Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tales from the home front ...

While we are in Russia, Mason and Payton are being cared for by my sister, with a little Grandma and Auntie Shay in between. My mom sent me this email ... so cute ... makes me miss the kids even more ...

A couple stories from yesterday.

Payton: She comes in and goes right for the toy chest where she loves to cover herself with the Mardi Gras beads. Come lunch time, Mason’s was done first and we agreed that he could sit on the chair with a tv tray. Well when I put Payton’s dish on the kitchen table, she put her head down to cry. You see she too wanted a tv tray. She has no problems communicating and she certainly knows what she wants.

Mason: I have pansies that have needed planting for 3 weeks so Mason and I go out to plant them even though the weather is not excellent. I put on my gloves and he wants to know where his gloves are. So we get him gloves and he wants to be the main planter. Dig, empty the pot and spread the dirt around. He does a great job and he isn’t done yet, he found a broom and started sweeping while I potted another plant, and he swept my whole garage. What a helper.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Gone to Russia ...

We are headed to Russia to get our newest daughter! Follow us on our journey over at our adoption blog ... Dreaming on an Angel. :)

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

GI Update

Payton went to the GI today for a check up. We increased her Prevacid dosage to 30mL per day. I figured since she has been on 15mL since she was just a little thang, that it only made sense to increase the dose since her weight has increased. Since she has silent reflux, I am just nervous more damage is being done than we are treating, so this is good .... I think.

As far as her stats, here is where she falls on the Down syndrome chart ...

32 pounds ... 90th percentile
35.5 inches long ... 90th percentile
47.5 cm head circumference ... 50th percentile

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Trick or treat!


We had a great Halloween. Shay and Jeremy and Kristie and Casey came over to trick or treat with us. Batman, Batgirl and Monkey had a blast. The weather really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Mason got a ton of candy {great} and Payton had so much fun interacting with all of our neighbors.

{Our nephew, Jaxson}