Outie to Innie

After Alyssa's umbilical hernia surgery (which involved closing a small hole in the muscle behind her belly button), the nurse told us she would be tired and probably just lay around and watch movies for a couple of days. She obviously doesn't know Alyssa very well. After the surgery, she practically skipped out of the hospital and never slowed down. She remembers them singing the Sponge Bob song to her before she fell asleep for the surgery, and the staff was amazed at her bravery through the entire process, much of which was away from Mom and Dad. Grandma Idonna came to the rescue (as usual) so we could work on Friday, and Grandma didn't have any luck keeping Alyssa down either. We are very grateful that the surgery was successful. I will miss her huge, squishy belly button - it was so cute! But she now has a cutesy little innie. Her first day home she sounded out and wrote "bellybutton" all by herself on her drawing board as "belebutin." She is still wearing her hospital bracelet 4 days later and thinks her surgery was super cool.