Just a day before sweet Kate turned eight weeks old, she had surgery to remove her cataract from her left eye. We got up EARLY on the morning of May 21 to head to Children's Medical Center in Plano for her operation. Even though cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in the U.S., it's a different animal when the operation is performed a)on any baby and b)MY BABY!!! Let's let the pictures tell the story...
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Super Skater!
I know I'm relatively new to this parenting gig, but here's one thing I've learned in my 4 years, 8 months, and 24 days on the job: there's not much better than your child doing something that leaves you in total awe.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
One Month Already?!?!
As I mentioned in my previous post, the first two weeks of La Vida Kate were pretty hectic. Between the discovery of her congenital cataract, visit to the ophthalmologist, news of the need for surgery, and Jeremy's illness, we were all pretty wiped out! As a result - and I'm bummed to say it - I don't think I took as many pictures. So, this update is a bit overdue, but if there's ever a time I can be forgiven for that, it's when I have a newborn and a 4 year old, right? :)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Kate and the Neverland Pirates
As I mentioned in my previous post, once Kate and I were discharged from the hospital, we didn't get to go straight home - we had to go to see a specialist.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Happy Birthday, Kate!
On April 3, 2013 at 12:33 p.m., Katherine Anne Roberts made her entrance! Here is her first picture:
Our beautiful "little" Kate weighed 8 lbs, 12 oz and was 21-1/4 inches long. No wonder that just a few hours earlier, I looked like this:
Monday, April 1, 2013
Easter 2013: Part Two
And now - here are the pictures from Easter Sunday itself!
Just as Thursday through Saturday were busy, Easter Sunday itself flew by, but we had a great day! It started with us oversleeping... oops! Luke actually gave me a good look at the camera before we left for church. Hooray! :)
Here's a snapshot of his Easter basket. In the front are the eggs we dyed together! :)
Following church, we ate lunch at my parents' house. The highlight? Well, after lunch, we got Luke and JD to throw around some balls. We gradually got them to play a game... which ended with Luke chasing JD to throw the ball (ever-so-gently :D) at him. It was really awesome to see Luke truly engaged with his cousin and playing a game with him! They had a lot of fun!
About 30 minutes after lunch, we zipped over to Granny's house to hunt eggs (AGAIN!) with our cousins. I think at this point, Luke was kind of over the massive egg hunt. Fortunately, his precious cousin Nathan helped him get into things a bit more. Sweet little Nater Tot is the best!
And finally - the group shot! We did our best to get the cousins looking at the camera. Of course we missed sweet Harper and Carson, but they'll be with us next Easter- along with THREE ADDITIONAL BABY GIRLS! Oh Calvert family functions are about to get even more fun!
Finally - after amazing dessert that put Jeremy and I in sugar comas - we came home. We watched a little basketball and finished Easter with one more egg hunt in our back yard with our newly-delivered eggs from the Easter Bunny. Luke enjoyed this smaller-scale egg hunt, in part because he could kick some goals. He even wore his ears from his school hunt again, and for almost an hour! So cute.
I hope you had a Happy Easter, too! Next post? Well, my plan is that my next post is a birth announcement! :) Stay tuned!
Just as Thursday through Saturday were busy, Easter Sunday itself flew by, but we had a great day! It started with us oversleeping... oops! Luke actually gave me a good look at the camera before we left for church. Hooray! :)
Following church, we ate lunch at my parents' house. The highlight? Well, after lunch, we got Luke and JD to throw around some balls. We gradually got them to play a game... which ended with Luke chasing JD to throw the ball (ever-so-gently :D) at him. It was really awesome to see Luke truly engaged with his cousin and playing a game with him! They had a lot of fun!
About 30 minutes after lunch, we zipped over to Granny's house to hunt eggs (AGAIN!) with our cousins. I think at this point, Luke was kind of over the massive egg hunt. Fortunately, his precious cousin Nathan helped him get into things a bit more. Sweet little Nater Tot is the best!
And finally - the group shot! We did our best to get the cousins looking at the camera. Of course we missed sweet Harper and Carson, but they'll be with us next Easter- along with THREE ADDITIONAL BABY GIRLS! Oh Calvert family functions are about to get even more fun!
Finally - after amazing dessert that put Jeremy and I in sugar comas - we came home. We watched a little basketball and finished Easter with one more egg hunt in our back yard with our newly-delivered eggs from the Easter Bunny. Luke enjoyed this smaller-scale egg hunt, in part because he could kick some goals. He even wore his ears from his school hunt again, and for almost an hour! So cute.
Oh do I love him so!
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