Wedding

On September 29th, my youngest brother, Lance, got married.  It was a very busy weekend.  On Friday, Matt’s mom came and got the boys.  Larkin and I went to the wedding site and “helped” decorate.  We rushed home to get the boys by 1.  Everyone took naps.  I got ready for the rehearsal dinner.  Matt came home and picked up Trigger.  Matt was a groomsmen and Trigger was the ring bearer.  They went to the rehearsal in West Monroe.  I stayed and fed Larkin and put her down.  Matt’s mom came to put Campbell down and stay with the little ones while they slept.  I left and went to the rehearsal dinner at Squire creek.  The pictures below are all from Friday/Rehearsal.  Trigger was so excited to spend some time with just Momma and Daddy.  He was “special” for a night.  He did get pretty tired towards the end and asked to go home and get in bed!  Ha!Seth and Vanna were at our table.Trigger got to open his ring bearer gift.  He got a watch and a wallet…he was beyond excited!!!!Me and Lance. 

I will have to post more on the wedding later.  I don’t really have many pictures.  It did rain pretty much the entire day and it was an outside wedding.  They did have tents though so that was good.  I can’t believe that Lance is married…I still see him as a little boy!

SOCCER

I signed Trigger up for soccer a couple of months ago.  He has never played any organized sports so I knew it would be interesting.  Matt got outside and practiced a few times with him.  Bless his heart, Matt and I don’t really know much about soccer…in fact, I have never really been a fan of soccer.  It is good exercise and I thought it would be good for him to learn a little team work.  The first game, I almost wanted to cry.  Trigger was so overwhelmed.  He had no idea what was going on.  The whole game was just completely foreign to him.  He teared up several times and just stood there and looked around like a lost little puppy for part of the game.  The momma in me wanted to go rescue him and just give him a big hug.  But, I didn’t!  As the game went on, he started to understand some of what was going on.  Little brother was TICKED off completely because he couldn’t go on the field and play.  Poor little guy!  It’s strange because for the first game, it was BURNING up.  The second game was FREEZING!  That’s Louisiana weather for you!

Trigger has had a cheering squad for each of the games….Aunt Jennifer and Chelsea came to one of the games. I have to say that I think his absolute favorite part of soccer is….THE GATORADE!

And, it’s little brother’s favorite part too! Ha!This game it was rainy and cold…Campbell and Larkin were sick…so zizzy kept them in their car…it was parked right in front of the field so they still got to watch.  Campbell was excited because he sat in the drivers seat the entire time!

We have one more game left…it has been a great experience for Trigger.  He’s gotten some exercise and learned a lot about soccer.  Maybe he will want to play again in the spring!

Larkin- 9 months

Whew…time is FLYING!  We are busy, busy, busy and time just won’t slow down.  You were 9 months on September 6, 2012.  I took some pictures of you that day so I could remember what you looked like on your 9 month birthday!  I feel like there is so much to tell about this month.  Let me see if I can remember everything.

Stats: 16 lbs. 9 oz. (14th percentile) and 25.5 inches (4th percentile) and 44.4 cm (62nd percentile)….Soooo, you are obviously petite with a big head.  Haha! 

Clothes: It really varies depending on the brand but I would say that 6 month dresses fit you the best.  If it is a bubble, you wear 9 months.  In pjs, you have moved up to 9-12 months.  You have the tiniest feet. You still wear 0-3 months shoes. You can wear your new 3-6 months shoes but they are too big for you.

Teeth:  In the last month, your left fang tooth has come through AND your two top middle teeth. 

