Another New Word--Quack!

We are working on a vocabulary....slowly, but surely!

Adeline Follows Baylor Around to Read to Her!!

It's so cute!

Bone Marrow Biopsy Results

We got the results back from Baylor's Bone Marrow from a couple of weeks ago. His super doctor hematologist called Adam today. Super Doctor for a couple of reasons...she knows everything about everything, she finds all kinds of free things for us that we never knew existed (like free cord blood storage for siblings of Baylor), SHE called today not her nurse or assistant, and last (& I think most importantly)she gave us her direct phone number! Direct meaning she answers the phone with 'hello'!!
Good news, no change. By no change, I mean his cell production in his bone marrow hasn't gotten worse. He has been in the lowest level of cell production for a couple of years now, but he just continues to hold steady. God has a plan!

It's November....give thanks!

Of course it's the month of reflecting what you're thankful for, and every year I set a goal to list monthly things of which I'm thankful....why wait until November?? It hasn't happened yet, but here we are back to November...
1. My husband...strong and funny and supportive and patient and a Daddy!!
2. My strong Baylor, who is benevolently unaware of how many people's lives he's touched. He just lives like any normal kiddo, griping about school, homework, & chores... But never about dr. visits, bone marrow biopsies, bloodwork, xrays, hearing aids, daily hormone shots or having hands like no one else! He's a bit of heaven.
3. Funny Adeline, who's excitement & zest & curiousity wear us out! She's incredibly healthy and such an addition to our lives.
4. My great friends. Friends like Melissa who keep me sane and "un_momly" and Kristie, who loves my child, and is orgaized enough for the both of us! She's so organized, she knows what her 3 kids are doing, and can still keep track of mine all at the same time! All of our other friends that keep our life fun by going out with us on the weekends, or chatting with us at work, or remembering to send a text when we haven't talked in a while, or comment about how cute our kids are on Facebook!! You're all special in some way!
5. Our great families. Our family who we know are there to help in any way! Theresa, who remembers to call and check in. Wes & Sarah who stay close & are great babysitters! Mom for saving us on any day when we're in a pinch. My dad who provides opportunities for my son to have four-wheelers and see deer and other wild animals that aren't possible as "city folk"! Nana Perky for having Baylor thinking that Target is the special place where families go to bond, haha!! Grandma Liz who will always say yes to any outlandish thing that Adam asked for because she loves him so much & who always thought it was important to introduce us to things like books and musicals, which we now make important to our own kids! And Papa Johnny for being such a supportive listener to my husband during all of their "insurance business" talks!
We love our families! Can't say it enough!
6. Our health...Yes, the old cliche! But with the daily/weekly stories of people we know finding out unhealthy news, I thank God every single day (not just November) for our health. We have tried our very best to keep our bodies as healthy as possible, no more feeding chemicals! We try on a daily basis to keep our diet clean & let our kids know that it's important to exercise your body. It's tough, so it seems like every day is a new day, but we've come a long way from the days of processed foods and fast food joints being part of our daily routine.

Give thanks!!

Hearing Aid Update

Baylor finally got his hearing aid yesterday. It was the cutest thing because you could see it all over his face that it was different. He kept making little noises to himself to hear the different sounds! Also, he said after we left the doctor's office "Mom, I can hear myself when I talk!" Wow! That's crazy the difference it makes. We went to Starbucks afterwards and he turned it off because their music was too loud! So, you want to know my first thought? The guilt of moms...why is there the mom guilt??? I spent this long knowing he might have hearing problems, but not knowing exactly how bad. What else do I not know? And how do kids tell you things aren't right if they don't know any different? Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again...lucky for us we have incredible doctor's (kudos to TX Children's Hospital) and incredible technology. And each year it only improves! We also have great family and supportive friends!
I'm so excited for him. It was well worth the cost!! :)

Laying Eggs???

So Baylor asked tonight in the car if humans had life cycles too, like frogs and butterflies. I said I guess because women have babies when they're grown and then it starts a new life, we just don't lay eggs like the others. Baylor laughs and jokingly says 'yeah humans lay eggs'. Adam made a weird face at him, and then Baylor spits out this whopper "You two lay eggs, you know like the other night. I saw yall laying eggs!" So Adam and I look at each other very perplexed/worried/ should we even ask him to further explain. Neither of us said anything and luckily neither did Baylor. Just on to a new conversation. Phew!

When a vehicle breaks down...

What do you do when your vehicle breaks down? Or when anything breaks for that matter? Get it fixed? Yeah, most people would, but not my husband. We just buy new stuff. He called me today because his truck has been acting up and it wouldn't start today. So, he calls me to inform me that he's headed to the dealership to get a new truck!!! I can't blame him. He gets it honestly. I could so see his dad doing the same thing. I love you, Johnny. Thank goodness the guy at the dealership (who happens to have his insurance with Adam) talked Adam into just getting his truck repaired and offered a free rental to "sweeten the deal". I'm sure we'll be paying for that free rental somewhere down the line. Thank goodness we aren't paying on a new truck note, though!

