OUR FAMILY VACATION WENT WELL. WE HAD A GREAT TIME TAKING BAILEY TO THE ZOO. SHE LOVED IT AND IS VERRY MUCH CONVINCED THAT WE WENT TO BARNEY'S ZOO. THEN WE WENT TO MY AUNT AND UNCLE'S HOUSE IN STEPHENVILLE. HAD A BLAST WITH THEM. WE TRIED TO GO TO A WATER PARK ON sUNDAY BUT WE GOT RAINED OUT. SAD DAY. BUT THE KIDS HAD FUN WHILE IT LASTED.

MY SURGERY

DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

MY SURGERY WENT REALLY WELL. WHEN I WENT BACK TO GET PREPPED FOR SUGERY MY NURSE WAS A LADY FROM OUR CHURCH THAT I HAD TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH. THAT REALLY HELPED CALM ME DOWN. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE SURGEON THAT I USED WAS THE ONE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE USED PERSONALLY. AFTER I WASHED UP GOOD THEY STARTED AN IV AND TOOK SOME BLOOD. THEN THEY SENT ME TO A HOLDING AREA AND STARTED MY ANESTHESIA. I WENT TO SLEEP WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS ALL OVER. I WAS IN PAIN.THEY GAVE ME SOME PAIN MEDS TO REGULATE MY PAIN. ONCE I COULD BREATHE ON MY OWN THEY TOOK ME BACK TO OUTPATIENT FROM THERE THEY SAID THAT I COULD GO HOME AS SOON AS I HADE GONE TO THE RESTROOM. I DID AND GOT HOME AT ARROUND 11. MAINLY I HAVE SLEPT ALL DAY. GOT UP JUST A WHILE AGO AND TOOK SOME MORE PAIN MEDS. TRULY DO FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. IT IS AMAZING HOW SOMETHING SO SMALL CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SO BAD. I AM GOING TO TRY AND GET UP AND WALK ARROUND OUR APARTMENT SOME TOMORROW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONCERNS AND PRAYERS. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WONDERING BAILEY WILL BE WITH MY PARENTS ALL WEEK. THANKS AGAIN
FRANCIS & MATT

BAILEY

BAILEY'S EASTER EGG HUNT

WE ARE MOVED!

