A handsome little boy

Addison and Collin have yet to have their first hair cuts but Bryce got a much needed 2nd hair cut Thursday!

His bangs where below his eyebrows

and his cute curls where turning into a frizzy mess

Its was so long I could have put it in a ponytail

During his first hair cut he sat very still and didn't mind Valerie messing with his hair. This time he wasn't as patient. I caught him sitting still here because I tried to bribe him with snacks and a drink. 

and then he got moody

It was a team effort to entertain him, here Marian is singing to him while Valerie is doing her best to cut his hair

He's no longer a baby but a handsome little boy and you can actually see his ears now!

Story time with Miss Lou Lou

Now that the kids are getting a little older I have really tried to get them out and about a little more. The last few weeks we have gone to the library during pre-school story time with Miss Lou Lou. I love story time just as much as the kids if not more. Not only do I get a chance to chat with other moms but Miss Lou Lou does a great job of singing songs, telling stories and entertaining the crowd with her puppets! Collin is very attentive and will sit with the other kids the whole time taking in everything Miss Lou Lou is doing. Addison has done pretty good but usually wants to sit with mommy. The first time we went Bryce was running down the isles pulling books off the shelf but this week he sat in my lap with Addison and paid attention most of the time.

Waiting for story time

Miss Lou Lou singing a cowboy song.

 I even caught Collin tapping his foot to the music like Miss Lou Lou!

Collin giving Patches the Horse a hug

Us with Miss Lou Lou and Patches

After story time the kids get to play with their friends while the mommy's visit!

I am so thankful to share this time with the kids. It makes my day to see them get excited about the little things and I hope to treasure these moments forever!

Cowboys and Cowgirls

Last Saturday we went to Cowboy Caleb's 3rd birthday party, he had real horses that we weren't real sure about, lots of fun toys for us to play with and he gave us real cowboy hats. We love hats so we have been wearing our cowboy hats all week.

Can you see the look of terror in Addison's eyes!

Collin holding on to Daddy for dear life!

Addison and Bryce keeping a safe distance from the horse

Colt and Collin

I can only imagine what it will be like when these two turn 16!

Collin sat on the four wheeler, jeep or gator most of the night even to eat his snack!

Addison ate a whole bowl of guacamole

Bryce and Kelcie

Addison enjoyed the tricycle too!

Cowboy Bryce

Cowboy Bryce and Cowgirl Addison

Cowboy Collin

Thank you for inviting us to your party Cowboy Caleb!

Happy Belated Valentine's

Yes, I know its March but I just downloaded several pictures from my camera and found this picture that was taken on Valentine's Day. I thought it was too cute not to share! 

Just hanging out on their playset eating their puppy dog valentine cookies.

So I guess I lied!

In my last post I mentioned that Addison had a great platelet count but two other levels were low. Dr. Lakshmi did a blood test that day and called me yesterday with the results. Addison's hemoglobin was low and she feels she is anemic. She wants us to put Addison on a high protien diet and she called in a perscription for iron supplements. We will see Dr. Lakshmi again in 3 months so we can check her levels again but hopefully this shouldn't be an ongoing thing like the platelets were. Thankfully this is treatable and non life threatening but it is one more hurdle we have to cross!

Our last trip to TCH

On the 16th we made (hopefully) our last trip to Texas Children's. Addison had an appointment with Dr. Lakshmi her hemotologist and Bryce had a follow up appointment with Dr.Yen his opthamologist. Both doctors are in the TCH Clinic building so it was convenient to schedule them the same day. It was an early morning for us leaving at 6am but the day couldn't have gone any better.

Addison and Bryce watching a movie in the opthamologist office

Addison and Mommy waiting on Bryce's doctor. When we got to her doctors office she wasn't this happy!

Addison's platelet counts were still in the normal range (322) so Dr. Lakshmi felt she out grew the ITP. There is a chance it can reoccur but we know all of the signs to watch for so we are not too concerned about it. That was the good news the bad news was she had two other low levels but Dr. Lakshmi thought it was more than likely caused from a virus so we will check those later with our pediatrician just to make sure. If all is well then we shouldn't have to go back! YEAH!!! 

Bryce wasn't happy about getting his eyes dialated

Bryce had a follow up with Dr. Yen because during his check up a year ago he was slightly far sided and she had a concern that he would have problems. We weren't really concerned about his vision but we kept his follow up appointment to make sure. His vision was great and Dr. Yen didn't think we would need to see her again unless the pediatrican found it necessary. YEAH!!! 

Bryce and Daddy having a snack 

Collin and his friend Arabelle at the library

While we were in Houston Collin had a fun day with Aunt Dee. He got to take his cousins to school, go to the library to see Ms. LouLou and play with Brandon all afternoon.



20 Months Old

Addison, Bryce and Collin are now 20 months old and keeping Steven and I on our toes! I think we've child proofed everything in this house but they still find things to get into! They are starting to talk a lot more and will even repeat things we say every now and then, I guess its time to start watching what we say! They are starting to get a little helpful at picking up their toys. Somedays they help really well and we get everything put away and then one of them will pick up a box full of toys we just picked up and dump it out again so I guess we still have some work to do.

Addison will not get out of her bed most days without her blankets! She loves her shoes but will pull them off, tell me uh-oh and want me to put them right back on. She also likes to walk around in mommy's shoes. Addison weighs 23lbs. and has 10 teeth.

Bryce runs to his bedroom when we tell him its nite-nite time but only to run in the room before us so he can hide, usually behind the cribs so we have to crawl back there to get him. He weighs 29lbs and has 12 teeth and two more coming in which is part of the reason we've had som sleepless nights!

Collin's favorite word is huh! It drives me CRAZY when we ask him a question and he says "huh". You repeat the question and he says it again, "huh"! It was cute the first 500 times but now I want to scream when he says it. Collin is 23lbs and has 16 teeth