There's no denying that hair!!

I knew I had a picture of me with hair that looks exactly like Adeline's right now. I found it tonight and put these two pictures together to post on Facebook, so I though I'd add it here, too. Funny!

Adeline's Trouble

Adeline was very quiet the other night, which always means trouble, and this is what we found. She pulled the chips off the table, then the green sauce. I think she realized it wasn't a good idea after it went all over her and didn't taste good! Look at that face!!

Soccer Highlights

We don't know what happened at last week's soccer game. It was like someone gave Baylor a shot of B12! He hustled and worked so hard during the whole game, and he somehow picked up some fancy foot moves. He's learned to control the ball with both feet so when someone is in his way, he kinda jukes them and goes the other direction with the other foot. It was awesome. We were getting all kinds of compliments during the game, and the assistant coach even came over to us to make sure it was Baylor's first year to play! After the game, two different people came from across the field (not from our team) to talk to Baylor and tell him how impressed they were! Wanna see some proud parents?? That was us last weekend!! Now, the real challenge....let's see what he does in this Saturday's game!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! We went to Kegan's birthday during the day and then went with all of our friends from Lake Charles (that also moved to League City) on the annual hay ride around the neighborhood. It was lots of fun and nice to see everyone. Adeline was a forest fairy and Baylor was Ghostrider.

Pumpkin Carving Party

4th Annual Pumpkin carving was lots of fun!! E.T. and Elmo are my pumpkins, Melissa's is Mad Hatter, Adam did the Michael Myers, Susan & Skylar carved the pony, Thomas carved the wolf,Mike carved the cat, and Baylor carved the jack-o-lantern. They all turned out awesome.

Baylor's Bone Marrow Biopsy

We are spending the day at the hospital today for another bone marrow biopsy. Baylor's blood work looked good when we got there, though. The last time we spent the day at the hospital like this, Adeline was a baby. Now she's all over the place so I was worried about her behaving. She and Baylor are so totally different. She has already met everyone, and she just goes and sits at the little craft tables they have set up and waves to the kids! Baylor, on the other hand, hasn't left his chair in the waiting room and managed to squeeze out only one word to ONE nurse out of all the ones that talked to him.
Everything went well, and we got to go home around 12:15. Sometimes he wakes up from anesthesia really mad and screaming ludicrous things. Well, today I stayed out with Adeline and Adam went to recovery to get Baylor. He said today was bad and he thinks Baylor said the f word, but he knows for sure that Baylor called him a stupid bitch and a little shit (which is what Adam calls him)! We were trying so hard not to laugh in front of the nurse! In recovery, you're in a room with other patients, nurses & parents. Also, baylor asked Adam if he farted (very loudly)and when Adam told him no and to be quiet, he said Baylor started yelling "You farted"!
I'm laughing so hard while typing as Adam's telling me that I couldn't finish typing this post. We decided it's a good thing Adam and I don't go back to recovery together because we get the giggles and no one else back there thinks it's funny!

Soccer Time

Baylor decided he wanted to play soccer this year. It's going very well. He's a great soccer player. We're so proud!! He loves playing. Adeline is even learning to kick the ball around. It's very cute but hard to keep her off the field during the games!

Halloween Hopefuls

I love this time of year. We're spending more and more time outside, and we have our 4th annual pumpkin carving party. Baylor chose to be Ghostrider this year. His costumes are never very fun, but Adeline...oh there's the fun! The plan now is for her to be a woodsy fairy. I'm making her an autumn colored tulle dress with brown woodsy fairy wings. Sooo cute!! Let's hope I get it made on time. Halloween pictures to come! This picture, of course, is not Adeline, but it's a picture of the costume goal!

House for Sale!

Finally got the house on the market! It priced better than I thought. We're very excited.

Adeline's Thank You

This was Adeline's thank you from her birthday. I made them & had them printed. It was so cute!

Too Cute

A New Word!

Adeline learned "uh oh" today. Finally she's saying something I can understand. And she makes a funny face when she says it! And, equally important,she got a new jingly Halloween bracelet that she loves! Haha
And right now while I'm posting this video and watching it, she can hear it so she's walking around saying "uh-oh, uh-oh"!

Old Friends

We had a fabulous weekend with some of our very best friends that we haven't seen in two years! I can't believe we let the time go like that. How does that happen? And then you vow to not do it again & life happens. Thankfully, these are the kind of friends that are old enough and dear enough to pick back up like we just saw each other yesterday! Love you Dannas!!