard children recover from this surgery much better than adults do but the first 2-3 days are a little tough. She's a trooper but I'm more worried about keeping the busy body relaxed. At least she's looking forward to the popsicles afterwards.

Soccer Game

Olivia had her first soccer game this Saturday. It was hilarious. They play 3 people at a time, no set positions, no goalie and don't keep score. It's more to get them introduced to the game and have fun. The other team was AWESOME and clearly grasped the concept as they scored about 11 goals and Olivia's team scored 0. You wouldn't of known it though they looked like they were having fun.



Warm-ups...




She shoots and no score!


Good game guys!

First day of Preschool

Today was Mia's first day of Preschool. She was so excited. She kept saying all morning "I can't wait, I so excited". It helped that Mia is very comfortable with Teacher Wendy and her best friend Sydney is in the class too!

Miss Wendy telling her to pick her favorite color.


This is what I pictured her thinking...I'm so excited it's finally my turn to be here!!!


Talking while waiting in line to head to the gym...I'm pretty sure Sydney was showing Mia her outfit.


Mia was exhausted when I picked her up at 12:30 today. I think it was a full day of fun for her. To make sure I didn't miss her too much she through a tantrum on the car ride home. It made me appreciate my morning alone even more!

First day of Kindergarten

It's a big week here at the Christian household. We have one child starting Kindergarten and one Preschool. Luckily, they didn't start on the same days. I cried at the drop off for Olivia. She just seemed so grown up walking in to her new Elementary school. Big surprise she LOVED it!!!

The school had placed signs along the drive way welcoming the new kids.


Saying our goodbyes...


Meeting new friends and seeing lots of familiar faces that Olivia has gone to school with since she was 2 1/2. I think that helped because she seemed so comfortable with everything.


Preschool starts tomorrow so hopefully I'll hold it together but I'm not going to make any promises!