Way Behind...

Where do I begin?  Life has been so hectic, its been hard to keep up with this lately.  Andrew finally recovered from his illness after 6 days of fever and we finally got back into our normal routine.  His biopsy results also came back and showed nothing significant.  Good news for him.  But frustrating because we still haven't found a reason for his lack of growth.  He did show evidence of chronic gastritis though and was put back on an acid blocker (after many calls and fights with the insurance company to get it approved!).  Dr. Darbari wants him to have monthly weight checks for the next couple months and we'll actually go to see a nutritionist next week to make sure we're doing all that we can.  I guess we'll keep pushing the calories and reassess in a couple months to see if he's made progress or needs more workup.

After one week of good health and our normal routine, Paige developed a fever again last weekend.  By Monday evening, she had blisters all over her tongue and was crying and saying "Owwwwie" repeatedly.  As we had suspected, the pediatrician agreed and thinks she has hand, foot, and mouth disease.  We are crossing our fingers that Andrew doesn't get it and we are lucky so far.  Poor Paige has been running high fevers and hasn't eaten much of anything now for 6 days.  We sure hope the end of this is in sight because it is awful to see her so miserable.  Thank God, my parents were in town and Nana was able to stay to be with Paige since she's missed daycare this entire week.  Its starting to feel like we can't catch a break around here.  How many more things can they get? And how many more days of daycare must they miss?  I repeat, Thank God for Nana!  We've had colds, Roseola, stomach bugs, multiple ear infections, strep, and now hand, foot, and mouth disease all within a couple months span.  I just hope we are building up one heck of an immunity in this house!

Despite our seemingly never ending illness, we have managed to have a little fun!  We got both a new pool and water table in the last couple weeks which the kids are loving in the hot weather.

Water fun!

Andrew - Memorial Day 2012

Such a perfect picture capturing her personality:)

We've had trips to the park, outings for pizza and ice cream, BBQs and visits with friends.  They are now 19 months and are more and more fun each day.  They are trying to repeat lots of words, climbing, jumping, singing, and dancing all the time.  They definitely have likes and dislikes and will make them known:)  We have entered our temper tantrum phase but are trying to set limits and be consistent with our discipline.  Heck, much of the time its just Mommy OR Daddy with them and then you're out numbered!  But most of all, we are loving how they are turning into little people...

BBQ at friends

Our first corn on the cob of the season!

Already stealing Mommy's makeup brushes and dancing in the hallway

Loving ice cream on the deck:)

A nightly walk in the neighborhood

Thanks for checking in!  And please send good, healthy vibes to little Miss Paige!