Surgery Update!

Ok, So Claire has to be at Cleveland Clinic at 11:15 am on Monday. We don't have to leave really early is the bright side, but we have to wait and I know anxiety will get the best of us! The doctor pushed us to be his last patient for the day which makes me think he may have some tricks up his sleeves??! As of right now they will work on one foot, and both hands. Because of the IV they won't do the other foot unless they find a different location. Another positive thing is that she can have clear fluids until 9:15 that morning, so when we get in the car she can't have anything. We are hoping and praying everything goes smooth which I am sure it will. WE are so LUCKY to have everyones support and we will have a little waiting room full of support! We will need it!! I will try to put something up about the outcome on Tuesday or Wednesday. (depending on when we get home because they could keep her until the next morning possibly.) Wish us Luck!

What a busy week!!!!

Emma Wearing her Mom's Sunglasses!
Emma Passing out candy!
Claire is playing with the pumpkin's insides!
Claire was picking out what she wanted!!
Giving kisses!!!
Claire's Pumpkin no teeth, just like her!
Landon and Claire supporting the Browns!

The Richey kids!
Grammie playing with Landon and Claire

Last weekend was very nice we got to spend some time with Aunt Desi, Uncle Matt and Cousin Landon! It was so nice to see all of them, almost two months since we had seen them! Landon is such a character! We loved seeing them and can't wait to see them again! Which will be Thanksgiving down in Tennessee. So we have had a busy week, Monday we had our usual appointments, PT and Chiropractor, they both went well. Tuesday we went up to Cleveland Clinic so that the head of anesthesiology could look over Claire. Her IV will be in ankle, and they may not be doing her feet we are not sure at the moment. They don't like to move the IV so they wouldn't be doing anything on the foot that has the IV. Then BCMH had told us they didn't need approval for the feet, and then a week ago decided they needed approval for the feet. So luckily they got the approval on Wednesday! Thank Goodness, so we only have 3 days to go! Oh MY!!! We had Trick-or Treat tonight and Claire had fun! Unfortunately we weren't able to go with Auntie Laura, Matthew, and Carter because Matthew had the flu earlier this week. Since it was so close to surgery we didn't go around with them but hopefully next year we will all be able to go! We walked her around in the stroller with Auntie Rah and Emma. It was fun and a good night for it all! Claire was center of attention with her Ladybug outfit! Emma helped us hand out candy and so did Aunt Andrea. We all had fun! We find out tomorrow what time surgery will be on Monday..... It should be early morning because they said she is either going to be first or second. We are planning on laying low this weekend and enjoying time with Claire. I will try to update how the surgery goes, wish us luck!

Surgery Update!

I got my call from our doctor's nurse today and Claire will be going up to Cleveland clinic on Tuesday to get evaluated by the anesthesiologist. Then we will probably have to go up another day for her pre-op tests. I haven't gotten a phone call from Registration yet, so I won't know until that happens. Next Friday we will know the time of the surgery, which the nurse said she will be the first of the day because she is the youngest. Which is fine with me! Less time to worry about everything but we will have to leave pretty early in the morning. I will update next week after the doctor's visits and let everyone know how surgery goes. We have 13 days left, I can't believe it! She will be one unhappy girl not being able to crawl! But she has to do this.

a fun weekend

We didn't do much this weekend but we did a lot of hanging out with the family and it was nice because the weather wasn't the best! Fall has hit OHIO and brrrrrr it's cold! Friday night Daddy and Fredpa went to a high school football game, while Claire , Mommy, and Grandma Crystal went shopping. We got Claire a new winter coat! She is not too much of a fan but she doesn't have a choice! Saturday we spent in Ashland, it was cold and rainy on and off so we hung out for the day. We had planned on going to a pumpkin patch but since the weather wasn't great we stayed in. Grammy Tracy, Grandpa J, Uncle Jerred, Aunt B, and Uncle Timmy were all there to hang out. Claire really got to bond with Uncle Jerred and Jerred tried to bond with her too! It was pretty cute! Sunday was spent hanging out at the house, and of course WATCHING FOOTBALL! We watched the Steelers vs Browns and the Steelers WON! Woohoo! It's so hard when they play since Mitch is a Browns fan I was raised Steelers! And Claire did her thing, crawling, scaling furniture, and talking! Grandma Crystal and Fredpa came over to see Claire and watch the game I guess. Grandma Crystal read to Claire and got her to sleep with her head to the left for a good 20 minutes!!!!! That's the first time we have been able to do that! So we were all very excited and hopeful! Countdown to surgery continues, I will be calling Cleveland Clinic tomorrow to hopefully fill in some of the holes for surgery. I want to thank everyone for all their support through this, you can prepare yourself but when they day gets closer you still have worries. Two Weeks to go ahhhhhh! Claire will be getting a pumpkin this week or next weekend. We are ready for Halloween! I put up a new slide show, we got a new camera so I have been messing around with it!

Columbus Zoo

What a very busy Saturday for Little Miss Claire, she ventured to Columbus, with Mommy, Daddy, Fredpa, and grandma Crystal. We did a little bit of running around Columbus and then went to the zoo. Claire was very well behaved, and enjoyed the trip. She may have liked seeing all the kids more than the animals but as long as she has fun it all that matters. She enjoyed the penguins the most! We got a smile and laugh out of her watching one swim in the water. She slept through the gorillas and monkeys. I think we all enjoyed our trip to the zoo and plan on making MANY trips in the next couple of years. Monday we are getting Claire's pictures taken, I am very excited since we took so long to have this done! We are getting closer to surgery only 4 Mondays to go! I'm hoping I will hear from them this week to find out more information on Pre-op and more information on the actual surgery. She is amazing us each day with something new, and she is precious. We are working on her squealing.....She likes to squeal when she's happy but it can be ear piercing at times, so hopefully we will get somewhere with that. If anyone talks to me on the phone they KNOW. We are going to go next weekend and get her pumpkin, and we are very excited for Halloween. Before we know it it will be Thanksgiving and Christmas and we can't wait!

Almost 7 months!!!

At the Fair looking at the bunnies
Happy girl in the stroller
Before the fair with Grammy
Before the fair with Grammy again!

I can't believe our little girl is going to be 7 months on Tuesday and (Daddy is going to be 26 on Thursday!) It is crazy how the months have flown by, and D-Day is getting closing, we have less than a month to go! Mitch and I are both getting anxious.....but we need to depend on each other and our family to get through it. With that said we are going to enjoy October the best we can because we don't know how the beginning of November will go. We are hoping for nice weather this Saturday so we can take Claire to the Columbus Zoo, and do some shopping while we are down there too! We need to get her a new car seat since she is so close to outgrowing her previous one. The girl is now on a mission to climb and stand on everything which she is doing a pretty good job of, and knows to fall on her butt! She is loving Halloween! My parents really get in to it (as do Mitch and I too) and they have a ghost that is voice activated. Claire will squeal at the top of her lungs to get to go off! It's cute and makes you hearing impaired at the same time!! For those of you have not heard the squeals of Claire Bear.....Watch out, they will get you! The girl is loud!!! (that's an understatement). Still no Teeth and it is really getting frustrating for Claire and for Mommy and Daddy! She's fussy more during the day than at night which is good because we all get sleep, but during the day can be rough. I've come to the conclusion she has no teeth and this is just a cruel joke! Other than that she is happy, she loves going shopping with mommy, and being in the car! She's in the car a lot with all her doctor visits and seeing Grammy Tracy in Ashland. She is really good so I can't ask for more! We also just wanted to say we are happy that Cousin Chloe, Brad, and Danielle are back from Costa Rica! We are glad they are back and had a good time!!