Health:  You have been sick for the entire last month….with upper respiratory and ears.  Your ears have been infected the entire four weeks.  We have had you on three different oral antibiotics AND 3 rocephin shots AND 2 steroid shots and none of it made the infection go away.  So, last week you had tubes put in your ear.  We have also discovered during the preop bloodwork that your IgA antibodies are very low.  These are the antibodies that your body is supposed to have to help you fight respiratory infections.  This pretty much means that if you get a runny nose/common cold, it will turn into a respiratory illness.  We haven’t met with Dr. Neal for our post op appointment…he is going to talk to Dr. Slusher to come up with a plan of treatment.  Dr. Neal did tell us that it would me more aggressive treatment as soon as a cold comes on and not let it run it’s course like they usually tell you for a virus.  When I went to Dr. Slusher this past week for Trigger’s ears, we briefly discussed Larkin.  She wasn’t overly excited about this discovery but did say that this did explain a lot about why she has been so sick during her first 9 months of life!  Campbell had had the test done also back in May when he got tubes.  His numbers were a tad low but still in an acceptable range for his age.  Dr. Slusher couldn’t find Trigger’s numbers and would like him tested because it is hereditary.  I’m fairly certain that she got that from me since everytime my nose runs, it goes STRAIGHT to my chest….dr brantley always wanted me to have that test run but just haven’t gotten around to it! Sorry, little girl!

Sleep:  Larkin rarely takes two naps…it just never works out…she usually gets one nap a day.  This four week long ear/resp. infection has gotten us a little out of a napping habit! Slowly but surely we are getting back into the routine.  Larkin would like to be in bed by 630 but that doesn’t always happen.  She sleeps until 7 or 8 in the morning. 

Eating:  She is eating great.  I am a horrible mother.  I always forget to feed her food.   She nurses all the time!  But, it seems that we are always on the go and I forget to feed her food.  She gets one (maybe two) meal a day.  I am still making all of her food.  She eats the traditional fruits and veges.  She has also discovered that she really likes to eat what we are eating so I usually give her bites of my food.  Physical:  Larkin is BUSY!  She is crawling EVERYWHERE…from room to room…all over the house.  And, she is now pulling up.  She likes to go, go, go.  And she loves the playroom.  I am thinking that we are going to have to do some cleaning out of boy toys soon and make room for Larkin’s toys.  I love these next three pictures…she was throwing a royal fit because she wanted down out of the chair.check out the tears!She still sucks her thumb.  At some point, she switched from her right to her left thumb.  I think that happened around her 7 month.Absolutely love this outfit.These pictures of Larkin with her baby doll make me smile every single time!Her sweet, tiny foot!

Glad I got this 9 month post in….it’s almost time for her 10 month post.  I must, must get better about blogging on time!  And, I must start working on Larkin’s first birthday party.  I need to start coming up with a theme!  Oh my goodness…you have NO idea how much we love this little girl.  She has been such a blessing to us!!!!!!

Larkin’s Neuro

Okay…this is a little late…We went to see Dr. Notarianni (Larkin’s pediatric neurologist) on September 17th.  She said that her xrays of her skull looked good.  Her cranial fracture is still not healed completely. BUT, it is almost there.  She felt confident that it would be healed at our next appointment…which is in November 19th.  Of course the appointment took forever…we had to register at the hospital..again…and then up to xray to wait.  got our xrays.  went to pediatric outpatient and waited.  The doctor came in and was literally in there for five minutes.  She is super sweet but good grief they are in and out so fast!  I can’t wait until our next appointment.  I am hoping that will be it and we can be discharged from Dr. Notarianni.  Oh and I did ask her about Larkin in the future…if she could play/participate in sports or if she was at more risk.  She said there was no reason that she would have to refrain from any sports.  YAY!  She can be a cheerleader! ;)Also, in September, Larkin decided that it was WAY more fun to sit up and play in her bed than to take naps. :(  By now (in October), almost be over that.  Maybe!

Peprally

A few weeks ago (maybe longer), we went to the Tech pep rally.  It was just something fun to do with the kids.  The boys had a blast!

Our friends, the Hogans were there…this is their adorable children, Hallie and Nolan.And, the Williams were there too..and Trigger got to sit with their precious little girl, Catherine.  They will be in school together next year at Cedar Creek.Me and Amy and the baby girls!My precious first born!

I am getting a little overwhelmed lately…and im getting a tiny taste (and I do mean TINY) of what is to come with running the roads.  I feel like all I do lately is get up and get everyone ready…load everyone up…take one or two to school…come home to put larkin down for nap…try to pick up…load back up to pick up one or two (depending on day)…come home and try to get supper…then load back up to run errands/soccer practice/church/etc….come back home to eat supper, bathe, and put everyone to bed.  It is truly a world wind every single day!