Adam is Teaching Baylor a Little Guitar

Maybe Baylor will Hear!!

Baylor can't hear very well (only 40-60%), so we have been talking a lot about hearing aides with his ENT. His doctor decided to first do a procedure this Thursday to check for fluid behind his ears. He had to really persuade me. I've been saying no for 2 years, but I absolutely don't think that's the problem. His bones in his ears are malformed (effect from Fanconi's), and I'm convinced he just can't hear, and not a fluid problem. BUT, what if it is fluid??? Easy fix. So, we are going Thursday morning to put him under anesthesia and find out once and for all.

11 months

Florida Trip with Farm Bureau Naples & Destin, Florida

Adam won the All Star trip with Farm Bureau. This is the summer trip for the kiddos. This summer it was 4 days at a resort in Bonita Springs, Florida near Naples. We drove and stopped halfway in Destin for 2 nights.

Finally lost a Tooth

Baylor finally lost a tooth last night. He pulled it out himself. He has always been very skeptical of the tooth fairy's existence, and I don't confirm or deny because I think the tooth fairy is hard to justify. Anyway so I had to convince him to even leave the tooth near his pillow. She came, and he got $5, but he reminded me this morning that the tooth fairy could be a man! I think at this point he'll believe in anything that brings him money!

Austria Trip June, 2010

Adam and I got to travel to Austria for a whole week courtesy of Farm Bureau Insurance. It was so nice. Mom kept the kids for 7 whole days!! Not an easy task! It was so worth getting away for a while, though. Stress free, beautiful city, and lots of catching up on sleep. As soon as I get all the pictures sorted, I'll post some.

Baylor Update

Baylor had an appt with his hematologist this morning. According to his blood work, his bone marrow is still producing cells but at a very low rate. It's been that way for a couple of years now. We will have another biopsy of his bone marrow before the end of the summer. I think it's weird sometimes that we can completely put this out of our thoughts on different occasions until it's the day of a Dr. appt. Then it all comes flooding in at once.

10 Months

I Come in Pieces!

Baylor has been playing swords/aliens/war this morning. We keep hearing him say "Fear not, I come in pieces!" Instead of "I come in peace". We were cracking up. My friend Melissa came over just a minute ago, so when she left, she gave him the peace sign and said "peace out". Baylor replied again with "I come in pieces"! Hee hee!

Helping with the dishes!

9 Months

Katie's Wedding May 2010

We went to Katie's wedding this weekend in Lake Charles. Sure do miss Lake Charles!

Grandmas Make Kids Rotten

So my son, who we try not to spoil, gets in the car today, and this is how the conversation goes down.
Baylor: Can I get a new nerf cover for my DSi game?
Me: Sure. Do you have enough $ saved up?
Baylor: (thoughtful for a minute) Do you know why I like going to visit Nana Perky? Because she always buys me DS stuff even though it was just Christmas. She just says,Do you want to go to the store and buy something?

Thanks a lot, Nana! :)

Woodpecker Family

We have one dead branch on our tree in the front yard, and it now has a woodpecker family in it. Mom and Dad worked together making holes in the branch, and now they take turns going out to get food for the babies while the other stays nearby. It's so cute.

Wrestling

Baylor loves to watch wrestling & records it so we can watch it EVERY day because wrestling on Mondays isn't nearly enough. And after, he and Adam wrestle a bunch and do chair slams & choke holds.
Every night I hear Baylor saying "daddy pleease choke slam me?".
When I ask why they insist on doing this, Adam says, "you know like when we were little and John & I would watch Karate Kid and then think we knew Karate. We'd karate kick the crap out of each other. Didn't you do that on certain movies?" I insist I have no idea what he's talking about, and, apparently, I'm the one that is not normal!

A "Corn" Person

So we are sitting here eating dinner. Adam is putting the dishes away, and I tell Baylor to finish his corn. He looks at me thoughtful and wipes both sides of his mouth with his napkin then says "you know, I'm not much of a (he does air finger quotes here)"corn person". I cracked up, and then told him to finish his corn!

Pulling Up!

Adeline can pull up and walk down the couch & I go behind her saying "no, no you're too little to be doing that!" She just laughs!

Sneaky Pictures!!

You know people say beware of profile pictures, etc, because pictures can fool you??? Well, here are some tricky pictures. They look so sweet. Brother & sister playing together, smiling for the camera....
So you ask, what was really happening? Adeline continuously knocks Baylor's castles down and crawls all on top of him. And Baylor is saying "Stoooop iiiittttt, Adelinuuuu!", "Mommy can you get here awaaaaay". The stretched out words are to emphasize the whining voice.
I move her and try to give Baylor some of the peaceful playing time that he has had for 8 years, but I secretly love it! ;)

Adeline 8 Months!

Lost Ring!

I've lost my wedding ring. I know... not too shocking for those that know me well. I really loved that ring, though, and I've only had it for about a year. Adam got it for me for our 10th anniversary. Luckily, because my husband is the great Farm Bureau Insurance Agent that he is, it was insured, but he won't buy me another one! I agree because I'm still holding out hope it turns up somewhere in our house. For the time being, I'll be sporting a brand new cubic zirconia!