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Millie's Surgery

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The day before Millie's surgery, she locked herself in her closet twice. She had several meltdowns that day and confided in us that she was afraid to have surgery. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. We needed to be in Atlanta at 7 am, so we decided to book the cheapest (non-killiest)hotel we could find. Millie's husband came along for the trip. He slept with me and Millie!! Bad husband!! Millie brought her husband and her blanket with her to the hospital. The staff reassured us that both items would stay with her the entire time. She wanted to bring her Mermaid Tail, but we left that in the car. Millie was just generally being silly. They tagged her and her husband. The staff got a huge kick out of Roots. More silliness. Once the OR was ready, they brought Millie some "silly juice." It didn't take her long to go from this, To this. Once it was time to take her off, she wouldn't let me hug her, but I leaned in and kissed her o

Autumn's Birthday!

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With my surgery tomorrow and Millie's next week, we needed to celebrate Autumn's birthday early. We wanted to make sure Millie could participate. Autumn wanted a Chuck E Cheese birthday party. What she really wanted was a go at the ticket blaster. Have I ever expressed how much I hate Chuck E Cheese? It is HORRIBLE. The food is bad. The place smells. It is loud. It was crowded. There were rude people. Someone even stole Autumn's tickets while she was opening her gifts. Nevertheless, the girl LOVED it. She has said multiple times since her party that "it was the best party ever!" In the end, that is what counts right? Here are the photos: My mom made the cupcakes, but I decorated them. I thought I did pretty good! Autumn's cake. Autumn with her cake! She loved it! Jordan's cake. My niece Morgan and me! She is six months old now! The birthday girls. Silly faces. Victoria, Millie and Katie. Singing happy birt