Wrestling

Baylor wants to wrestle every afternoon, so Adeline got in on the action & thought it was very funny!

The best seat in the house!

6 Months!

More Blood Work

We had more blood work done on Baylor and talked to the dr today. His blood counts had come up a little so that was good, but we will still check his bone marrow again the first week in March.

Baylor's Dr Visit

We saw the hematologist for 3 month check up today & Baylor's blood counts have dropped some. She wants us to come in 2 weeks & check again just to make sure it wasn't due to cold or infection or anything. It sucked. I don't know how we feel when we leave with news like that. I know it hurts Adam. I have mixed feelings. Mad, helpless, ??? I feel like we're just in a waiting game to bone marrow transplant. Thank God we have great doctors & scientists that can do amazing things like transplants. Keep praying!

Christmas 2009

We have so many Christmases! We had Christmas with Adam's Mom & Rick, then Christmas with Adam's dad & Perky, then Christmas eve and my Meme's, Christmas Morning with my dad and Christmas afternoon in Lake Charles with the Janese's. Whew...so much fun! The kids, of course, have a great time.

Ouch!

Baylor's been getting his growth hormnone shots for about 2 weeks now. He stills cries about them, but its all in his head. Adam and I both gave ourselves one and couldn't feel a thing. Adam says we could sell the medicine (HGH) to some baseball players and make some $$! haha
We have to alternate the shot locations so it goes left arm, right arm, left leg, right, left butt cheek, right & then stomach. The other day on the way home he was wondering where his shot was going to be that night and he says, " Mommy, are we finished with both of my butts?" I cracked up.

Adeline Learned to Yell

And she yells all day at her toys!

Baylor is 8!

Wow! We can't believe it. It sometimes seems we're stuck in a time warp because other people's children grow & look huge,but not Baylor. He certainly doesn't look 8, but it's true. I can't believe it's been so long. We are so lucky to have him. He has this energy that draws people in & we have no idea why because he doesn't even talk to people! haha Eight great years, and now he's such a good big brother.
We celebrated at Joe's because all Baylor wants to eat is crab. So he had a huge pot of crab & a gigantic piece of chocolate cake!

In the 20's

Yes, that's the weather temp I'm talking about. It's in the 20's in Houston, Texas. It's sad that it's this cold with no snow! Of course, I can't even get Baylor to put gloves on because he never gets very cold. We are spending the whole weekend inside eating soup and gumbo.

Adeline 5 Months

Deer Hunter Fun

My mom gave Baylor & Adam a new toy for Christmas. It has become mostly Adam's. It's a version of that old arcade game, Big Buck Master, I think. Adam & Baylor always play it on arcade when we go to pizza joints. Well, the gun just hooks into your TV and you shoot deer, ducks, cow patties, and some other random things. Here's Baylor standing on my bed playing! They love it.

How Fast Babies Learn

It amazes me that in about 3 days a baby can go from having no use of her hands (I don't even think she knew they were attached to her body) to having total control. I don't remember watching these little milestones as closely when Baylor was a baby. She learned this over the Christmas break. She can now grab whatever she wants and put it in her mouth. The favorite is mommy's hair!

Things I'm Thankful for Right Now

I'm feeling extra thankful since it's the holidays.
1. My husband, who is so very good to me & our kids. He does stupid things, but overall good! :) He is coming to the gym with me & takes all the classes with me, even if he's the only guy in there!
2. My new baby who is just as perfect as Baylor was when he was a baby. She sleeps all night, has to be in her bed with her blanky to go to sleep, and is so happy!
3. Baylor who makes us laugh all the time and is so strong. He wanted to start growth hormone shots, so we did today.
4. My family & Adam's family & all of our close friends who were so good to us at Christmas. It was so nice to see everyone!

Growth Hormone for Baylor

We started growth hormone shots today for Baylor. A nurse came out to our house and showed us how to work the shot pen. We practiced on fake skin a couple of times, and I gave him his first shot tonight. It takes about 2-3 months to start working, if it works at all. So we're keeping our fingers crossed. Baylor didn't even feel the shot. I think we are going to try to do it while he's sleeping tomorrow night. He is dead to the world when he's asleep, so we're guessing it will be fine.

Funny Marriage Story

Let me preface this story with the fact the Baylor loves, loves, is in love with his baby sister! So Baylor and I are in the car with Adeline (where most of the funny stories happen--don't know why), and he is asking about last names and why we (me,him, daddy, adeline) all have the same last name. And why Uncle Justin & Uncle Wes don't have our last name. So I'm explaining that my name changed to Janese when I married daddy. I told him that when he gets married, that girl will change her name to Janese, too. Baylor says, "Well mom, I'm marrying her (pointing to Adeline) and her name is already Janese." It was said like duh, how could I not know that! hahahaha! I told him he couldn't marry his sister and he asked why, so I just left it with an "I don't know". That's my answer lately for all the things I don't want to get into great detail about!

Adeline's Baptism

Adeline had her baptism yesterday. Uncle Justin & Aunt Theresa came as her godparents & all the family came. She got some really neat gifts. Mom gave her a baby ring that belonged to her 50 years ago, a bracelet from aunt Theresa & Uncle Justin, a charm from Grandpa Lulue, a bible with her name engraved on it from Grandma Liz, and a knife from Papa Johnny & Nanna Perky with her name and baptism date engraved on it. The knife was really neat because it came with a little poem & you are supposed to use her Christening knife to cut her cake & then birthday cakes each year up until her wedding cake! Sooo cute!
She wore the Janese baptism gown. How old is that thing? 30 years? I'll have to find out.

Adeline 4 Months

More Yo-Yo

Haha! He still loves it.

Ear Piercing

We took Adeline today to get her ears pierced. She cried more than when she got her immunization shots! Poor baby. Baylor was so sweet. He said he would get his pierced next weekend. Haha