kate's surgery

Last Monday Kate had her tonsils and adenoids taken out at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. She was very excited to be just like her "little" sister Annika (who had hers taken out last spring). We arrived at 6 a.m. on Monday morning and we were the first surgery scheduled for the day with Dr. Soumekh. Kate wanted momma to come back with her when she went to sleep. Kate did a much better job than momma....I lost it! As soon as she was starting to fall asleep her eyes started doing all these funny things and she started arching her back and I just started crying like crazy. Of course the nurses and doctors were great and assured me that this was completely normal, but it really freaked me out. Then as the doctors were getting started I was walked out of the room- were I got to sit all by myself and wait for the next hour and a half as Kate finished up with the surgery and went to the recovery room.

When Kate came back to our room she was tired. Unlike her sister Kate slept for two more hours and woke up asking for an orange popsicle. She ate two more popsicles and was doing so well that we were checked out before noon. Crazy! We spent the rest of the day watching movies at home, napping and eating lots of popsicles and "soft" foods.

Her recovery went really well all week long. Grandma Bakke came to stay with us and watch both Kate and Annika for the rest of the week. Now we are on spring break and I wouldn't even know that Kate had major surgery just a week ago. We love that our little girl can breathe more normally and is sleeping so much more soundly.

st. patrick's day {happy birthday daddy!}

princesses on ice

Earlier this month we surprised Kate and Annika with a special afternoon at Disney's Princesses on Ice at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN. We were surrounded by thousands of little princesses. I think Jason was a little overwhelmed. The kids are encouraged to wear their princess gear so Annika wore her Sleeping Beauty costume and Kate wore Ariel from The Little Mermaid.

This was our first big show that we have brought the girls to. Some of our friends from work gave us some great advice, watch Kate and Annika's faces when the show starts. So when the lights turned off and the music started both of the girls started giggling and smirking and then Tinkerbell started skating around the rink. I thought that maybe Annika was going to fly right out of her seat. She was so excited! Kate's favorite part was seeing Mulan and Ariel. At one point Annika turned and said to me, "How come they aren't falling down on the ice like me?" Lots of practice Annika, lots of practice!