Happy Birthday Sweet Angel

Three years ago...
Two years ago...
Last year....

Our little princess on her 3rd birthday!
This was one of her birthday presents she got to open this morning. The gown came with earrings and a crown. Of course I had to buy her the matching shoes as well. I should also note....we couldn't take her out of the dress so she wore it to church. What?

Three years ago today my sweet angel was born. Copeland Arilia Tillery blessed the world with her presence at 11:19am on 4-6-05 (Wednesday). It breaks my heart to know she is three years old, but it makes me so happy to know God blessed us with her. She is the most precious and special girl in the world.

Washable...yeah right

SO PROUD of herself!
Picasso?
Okay...so I need to send an ugly email to Crayola. These makers are supposed to be washable, but they are not. It says so right on their packaging---false advertising! Copeland LOVES to draw on anything other than paper....especially her delicate, pasty white skin. The kicker is that I get so tickled looking at her "artwork" that I can't reprimand her! :)

Easter

The loot!
Like mother like daughter!
I bought these custom made overalls off of EBay specifically for Easter (more specifically for the Easter Egg Hunt in Philadelphia). Since Cope was sick the hunt was out of the question, but I was determined she was going to wear them at least once! You can look at her eyes and tell she doesn't feel well.

Our nights have been very sleepless lately. We've all been getting about 5 hour max and are all a little delirious. Yesterday morning when Copeland woke up Josh and I told her the Easter Bunny had been here. She looked at me and said, "he's like Santa". I knew what she meant, but Josh tried to make her understand that is was the Easter Bunny by saying "he's the one you've been seeing at the mall". BIG MISTAKE! Copeland is terrified of the huge, six-foot bunny at the mall. She thought he was still in the living room so she refused to go in at first. I had to convince her that he wasn't there. It was pretty funny.

Beautiful Baby Girl

Precious! I took these pics last Sunday at church in the nurser. I use the term "nursery" loosely because it's basically Copeland's room. Our church has a grand total of about 20 people. Copeland is the youngest. The next youngest is the preacher's daughter who is 12. Yeah...it's Copeland's room.

Tool Time

Copeland and Daddy "working" on the teddy bear carrier. Notice the tools?
Copeland was so proud of herself. Before Josh went in her room to "help" her she had already managed to take the handle off the carrier by herself. That is most certainly her Daddy in her! Of course this pic is a few days before the flu set in.

Sick...Again...No, I'm not kidding

Okay, so no pictures (again) this time. I have to report that today (March 21, 2008) my precious baby girl was swabbed positive for the flu. No. I'm not kidding. It's the first day of spring and Copeland has the flu. It's Easter weekend and Copeland has the flu. Let me tell you the story. I picked her up from daycare yesterday and she was fine. Thirty minutes later when we got home I noticed she was warm. I took her temp and it was 102.7. Okay, no big deal. Tylenol is our friend. It came down to about 100.3 before bedtime. However, that is when the real fun began. At midnight her temp was 105. More Tylenol, juice and a tepid bath. It came down to about 103. At 7:00am her temp was 105.9! Are you joking you may ask, but no I am not. Off to the doctor. We get to the MD's office at 8:15am. By 9:30am the MD still hasn't come in the room. I took her temp again because her cheeks were so red (yes, I had the thermometer in my purse..what?) and it was 106.1!!!! Normally I don't freak out about temps, but come on...106.1!!! I shot out of the room and asked for some Tylenol or Motrin from the nurses...guess what...the pediatric clinic had ZERO of either! Thankfully, Dr. Maranto came right in. After a good, thorough exam he decided to swab for the flu because "She has that look". It was very positive. Now as I'm typing this she is asleep on her Dora mat in the living room. Dear Lord my baby needs a break..and so do Josh and I. Keep us in your prayers please...again. Have a Happy Easter and remember why we celebrate the day. He is Risen! Love you all.

Answered Prayer

I just wanted to type a quick little note to let my loved ones know that my mammogram and ultrasound were both okay! Those are two answered prayers! To catch everyone up, yesterday I found a knot in my chest. After a mammo and u/s, Dr. Pupa told me that everything was okay. She, and Dr. Whitehead, think I have costochondritis (inflammation and swelling of the cartilage that joins the ribs bones to the sternum). This area is slightly sore and swollen, but should be fine in a week or two. Thank you all for the prayers! I love you all.