Ok, so it has been so long since my last blogger log-in, that I actually almost forgot my password. Which actually could be stemming from all of the recently added stress.
We moved from the Northern Artic circle :) to the tip of the steamiest place on earth. Good gracious it is smokin hot here. I can't even seam to make it from the shower to the kitchen without a bottle of cold water and a tube top. Yes, I do complain about the weather almost every place we live, Well, except the perfect place, Cali. There is no way to complain except to say, "I sure do wish we could have crappy weather today. This beach scene gives me the blues." Anyway, enough dreaming, I'm back to reality...reality that is Northeast Louisiana, 120% humidity and a CHI iron working overtime. Does anyone actually know how many layers of deoderant it takes to survive this mess? Funky stuff.
Alot has happened in the last three weeks since I last posted. We packed up in Boston, and moved due south back home. It took us an extra day than we thought, but that is life with a 3 month and a one year old. We knew we wantedto stop over in D.C. and visit Laura and Evan and Audrey and new baby Brownstein (my cousins). They live about 25 minutes from Capitol Hill, so we spent one day sight seeing over there. I was in utter amazement while there. I felt like I was in the middle of an episode of 24, but thank goodness I wasn't...I didn't see Jack anywhere. We took almost 500 pictures, which all somehow deleted themselves from my camera, but i sure did enjoy taking them :)
We had a blast with my family and H loved playing with little Audrey. She is the only child he has ever really played with. They recently visited us in Boston and we got to see them play then. We are the proud first family members to see Miss A walking, and so cute her little legs are! She has a sweet & curious, yet cautious nature about her. They were funto watch together.
We finally made our way to our new home in North Monroe, and are still trying to settle in. I made a quick trip over to San Antonio to visit the Fortenberry's and had a great visit as well. The adorable pictures I took there were also on the camera card with the D.C. ones. Boo. (Russ is trying to recover them for me). Avery Dot is our new neice and she is so precious. I would love her nap schedule, which is pretty much after every meal she just sleeps until the next one. I'm soooo jealous of that. At least for just a few days anyway! Kinsey Anne and Harr-bear are the cutest cousins together! They showed each other all kinds of new tricks, like baby dolls and how to change diapers, and books and water hoses and swimming pool eticut. Oh, the stories we could share. Kinsey is Alyssa made over, to say the very least! Little Sass pot that one. And, oh so sweet! I think it all comes down to those curls, how can you ever punish the curls?
Sadly we had to leave and they had to move to Southwest Seattle. They arrived this weekend, safely.
Here is one of the 7 pictures I recovered so far...and all seven are of them on the couch. I still can't believe I caught them sitting down long enough to take a picture!
I love how Kinsey wears her slippers at 4 p.m. She is quite a little personality.
As for us, we are currently in the middle of remodeling our home. It is going to be fabulous once we finish, which seems like the tentative date is December 2013 :) Oh, how I wish I liked blue toilets, and then things would move along much faster.
All jokes aside, our lives have more than taken a sudden change. The day before we left Boston, we had our last Pediatrician appointments. H's went well as usual and the next day was baby Bailynn's turn to go in. I took her while Russ and H packed the remaining bxes. What we found out that day is still a shock for me to even type. She has been diagnosed with Craniosynostenosis. Basically, her skull sutures are overlapping and are prematurely fusing together. I explain it as a headband under her skin, from ear to ear. This will cause her brain to stop growing and her head to form an unusual shape. Surgery to open up the sutures to allow them to regrow correctly is the worse case option here. We have seen two Pediatricians and a Pediatric Neuro-surgeon all in the last week. She has to have a Cat scan done this next week to see the progression to know the next step. They have offered Children's Hospital in New Orleans to help us. Now we are just waiting on the scan results. Our other issue is that we cannot receive insurance through Russ new job until three months, and Blue Cross will not accept her with this condition pre-existing. Blah, blah, it is a whole bunch of mess right now.
It is an understatement to say that I need a vacation :) I just need a nap!
Thankfully, tomorrow is Mother's day and I get to spend mine with family and try to not think about all of this for a few hours. My parents are coming over to see the babies. To share this special day with Mom is a blessing. We will have cake!!
I now know being a Mother fulfills something in your life no one can ever explain, you just have to live it. It is a challenging & selfless task, but such a rewarding one.
I'm a lucky woman...to be a daugther and a mother.
looking at each other, H is shocked she can sit up like him.
Playing with my sissy...he is such a sweetheart. He will share many things with her.
Cutest little summer dress
siting in my friend Holland's Bumbo
sweet boy cheeks!
H has now decided he likes to be a baby, he removed his "big boy" pants and crawled around in his diaper for us.
H had to put his call on hold to check and see what was on B's face.
The ladies (above)and my flowers from RH&B (below)
...and maybe a bit of drool!
I love how Kinsey wears her slippers at 4 p.m. She is quite a little personality.