Tidbits and snippetts and the Urology verdict

Lila's urology appointment this week turned out to be less informative than I wanted. Basically I was told that the tests they did do not allow them to determine the grade or severity of her case. So she was put on a different kind of antibiotic to be taken daily (supposedly not so hard on the immune system) until she is 5. If she ever gets a fever, she has to go to the doctor to get her urine checked to make sure an infection is not the cause of the fever. If it is, we talk surgery. We will see that specialist every 6 months. He turned out to be a nice enough guy, drew me a great picture of Lila's innerds and everything. It didn't make the fridge though. Apparently only 1% of people have this defect/condition. That's our Lila, beating the odds.

Here are some of my favorite moments of the week, made possible by my oldest daughter who, as it turns out, is funny.

-I am trying to lay out and it becomes overcast. I say, "Awwww, man. Where did my sunshine go?" Anabelle says, "MOM!! I'm right here!"

-The girlies are playing in their room. Anabelle comes to get me saying, "Mom, do you wanna see Lila's weirdo hair? IT WILL CRACK YOU UP"!! When I get to their room I see that Anabelle has emptied an entire bottle of baby lotion on her head. I didn't exactly crack up. Something like that. But a little different.

-I haven't seen Lila in a while and I can hear her crying somewhere. I ask Anabelle what Lila is doing and she says, "I dunno. SHE'S FREAKING OUT!!"

-Anabelle walks in my room and asks me, "Mom, is Jesus gonna die?" I do my best to simplify the atonement and the resurrection. I can see her little mind trying to wrap itself around such heavy stuff. She thinks about it for a minute then says," Um, we should probably have a family home levening about that in a lil while."

-"Mom, see my baby bear? He had tight sleep".

-We are laying in bed together one night snuggling for a minute. It is silent. And then,

"Could Jesus go to sleep?"
"UM......I guess he might.....maybe He watches you sleep"
"Did the wickeds kill Him?"
"Yes"
"But it's not good for us to say about killing"
"No, it's usually not. But it's good for us to remember that that happened to Jesus so that we can remember that He did that for us so that we always feel grateful."
"Okay. They should have just let Him go be with Nephi".

-I announce to her that she gets to spend the night at Annie's house on Friday...

GASP. VERY EXCITED FACE. "Can we go right now?!!"

"No, you can go on Friday"

"But I wanna go right now"

"We can't, Annie doesn't feel very good. She's having trouble with her kidneys"

"She doesn't have kidneys. She has adult knees"

- And just an hour or two ago...Lila is being a bit crazy. She's in her chair at the table where they are both supposed to be eating dinner. Lila is throwing food and rocking her chair and yelling. She throws milk.

I say, "Lila, no ma'am. No throwing milk".
Anabelle says, "No ma'am Lila. That's not okay to throw milk".
Lila continues the freak out. I get her something else to eat. She throws it. Anabelle gets it for her. And her milk. She throws the milk. Anabelle gets it again. Lila throws it again. Anabelle shakes her head and says in an exasperated voice, "Ugh. I just don't know what you want sweet baby". Anabelle and I make eye contact and share a smile. She says to me, "We are bosses together".

We celebrated our 5th anniversary yesterday so the girls had a sleepover at Annie's house, and we enjoyed a staycation. It was fabulous. Truly. Fabulous. I can't say we did anything extravagant or particularly exciting, but it is a new experience to do the same old things without kids. We even got up and ran the Birmingham Heartwalk in honor of our sweet little friend Emma Kate. Yeah that's right, we ran the heartwalk. We live a little on the edge. Especially when our kids aren't around. I also rarely discharge my static electricity before pumping gas and I've been known to cut the tags off pillows and mattresses.

It was so fun to run it together. While running we saw someone wearing something that should not have been. Unfortunately, that's all I can say at this time. I started laughing. And laughing. But I was running. And the laughing and running turned into hysterical wheezing. Which made Braden laugh. Which through me into greater hysteria. I soon lost control. A moment Braden will not soon forget nor allow me to.

Plus we heard a really rockin band. And Braden got a cinnamon roll from Edgar's. And I got to have my salad from The Olive Garden. And we partied with the Keislers. All very good things to be treasured.