Baby Duck

Belated Thanksgiving Pictures.... Because I am a big loser mama and forgot the camera for Turkey Day, I was stoked that Aunt Sara stopped by to see LM and took some pics. Here are two pics from the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

P.S. Aunt Sara calls LM "Baby Duck". Knowing her, I can only imagine where the name came from, but I am assuming it came from the fact that she and Tyler gave LM her first present, when she was still a lil' peanut in my tummy... a stuffed baby duck! WE LOVE YOU AUNT SARA!!!

Not Santa's Biggest Fan

What can I say... Santa is NOT my BFF! Skylar tried to help me tell him what I wanted, but all I wanted was off of his stinkin' lap! Maybe next time!!!

Stoltzfus Hospitality

We were so excited to start off the Christmas Season with the Stolzfus' Christmas party last night. They are great hosts and we always enjoy being in their home. We packed in there this year and had a blast. Here are some pictures from this great event. THANK YOU MATTHEW, ROBIN, ETHNY and BABY S FOR A GREAT TIME!!!

Getting this party started...

Amanda and Lucy McLean (yes there are a few sprigs of hair that the bow is attached to) Uncle Chuckie and Jon... don't ask!
Kyndall and Little Sawyer who would prefer that we wait to take pictures of him!

The Cooks... Kelly, Savanna, Alissa and Hope (another head full of adorable hair that we are pretty jealous of!!!)

Happy Daddy and Daughter!!!

Ethny...PREC!!!

Chandler showing off his sketch pad

Does Christian look up to something?!

I hate this one turned out blurry... Lucy McLean and Hope shared the crib for a quick nap!

Again, thank you for a great time!

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!