Happy Aniversary to us!

Adam and I went to French Lick, IN, this past weekend to celebrate 4 years of marriage. Have you ever heard of French Lick, IN? Us either! We are so glad that this is where we threw the dart for our pasted together "romantic" weekend. We had low expectations and fewer hopes on the success of this weekend. We were just hoping that the joke of heading to the middle of now where Indiana would be enough to keep us laughing the whole time. We did do some research and knew that there was a designed single track mountain bike trail that Adam really wanted to do and I wanted to tour the two historic resorts there. We just didn't realize that there wasn't much besides that there! If you life golf or gambling, then there is a few courses and one of the hotels has a casino. There is a scenic railway and if we had time I would have wanted to do that, but we will save that for next time. Adam gave me roses and my very own bike for our anniversary, so the big perk was that I was able to join him on his bike. We had a wonderful time! I fell once, and I have a sore backside and elbow, but other than that, I'm fine. We fell in love with French Lick, IN, and hope to return soon. We just had a great time! Special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for keeping Ada for us! If you want to see the history of the Resorts, go to http://www.frenchlick.com

The Official New Orleans Recap

We had a wonderful time in New Orleans for Sally's wedding. There was lots of good eating, to include the introduction to a real muffaletta for Adam, and enjoying Cafe Du Monde first hand. The pool was fun at the hotel and of course, the company was the best. The wedding was delightful and we all had a great time. We found out that our little Ada is a real party goer. Once she got use to the music and had a little cake in her, she was ready to dance with the best, and not so best of all them. I think she was on a mission to dance with everyone there and I'm almost certain that besides the DJ she reached her goal. Ada and Sally became best friends. Ada thought being that close to a real princess was the most fascinating thing ever.

As we gather more pictures, because there were a lot, I will post some as they come. These are from the photographer's website, that is why it has his web address on them. We will order some of these, but if you see one that you want a copy of, let me know and we will get an extra copy.

Ada and the Doctor

Dear All,

Well we just got back from the hospital and all is well for now. She still has reflux but has been down graded to a 1 and 2. (She started off as 4 and 5, 5 is the worst you can get) So, this means she is responding well with the medicine and will continue taking it daily as directed.  She is "growing out" of this, but shows signs of possible permanent damage to her ureters (the tube that connect her kidney's to her bladder) that may need surgery to fix. Right now, we are scheduled to recheck her kidneys via ultrasound in 9 months, assuming that we get the same great results from a few weeks ago, she will have her bladder checked nine months from then. So, we won't have to go through what we did this morning for another 18 months! Yippee!! Dr. Hill thinks that because she has made such drastic improvements from what she started off as 3 years ago, he thinks that she might out grow the reflux, but is concerned that the damage to her ureters may not heal properly thus requiring further treatment to repair. Once again, she is not done with this battle, but is doing very well with her treatment.

As for this morning, she did very well. The "funny" gas was a hoot to watch with her. The hospital has staff who's sole purpose in life is to come in and distract kids during procedures like this. Kim, our entertainer for the morning, must have blown a million bubbles in the hour we were back there. Ada just giggled the whole time. She didn't like the nose piece but responded to the mask that the "gas doctor" had to hold over her face. She giggled, talked and laughed the whole time. She got fussy when they inserted and removed the catheter, but we were expecting that. She did experience pain afterward. The doctor said it was bladder irritation from inflating her bladder so large, but it would pass. That was great news, but at the time, not helpful due to the fact she was screaming and there was nothing we could do to comfort her. Luckily, the trip from the hospital to the doctor's office across the street wrapped up in her strawberry shortcake blanket and 3 suckers later, her spirits started to improve. She will still be sensitive for the rest of the day, but by tomorrow there should be no issues. Right now, she is fighting a nap and is singing at the top of her lungs, so I would say she is recovering back to normal quite well.

I think here shortly we are all going to take a nap, 6 am came early this morning for all of us.

I hope all are doing well!
XOXOXO,
Adam, Liz and Princess Ada