Leah's First Year

Leah has been such a treasure , even after all she has been through she is still a happy baby .

Things about Leah - can only say M words , everyone is a mama or a mamaw , ducks and birds are mack macks and cats are meow meows all other animals she just makes a growling noise .

Loves loves loves her hand towels , it's her security blanket and she won't go to sleep without one , sometimes she will carry two of them around , I guess people wonder why and sometimes I tell them about how I had to hold them under her chin when I would feed her .

Favorite foods - Bread , Bananas , Green beans , Mashed potatoes .

Favorite things to do - Coloring , Swinging , Riding toys , Riding in the car buggy with Riley at the store , playing in water .

Favorite places to go - Mamaw's house you are not only a mama's girl but you are also a papaw's girl , and you call your papaw mamaw .

Things you don't like - wearing shoes , mango's and orange juice .

Funny things you do - when you get real tickled about something you put your hands over your mouth .

I Am Having A ???

I am a little late with this post as with all my other post lately but when I went for my 20 week ultrasound the tech. ask me if I wanted to know what I was having , I told her yes but that I was already convinced that I was having a girl and about 5 minutes into the ultrasound she said oh my you are having a boy , you could imagine how shocked I was . I just couldn't do anything but laugh . I have always wanted to have a little boy ever since I was a young girl dreaming of having a big family , this will definitely be a new experience for me , I have had a name picked out for some time now and probably will stick with it since I have had it picked out for so long , which will be Job after the Job in the Bible of course . I really didn't know I was having a boy since all of my pregnancies have been so different , I liked this ultrasound picture where he had his hand on his chin like he is thinking about something . Will update more later :) .

Our Easter 2012 Pics

Finally I get to post an update . I have been so busy trying to get ready to home school Riley she is going to be starting kindergarten this year , I almost have her curriculum ready . I am considering signing her up with a Christian School as an umbrella school because I just don't want to deal with TN laws . My pregnancy is going well , I will update on that soon , I have been leaving comments on every one's blogs and realized that it has been leaving them as anonymous for some reason , if I can't figure it out I will start putting my name on there .

No More No No's

The Doctor told us during our last visit we could take the no no's off which was a relief , but he said that Leah's mouth is not healing yet so she has to stay on her soft food diet for another month , but she is already used to it . She don't really care as long as it's food , she has a huge appetite , it really surprises me at how much she can eat . The no no's were not so bad this time for us anyway because we found a better way of keeping them on , the last time we used socks but as I was packing for this trip I came across a pair of leg warmers that I had bought Leah at Target last year so I gave them a try and they worked a lot better than socks , all you have to do is pull them over the no no's at the wrist , I'll add a picture. Leah is also walking now :) .     

                                                             

Last Surgery Update

Leah's surgery went well , thank you to everyone for your prayers . The pain was a lot less this time because they gave her Lortab liquid since she can't take codeine anymore . Most things were the same as last time like the No No's and sleeping in the car seat , the only thing different is her diet she can only have food the consistency of baby food , I thought this would be hard for her at first but I think she understood she went back to eating it just fine , it will take a while for her to get back to normal , as usual after a surgery she cries more and wants to be held more and gets up more during the night . The Dr. assured me that the palet was completely sealed so that was a relief  , both of us will be glad that no more food will be coming through her nose , before the palet surgery when Leah would eat whatever went up into the palet would later come out her nose , this was not pleasant for her , once I had to pull out long pieces of chicken that she hadn't chewed up very good . As far as pain and recovery goes this surgery was better than the last two , it seems she recovered a lot faster and the Lortab worked wonders for her pain . Will post more when I become less busy :)

Recent Happenings

Since my last post we have celebrated Leah's 1st birthday , I will try to post about that later . So much has been going on lately , Leah's last surgery will be tomorrow so please pray that everything goes ok and that she recovers quickly , I just hope that they will be able to control her pain better this time , I will try to update as soon as I can . I hated to leave town because my grandmother is very ill she is dying . Also I am pregnant 4 months to be exact , I am so excited about that but so depressed over my grandmother , will try to update soon ....

Dress Up Center

I didn't get finished making all the Christmas presents for the kids last year with all that I had going on but I did finish a few of them , I made some play drinks for their kitchen and one of their big gifts was the dress up center , it didn't exactly turn out the way I wanted it to but I used a small chest of drawers and the dresses drag the bottom when you hang them up but Riley didn't mind and it looked so cute in their room .

Anyone who wants to make one of these I would suggest maybe using a normal size chest of drawers or anything bigger , they have a lot of ideas on the Internet , some people put fabric on the inside and others put knobs on the outside to hang bracelets and necklaces , I left one drawer in the bottom for that stuff , also Hobby Lobby has a great selection of drawer knobs and pulls . If I find something bigger at a yard sale this summer I will probably make another one so it will grow with them .