Grilling Out

Adam is grilling tonight, which really means he buys all the stuff and asks me what to put on the steaks. Then I tell him to light the grill, when to put the food on, when to flip the food, when to take the food off. Ok scratch that, I guess I'm grilling tonight! But it's fun, anyway! And he says tonight he outdid himself on the steak!! haha

Baylor's 2nd Grade Musical

Baylor practiced every day at home for 2 weeks! You can still see him being shy, but it's getting better!

Adeline says dada!

Baylor & Adeline

This one is for Mom because they mistreat my kids---cut them and stuff!!haha just kidding!

Another Bone Marrow Biopsy

Baylor had another bone marrow biopsy on March 3rd. His blood counts had been dropping over the past month & we scheduled the bone marrow a month early to stay on top of things. We don't know the results yet, but they did another blood test that morning and his numbers had shot way up. Really, it was kinda shocking. She joked that maybe they got someone else's blood! haha. Keep the prayers coming.
We are all lined up & things are in order for a bone marrow transplant if that time comes. Baylor had over 100 matches for him around the country. Please consider becoming a bone marrow doner to save a life! Visit Be The Match & register!
www.bethematch.org

Relaxing Weekend with Farm Bureau

This weekend Farm Bureau sent us to Dallas for a resort weekend. Adam won the trip because he was a Mater Agent for the year. Every February, they send all the Master Agents and spouses to a different resort. It was 3 days of massage, spa stuff, golf for Adam, shopping, nice dinners, just all around spoiling. So needed. Thank goodness for Gran who is keeping the kiddos! I got lots of sleep, and Adam and I love the time to ourselves! I do love all of these company trips. We are so blessed!

Tuesday's Drive Home from School

I may have said this before, but Baylor knows when he is telling me a story about other people or repeating what others say, he can say the bad word. So once he learned that, he does his best to remember all such stories so he can repeat them to me!
Me: How was school?
B: Daddy was freakin out this morning because you almost left with the car seat.
Me: Yeah I know. How was school?
B (in a very grown up tone): He said "oh shit, the damn car seat".
Me (laughing):Baylor, you can't say that.
B: What? That's what he said, the damn car seat (talking just like Adam)!
Me: sigh.......

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!