The Dallas Steeles

The Dallas Steeles

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Minus TWO Tonsils

Well, it FINALLY happened! Breckyn got her Tonsils taken out!!! We told her that she was going to have a slumber party and she got to pick out her which pair of Jammies she wanted to wear. So, naturally she picked the ones from our favorite family in Malaysia! Those came all the way from Malaysia from Frank and Lily Leong (Our friend Debbie's parents). They Love Breckyn and Xander so much and we love them just as much!!! They are our Malaysian Grandparents!



Once we got to the Hospital they took us back and gave Breckyn some "goofy juice," which made her so funny!!! LOL!! Her ENT came into our "curtain" at one point to let us know it was almost time and she said (very politely), "Could you please leave. I am coloring." Strider and I about died! :) She was so funny. Then when the anastethiologist came in, who happen to be a girl and fairly young, she said, "Your pretty, I like you." She even got to take her Teddy Bear back with her into surgery!!!

When they took her back, she went willingly and calmly, which was good for me, because once they put us in the small, closet of a waiting area, I lost it. I know it was a very minor surgery, but you just never know and she is my baby! So of course, Strider made fun of me! But the whole surgery start to finish lasted maybe thirty minutes! The Surgeon said she did great and it was a good thing we took those things out because they were full of infection!





After we got to go back to see her she was so calm and I just held her and rocked her! She drank some Apple Juice, had a Popsicle, and we headed home! She is such a tough cookie!!

Breckyn got a surprise one day when Grandma Steele sent her BALLOON!!!! SHE LOVED THEM! So much that she NAPPED with them. She specifically asked me to bring her balloons to her, so they could nap too! LOL! :)

Overall, her recovery was WAY better than mine!! Within a weeks she was back to eating hamburgers and chips compared to my three weeks of chicken stalk and Popsicles! :)

Friday, February 10, 2012

HOT CHOCOLATE 5K!!!!



I DID IT!!! I SUCCESSFULLY completed my first 5K!!!! I was so excited and proud of myself!!! :) My running class ran together along with my friend Brandon and my friend Clair! It was because of Brandon and Clair that I beat my "record time" by 4 minutes!!!! WHOHOO! IT probably helped that is was in the TEENS when we ran too!! Pretty sure that morning was the ONLY day of "winter" we had this year!! BRRR!!!!!!

I LOVE doing 5K's now!! I am becoming quite the addict! :) Next Race: Dash Down Greenville on St. Patty's day!


Brandon and I after picking up our race packets!


Clair and I before the race.


Getting ready to get lined up!






My friend Laura showed up to cheer me on!!!




After I finished!!! I DID IT! And I was so COLD!!!