Rubber Ducky... You're So Fun

Grammy bought LM an awesome new bathtub. For those of you who have children around LM's age, this is one of the best $10 investments there is. She LOVES her own bathtub and it saves us from having to use a lot of water. She splashes around and plays forever. We let her wear herself as much as she wants in her rubber ducky. THANKS GRAMMY!!!

Update on Student From School

Thanks to all of you who have been praying for the student from my school. They are still waiting for the test results, but are treating John for both encephalitis and epilepsy. He is going much better, able to breath on his own and eating now. I had no idea that Transylvania County is 3rd in the nation for encephalitis. I thought 3rd in the state, maybe 3rd in the Southeast... NO THIRD COUNTY IN THE NATION!!! Call me ignorant, but I didn't realize that encephalitis originates in horses and squirrels. For those of you who don't know, Brevard is known for their white squirrels. So... scary hugh?! Continue to pray, as he is going to be transitioning back to school soon. Thank the Lord for all He has done. THis has been a scary situation, but we are so glad that he is doing much better!

Pray for John

A little boy from my school was airlifted today to Mission. He started to have seizures on the playground and became unconscious. As of tonight (8'ish) he is still in Pediatric ICU and they aren't sure what is causing the seizures. He has no medical history of anything. They are running lots of tests. As you can imagine, there are lots of shaken up teachers, kids and family. Please pray for John and everyone else effected by this situation.

Update

Little Miss is now officially crawling and pulling up on EVERYTHING. Ryan had to move her crib down last week. WAY TO GO DADDY!!! Just when I felt like her nursery had come together and I was loving it, then we have to move her down. She now looks like she is in a jail cell. She loves peeking out at us when we walk in to her room. Who wouldn't just want to eat her up with a spoon?!

I divert...speaking of eating... The original reason for this post was to thank all of you for your prayers about LM's tummy situation. The doctor called us back and basically thinks she had too many antibiotics in the NICU when she was born and her little immune system hasn't gotten over it yet. So, she basically has had a staff infection in her small intestine and colon for 8 months. WOOHOO! Now, aren't you glad this overbearing mom drove all the docs crazy to figure out what was wrong?! The doctor seems to think that a lot of probiotics and avoiding antibiotics for awhile, may do the trick. If not, then we will go on to step 2 (which I have no clue what it is at this point). We LOVE LOVE LOVE Dr. Whinesatt, her new GI specialist. He is very thorough and explains everything wonderfully. In his words..."sometimes doctors try the quick fix instead of realizing that the good Lord knew what he was doing when he made us." What can I say... WE LOVE HIM!!! We aren't playing the blame game and know that if LM had had something wrong with her at birth, the antibiotics would have been necessary. We know that it was only standard procedure for her to go on the 7 day round. So, continue to pray that the probiotics work and thank you again for all of your support throughout this all.

We want to say a special thanks to Aunt Lissa for confirming the fact that we aren't crazy parents and standing behind us in our decision to seek answers. We love you Aunt Lissa!

Oh Christmas Tree... Oh Christmas Tree... How do I put you up?

Ok, so for all of you experts out there, what do you do to prevent injuries with an 8 month old and a Christmas tree? I saw this as an example of how to avoid children breaking ornaments and I have to say, I am just not in to a halfway decorated tree.

I would love for my tree to look this good...

I have heard the advice about putting the breakable ones up high and all of that. I think I am more concerned about Lucy McLean pulling the whole darn thing down. Any suggestions?

P.S. We had a fabuluous Thanksgiving and enjoyed a great time with our families. Of course we have 5,000 pictures of Lucy McLean and we forgot to take our camera with us for Thanksgiving. So, just trust us when we say she looked as adorable as always and enjoyed being loved on by everyone over the break!

Thursday Night!

Thursday night, while momma was gone to school, we got out the video camera to show the world that I can crawl. Aren't you excited?! Momma and Daddy have no clue home much I love being able to move around! I also pulled myself up on the laundry basket and I was so amazed with myself. So, hopefully not only will I be crawling around, but I will be soon cruisin' around on my own two feet, but not in the next week if you know what I mean. Here is the video of myself crawling across the living room. You can hear daddy in the background offering a little encouragment as well. Thankfully, he will be able to start working half days starting on Monday. Thank you all for coming by to visit with us, supporting our family and praying for us. My daddy is healthy and ready to get back to his work. I am going to miss spending my days with him though! He loves me very very much, and we have had alot of fun at home together.


The Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLqdi3MHFeM

Update on LM's Tummy

Last night was a very trying night. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing and supportive husband. There were lots of tears and screams (screams only came from LM) BUT we got through it. We had a very hungry little girl this morning, but the doctors said she did great going back to surgery. Having to give her over to the doctors was possibly one of the most difficult things I have ever done. My heart cries out to mothers who have to do this, especially over and over again. I realize that what we went through is minor compared to what some parents have to deal with.

Anyways.... the doctor said that everything looks pretty good. There is some irritation in her small intestine, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything big. He took biopsies from a few different places and we should have results by Monday. Thank you to all of you who lifted us up in your prayers today. As you can tell from the picture, we are pooped. So, signing off and hitting the sack!