Prayers Please

Hi all--

This is a prayer request for a family that is very good friends of ours. We went through college with Cody and Heather and now she is in the fight of her life for her life. She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma last summer and has been on chemo for about 7 months now. While she was responding well, she just received a huge blow and the cancer has returned in multiple spots on her back and chest. Please pray for her and her family and their 2 kids. Here's the link to her family's blog if you would like to read more. She has a special link on the top right side that is specifically her story of the battle she's been having with cancer.

http://thesnydernews.blogspot.com

Wordless Wednesday

Working Man!

This pas week my mom's school has been on spring break, so Jet spent the whole week down there with them. They had lots of fun and playtime, he even spent the night and Uncle Jesse and Aunt Rel's house. He was also a huge help in the landscaping project my parents were working on. Here he helping shovel the rocks for the patio area
A quick break to climb up on top of the swingset. This is are far as he got before Granny figured it out and went running over there to resuce him while my dad was taking the photos.

More shoveling

He's going to be a great man someday

A little celebration on top of the huge pile of sand they had delivered for the kids' new sandbox and swingset area.

Kidney Refulx--Advice???

Harleigh went in for her ultrasounds and dye tests for her kidney's/bladder today. The tests went as well as can be expected when cathing a 15 month old and then trying to get her to lay still so they can take a bunch of photos. Anyway, at least this time they were able to use a numbing agent so it didn't hurt as much. The tests showed that her kidney's hadn't been damaged yet, so that's super good, but she does have reflux on her right side. It's not so severe that she has to have surgery right away. Instead they treat it with a low does of antibiotics daily until something changes (she grows out of it, gets another infection, etc.) This bothers us because they aren't going to scan her again for a year! Needless to say Andy and I aren't really excited about her having to take antibiotics for a whole year! And it could turn into 3 or 4 before it goes away on it's own or they decide to operate to fix it. So, anyone had or have a child or know someone who's delt with this before that has any suggestions either for or against the meds, alternative treatments, etc?

Wordless Wednesday! (almost)

Practicing?

"Go Away!, I'm Mad!"

Monkey impersonation

Wedding Cake

Long story short, I have a friends whos daughter was getting married today and her wedding cake fell threw. So last night I made my first wedding cake. Not very fancy, but I think it turned out pretty cute, for only having 4 hours to make it. Bow detail
Finished product minus the topper the mom still had.

It was actually pretty fun and I think with a couple of days to do it, it would be really great. However the bride really liked it so that's all that matters!

Thanks to Crystal who baked the cakes while I was at work!

First Haircuts!

I can't believe we did it, but we did it. Last Saturday after a long battle over whether they could see or not we cut the girls hair. Just a little trim of the bangs and the extra long stuff so they would have a shape to grow into. Anyway--Here's a few photos... Rogue couldn't believe we were doing this to her
She wasn't thrilled

As you can tell by the dirty looks she was giving Morgan. However, she didn't move or speak at all during the whole thing.

Harleigh did better as long as she had her thumb anyway

She was a little more active and wanted to know what was going on then when she figured it out she didn't want to see anymore and kept her eyes closed the rest of the time.

Where's the Beach?

Crystal and I were are Target and JC Penney last night and they had the cutest swimsuits on sale! Needless to say we're now ready for the beach! Except we live in the middle of KS and it's still not warm enough out yet. Oh, well they sure look cute anyway. Jet also got a lightning McQueen suit, but he didn't want to put it on for a photo! The back of Harleigh's (I love the butt ruffle!)
Miss Bathing Beauty Herself!

The back of Rogue's

How cute is she? (Think she knows it?)

One hour after bedtime...

The other night about an hour after we put the girl to bed I saw the light on in their room, so I went in to check it out...This is what I found Crazy Rogue still awake and playing with her dino
And Harleigh Momma fast asleep.

That Funny Boy

Our son thinks he is hilarious! Here are a few of his latest funnies:

1) On the way home from Granny and Pops house. He's in the back of the van...

J: Guess what I can do mom!

M: what?

J: I can swallow my food and make it come back up into my mouth!

M: Gross, don't do that!

2: The house is a little smoky as I burnt something on the stove beacuse I was chasing after the girls and didn't get back to the kitchen in time...

D: Do I need to call the fire department and ask to borrow the smoke ejector?

J: Yeah! I think that's a great idea!

He's stil so sweet when he sleeps. This is how I found him last Friday when I was on my way to work.

15 Month Check ups

Today we went in for the girls 15 month check ups. We also combined in Harleigh's hospital follow up in the visit. So here's the new stats.... Harleigh now weight 20 lbs 6 oz and is 31" tall

This puts her in the 20% percentile in weight and the 75% in height.
Rogue is now 19 lbs 8.4 oz and is 30" tall
Rogue is in the 10% in weight and the 45% in height


And some extra fun stuff, they both got shots today and are really crabby. Rogue has an ear infection in both ears and Harleigh has to go in for a bladder/kidney ultrasound and dye test. They think her infection might have been caused by reflux between the bladder and kidneys. No date for this test yet, they're scheduling with the drs and will let me know. Until then she has to take a low does antibiotic everyday to prevent another infection, just in case that is the problem. So, we'll know more later. I'll keep you posted.

Harleigh Goes to the Hospital

Well, it's been quite exciting since the post last Friday! This is how we knew something was really wrong....

and it was. Miss Harleigh Momma was having fevers in teh 104-105 range, then she started vomiting and refusing to eat or drink....and after a quick trip to the dr we were sent to Childrens Mercy South. Here we learned she had an E.coli infection that was resistant to ampicillin. Thus we had a couple of days of pertty strong IV antibiotics and treatments for the fever as well (motrin/tylenol/baths etc) We had to stay to finish enough of the IV antibiotics that the infection wouldn't reoccur once we got home even after we took an oral antibiotic for a week. We also had to stay until she had been afebrile for at least 24 hours. So, in we went on Saturday and home we finally came today. Playing in the cage

Harleigh and Daddy cheesin'

"seriously Daddy, what are you doing?"

"Help"

"I hate this stupid thing!"

Harleigh chillin in the recliner. While she was hooked up to the IV she could only move around in about a 6' radius

Snack time with Chompers

Breakfast on the floor also. Seriously have you ever tried to feed a 15mth old at a hospital???

Harleigh and Daddy cuddling the night before we were released! She was finally unhooked from a constant saline drip and could move around. We even took a couple of laps around the ward she was so excited.

A few other notes about the weekend.

Our very good friend Mary helped us so much Saturday getting to the hospital, then staying with Rogey and Jet until we knew for sure what was going on with Harleigh. Then she took the other 2 kids to Ottawa where my parents picked them up so they could stay with them because Andy was at work the whole time. Then Mary came and visited us everyday to keep us from going crazy! Thanks so much!

Also, Crystal visited us bright and early on Sunday morning and brought us breakfast and lunch so mommy wouldn't have to leave Harleigh in the room alone to run to the cafeteria! Thanks so much Crystal!

And Granny and Pops and Uncle Jesse and Aunt Rel...Thanks so much for taking such good care of Rogey and Jet while all this craziness was going on! We don't know what we would have done with them otherwise! And I hope you are all resting now, becasuse I know those kids are a crazy handfull!