SORRY I HAVE NOT POSTED IN A WHILE. I WANT TO BE BETTER AT THIS BUT I HAVE NOT THUS FAR. WE ARE IN LUBBOCK NOW AND ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME. WE GET TO SEE MY FAMILY MORE. LAST NIGHT WE WENT OVER TO OUR FRIENDS HOUSE AND PLAYED DOMINOES. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. THAT KINDA THING IS WHAT WE MISSED ABOUT BEING HERE. OUR JOBS ARE GOING WELL. THEY HAVE NOT LAID ANYMORE PEOPLE OFF AT MY JOB AS OF YET. WE ARE CROSSING OUR FINGERS AND HOPING THAT WE CAN GET BY. I AM REALLY NERVOUSE BUT I KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS TAKEN CARE OF US BEFORE. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE HOW WE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT BUT IN THE END IT IS FOR THE BEST. BAILEY GOES TO THE DOCTOR MONDAY FOR A 2 YEAR CHECK UP WITH HER NEW DOCTOR. YES I KNOW THAT SHE SHOULD OF HAD THAT MONTHS AGO BUT NEVER GOT ARROUND TO IT. I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT HER FEET. SHE IS SLIGHTLY PIGEON TOED AND SHE MIGHT HAVE TO WEAR BRACES IF THE DOCTOR DOES NOT THINK THAT SHE WILL GROW OUT OF IT. I AM GOING TO ACTIVELY LOOK FOR A SURGEON TO TAKE OUT MY GALLBLADDER THIS WEEK. I AM FINNALY GETTING SICK OF IT TO WHERE I DONT WANT TO PROCRASTINATE ANYMORE. I DONT KNOW WHERE THE FINANCES ARE GOING TO COME FROM BUT I WANT TO FEEL BETTER. I AM TIRED OF BEING SICK. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO BE A LOT MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT I AM EATING THOUGH AND THAT HAS BEEN GOOD. I AM DOING THIS WEIGHT LOSS THING AT MY OFFICE. SO FAR I LOST 5LBS AND THEN GAINED BACK 2. I AM NOT GIVING UP THOUGH. WHEN WE FIRST MOVED INTO OUR APARTMENT I COULD BARELY WALK UP THE STAIRS AND NOW I CAN GET UP THEM MUCH EASIER. I HAVE BEEN VERY DETERMINED THIS TIME. I HOPE THAT I WILL STICK TO IT. MATT HAS BEEN A GOOD ENCOURAGER. WELL I WAS TOLD THAT ONE DAY MY TALK WOULD COME TO THIS. WE ARE EXCITED CAUSE BAILEY WENT POOPOO IN THE POTTY YESTERDAY. WE ARE READY FOR HER TO BE POTTY TRAINED. SHE DOES REALLY GOOD AT DAYCARE BUT HAS NOT BEEN AT HOME. SINCE MY SISTER HAS BEEN WATCHING HER SHE HAS REALLY TRIED TO WORK WITH HER AND SHE IS GETTING BETTER. I THINK THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BUY ANYMORE PULLUPS FOR HOME AFTER THIS PACK WE ARE JUST GOING TO USE PANTY'S MAYBE THAT WILL HERLP HER TRAIN FASTER. A WHILE BACK BAILEY GOT TO RIDE THE TRACTOR WITH HER PAWPAW FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE WAS SCARED AT FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD. THEN DAD TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND SHE GOT ON AND LOVED IT AFTER THAT. NOW WHEN WE ARE DRIVING AND SHE A TRACTOR SHE SAYS "PAWPAW TRACTOR". WELL WE ARE GOING TO HELP MY BROTHER MOVE INTO HIS APARTMENT TODAY. SO WE SHOULD GET GOING. I WILL TRY TO POST MORE LATER TONIGHT.

GETTING SETTLED

WELL WE ARE IN LUBBOCK. WE ARE GETTING SETTLED. WE HAVE MOST OF THE UNPACKING DONE. WE STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN BAILEY IN DAYCARE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS. WE ARE WAITING TILL WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE MONEY. SHE WILL BE GOING TO DAYCARE IN SUNDOWN WERE I WORK. IN THE MEAN TIME, MY SISTER IS BEING SO KIND TO WATCH HER. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP. I AM HAVING TO GET MY HEAD AND FUEL PUMP REPLACED. I WAS REALLY WORRIED THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. THANK THE LORD THAT BOTH ARE UNDER MY WARRANTY AND OR THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TAKE THE HIT.

MOVING

SO WE ARE MOVING......WE ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED AND EXCITED ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE JUST DECIDED WHEN WE WENT HOME LAST MONTH THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IF TRANSFERS WERE A POSIBILITY. I ASKED FIRST AND WAS TOLD THAT I COULD. THEN MATT ASKED AND WE FOUND OUT LAST WEEK THAT HE COULD. SO THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE COULD BE RELEASED FROM OUR RENT WITH A SMALL FEE. SO NOW THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD KEEP US HERE IS IF WE CANT FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. I THINK THAT LUBBOCK IS BIG ENOUGH AND THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. WE ARE GOING TO LUBBOCK THIS WEEKEND TO LOOK FOR AN APARTMENT AND THEN MATT WILL GO TO WORK THERE ON THE 22ND. HE WILL COME BACK THAT NEXT THURS AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO LOAD THE TRUCK ON FRIDAY. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE THERE ON FRI NIGHT OR SAT MORNING. WE HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF YOU MIDLAND PEEPS AND PLAN TO COME VISIT. WE JUST WANT TO BE CLOSER TO HOME.