Super Bowl Sunday

Well....the day is here...SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!! Shelby is only excited because this is the last football game for a while. She doesn't seem to like to watch like we do. :-) Brad and Alexis are currently napping to be ready and I have my laundry almost all done. I'm cheering for the Packers...I can't stand Big Ben so I really hope he goes down! Could get interesting in this house...Brad wants the Steelers to win.

Things have been a little less stressful--the ear tube surgery went very well for Alexis. She has done great (doesn't like the ear drops we have to put in though-her face is priceless however) She is still rather jumpy by loud noises and seems to notice things a lot better. She seems to be sleeping better, but she still has a runny nose. We will know in about 5-6 weeks how things are doing with her ears....she babbles a lot, but she did before as well.
When we got home on Tuesday, Shelby came around the corner of the living room and Alexis ran to her as fast as her little legs would go and gave her a huge hug. It was priceless. :-)

Things are going to start picking up here in the next couple of weeks with work. Will be in Helena for a week, but this time the girls will be staying home with Daddy. Then just busy work stuff with State Testing, Spelling Bee, Spring Fever, etc. Brad's been keeping busy doing different things here and there. Shelby is enjoying school....she is upset that I will miss her Parents Day on Wednesday (Brad and Alexis are going to go though) cause I have 2 meetings in Miles City that day and 1 of them is only quarterly and I missed the last one. I told her there will be other days and may just have to surprise her and go over for lunch one of these days. The kids go crazy when you go over to eat with them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

**here is a SHORT snowman Shelby made on Friday afternoon...she used the blue koolaid to color him. She made him inside the little fence so Tar and Daisy wouldn't destroy him like they did last time--they ate all the oreos and carrots last time and she was rather upset. Seems to have learned from that one. We had to take the scarf, gloves and hat off as it was raining when we finished the pictures. Shelby's butt was cold since she was sitting on the snow a bit. LOL**

Alexis

I thought I would update those of you that still read this once in a while. :-)
We took Alexis to an ENT yesterday to have her ears checked....she isn't talking very well at all and the teacher in me is quite concerned plus she has been having repeat ear infections since the end of October and of course last spring she had 3 consecutive ones also. I had wanted tubes then, but we waited (wish I hadn't now), but finally got the referral in and he said she definitely needs them. She has severe hearing loss in both ears at this point-she failed the test pretty bad for being so young. He didn't even really have to look in her ears to know for sure, but Lo and Behold she has an infection in her left ear still (even after taking her meds for her sore). He wished he could have done it yesterday, but there was no way to get into surgery. So, we are going in on Monday morning for surgery. They want us to stay overnight, but we are hoping and praying it helps her hearing. He wants to do a 6 week check and it sounds like it is standard to do 6 month checks afterward until the tubes come out or are ready to come out--way different this go round than Shelby's was, but that was 5 years ago. LOL We will go back in March for another Audiology Test and a checkup--hopefully her hearing has improved by then or we will possibly have to look at other things. It's been very stressful, but I am so glad that someone finally listened and agrees that tubes were needed long ago. We are just using Tylenol to keep her pain down, but we didn't realize she still had an infection...she gets fussy once in a while, but no fever...she was tugging at her ears, but she does that normally anyways. We shall see and I will keep you posted on how things go next week. Shelby is rather upset that she can't go, but Brad has to work next week and since we have done this before I told him to stay home plus Shelby won't miss anymore school. We will go up on Sunday night and stay til Tuesday....may find a cheap hotel to stay at so we can just veg and she can rest afterward....I remember Shelby was really sleepy all day before we came home...then again they aren't alike in most ways, so Alexis could be a total bear about it all, or even better...want to go shopping. LOL
Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. THANKS!

Happy New Year

I hope your 2011 is off to a wonderful start! We have been busy in the House of McWilliams...Shelby officially turned 6 on Saturday...I am starting to feel kind of old now. We did a party with her friends from school on Sunday and she had a BLAST. She was pretty worn out, but it was the BEST party we have done and I wasn't nearly stressed either! I didn't get many pictures....Brad gave the kids rides in the sleds behind the snowmobile, but it was really cold with the wind and my camera kept freezing on me. They all came in for Hot Chocolate, we did cake/cupcake cones and opened presents. Then they had a hayday playing upstairs. It was wonderful. Alexis was rather cranky and didn't know what to do with all the people...she takes awhile to warm up to people.
Christmas was wonderful this **last** year. We did Christmas in Billings the weekend before..was really nice and the girls didn't get sick while we were there--seems to be our luck for that to happen. Then we did the Christmas weekend at the Ranch....I was happy to remember it all since my back wasn't hurting this year (Thank God). It was just an easy laid back weekend. Then for New Year's we just hung out...I think I was in bed by 10:00 (sad I know!) We had done Shelby's party with Papa, Grandma, Auntie and Uncle Kyle while in Great Falls, so they didn't come to Jordan this year. Then of course the party this weekend. I am so grateful that the Girls' birthdays are spread out....wears a person out getting everything ready. I hope you enjoy the pics and that the New Year is a wonderful one for you!
Love N Hugs