Primary Childrens and Rice Cereal!

Well We had Gavins appointment at Primary Childrens yesterday in the GI department with Dr. Guthery. We first met with the Resident who got the history and then the Dr. Came in. They were very thorough and stayed in the room for about an hour. They felt confident they know what the problem is but they do have 3 ideas so we are starting with the easiest and most common, inability to break down milk protein, we will try to rule this out and move to the next. I am now on a very strict diet of anything BUT dairy. At first I thought no biggie I dont like milk. Well this pretty much includes everything. No chocolate, cake, frosting, cream, nothing with Whey or Caison in it. So I will pretty much be eating chicken and pototoes for the next 2 weeks. If by next week he gains weight that will be our diagnosis, if not we move onto the next most common. So I need some good recipes that include whole ingredients, so please think of yummy food and check the ingredients. If it has any kind of milk, whey, or caison in it its a no go. I spent 3 hours at the store trying to find things and its really hard so I know with all your eyes we can find some yummy foods. The fun news, Gavin weighs 11 pounds 9 ounces! He gained 1 ounce in 2.5 weeks! I did get to start Gavin on rice cereal. It has to be the Beech Nut brand but it was so so cute watching him eat it. It was all over in his chin fat!

I WILL GO POOP IN THERE!

Well I had a 10 dollar card to JC Penny so I went and got some summer shirts for Carson. I also walked over to Carters to see if they had any good sales. Well Carson kept telling me he had to go poop. I took him 5 times and he never went, each time having to push my double stroller through the store and back into the bathrooms. So finally I told him this was the last time and then we were going home. Well he didnt go again so I put him in the stroller and was walking out and the whole time he was screaming "NO DONT GO HOME I WILL POOP IN THERE, I WILL GO POOP" It was so embarrasing. Every person we passed was looking at me like I was preventing him from going to the bathroom. He yelled that for about 15 mins until we got home. Then we came in and I said do you want to go poop now and he said NO! I was laughing so hard by the end. Oh raising children is so entertaining sometimes.

Caught in the act....

Well I am nursing Gavin and as any nursing mother knows (especially working moms) a pump is absolutely necessary. I have used mine alot lately and Carson always has been quite impressed with its function. Well thats fine and good until I walked into this the other day.....
He told me he was getting his milk and then told me to get the milk from the fridge and put it in the bottle...I obviously refused. Its a good thing he is such a boy with his mohawk and guitar shirt but one thing is for sure... this will be great to show his future wife...

Jumper!

Well Carson used to jump in the jumper for hours a day he absolutely loved it and now that Gavin is 4 months old I thought it was time to start him on the jumping to. Here are his feet, he is not quite tall enough to touch yet. Carson was trying so hard to be helpful...Well he giggled and laughed but was done after about 5 min.

All Grown Up?

Carson recently decided he has "grown up" and he can now do things all by himself. I wanted to show you what happens when he does thing all by himself. He often gets "stuck" He generally ends up half naked....

Or half clothed in this case... He thinks he is way bigger than his daddy...

or he is trying to be just like him....

He is always putting his feet up and "resting" or relaxing but since he cant reach while sitting ont he couch he ends up suspended in mid-air somehow....

Oh man this kid has been hilarious lately I love to see what he gets himself into.

Our new insurance policy....

Well we are really getting sick of Carson getting hurt and sick so we have decided to invest in a more proactive insurance. We are hoping this will help the poor kid from all the injuries and surgeries. Tell us what you think...

I think this is going to be very effective now the only thing is how do we get him to keep it on?

The girls...together again!

Well Shauna came up for a visit and so I finally got pics of all the kids and I have been waiting to post them so here are the new additions to the mommy group!

This is Carter! And here is Emerie...she is taking good care of Gavin for me.

Here we have them all from the left Gavin, Emerie, Carter and Miranda....

And it wouldnt be complete without the older siblings...

Back row Jaylee, Ian, Carson, Boston, and Braelynn

Front Emerie, Miranda, Gavin, Carter, and Braelynn has a brother or sister on the way!

Now just the big kids!

Here is Shauna with her little girl Miranda!

Lindsey with her girls!

Terianne, Braelynn, and the baby in the tummy!

Heidi and baby Carter!

I just love these girls and was so glad to have everyone together. Kaylee was there during the first part but we didnt get pics until after she left which made me sad. I just adore these girls!

The many faces of baby Gavin!

Gavin is so fun and so animated! He is very calm and laid back I love having him in my home he is an amazing addition to my family. He is such an animated kid so I thought I would post the many faces of Gavin.....

UHOH!

Well I had another long day. I went to visit a friend about 1.5 hour away. I got there late anyway and so I was feeling bad. It was fun we ate lunch and got ice cream. We were headed out to her house which is in this little town. I was driving toward an intersection and saw another car coming so I checked to make sure I didnt have a stop sign and I didnt so I continued to go I checked my mirrors and looked back at the kids and when I turned back the car was right in front of me. I didnt have time to break and I smashed into her. It was so scary because the kids were upset. Her car spun around and she almost rolled. Everyone was ok except my car it got an "ouie" as Carson says. I got a ticket for failing to yield in an uncontrolled intersection. This intersection had no stop signs no yield signs nothing so I was supposed to yield to her but I thought she had the stop sign. Stephanie took my kids so I could stay with the police. so here it is my little baby.....

It was to late to get a rental car so I ended up staying with Steph who took excellent care of me (Thanks hun~!) She fed me roast and cooked me breakfast she is an awesome friend. I got my rental car the next day and finally got to come home. This incident was just a little cherry ontop the cake that made up the last year!

Tonsils...

Well Carson got his tonsils out, I wanted to show the pics from this week, the poor kid has been miserable. He woke up well in the surgical center they had him very medicated so he slept for hours and hours. When we did get home I put him in our room and he slept and slept. When he finally did wake up he was miserable. He wouldnt eat or drink and even taking his medication was a battle. They said to expect this for about 5 days so on day 14 I was about to lose it. It took a good 3 weeks to really see Carson come back. They gave him his tonsils in a jar and his old tubes so he gets to show them off to everyone and he thinks that is so cool, although he likes to shake it and that makes it look so gross. They said his tonsils were very large and showed signs of persistant infection so Im glad they are gone. Now hopefully they dont grow back!