Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We sure did. Thank you Myles for the top notch meal! It was AWESOME! It is so nice to have such a wonderful family!

Aydan's surgery...

Aydan is going into the hospital on Wed. December 17th. I am still waiting on a time, but wont find out until Tuesday the 16th. This is a little to close to Christmas for me, but I know we don't really get to pick our date. What a bummer. Hopefully he will be backed to his normal self in time for Christmas! =)

Our 7 month baby girl...

Where does the time go? Esme is 7 months old. She is so amazing. It is such a blessing to be able to stay home with my kids and watch them grow up. I love being an active part of their lives. I praise God for that opportunity. Esme is doing so well. She is a very brave little girl. She crawl so fast, and all over the house. She really likes to take toys away from Aydan and she prefers playing with "boy" toys more than her baby toys. Esme pulls herself up on the furniture, or whatever is around her. She will take a couple of sideways steps while holding on, but her feet don't hold her up for to long. Esme has a little case of hip displacia (I don't know if I spelled that right). Her right leg is turned in the socket, causing her to stand on the side/front of her feet. Her doctor thinks it will correct itself because of the crawling. I pray that it does, or else she has to wear orthodics....all the way up to her hips. But if that is the worst thing, than fine by me! Esme is learning how to sleep right now...She really likes to sleep in my arms or on my chest. I am doing cry it out, and she goes to sleep very well, but she wakes up just a couple of hours after she falls alseep and wants me to hold her. She is a GREAT eater! I am making all of her babyfood, and I can already see a huge difference in her and Aydan's eating habits. She eats things like beets, pumpkin, parsnips, turnips, cranberries...A ton of very new tastes, and she loves it! Esme is such a blessing in our lives!!! We love her so much!

Aydan James update...

Aydan was born with a collapsable windpipe. When he was a baby we had to lay him down on his side instead of his back to keep him breathing safetly. Our ped. was hopeful that he would grow out of it by a year, but that still has not happened. Aydan also snores soooo loud, and it keeps him awake during the night. We were referred to an ENT specialist through the Children's hospital and our appointment was on this past Tuesday. He said that Aydan's Adnoids were very enlarged. Thankfully his tonsils looked good though. Aydan will be having surgery to remove his adnoids, and when they are in there, they are going to scope his windpipe and his voicebox....If any repairs need to be made, they will have to wait until after his third birthday. He has a great doctor and I am excited to see the change in Aydan after he can breath better! Dr. Belenky said this will change his behavior during the day, his ability to concentrate and obviously decrease the snoring! I am nervous for him to be put under, but thankfully by BEST FRIEND will be right there with me. She is a child life specialist at Detroit children's hospital. Tiffany is the perfect fit for that kind of job! Keep Aydan in your prayers...=)

And a couple more! =)

Just some pictures...

...from the past three months. They change so much!

Autumn!!!!

I love this November weather! We have another November day in the high 60's! Esme is almost 7 months old and Aydan is just over 2 and a half. Time flies. Esme is crawling and is doing a little bit of sign language. She eats very well. I have been making all of her food, so she is able to try a lot of new foods. She loves figs, beets and most of all pumpkin! Next month she will start eating Rice and beans and some more interesting food. Aydan is still a very picker eater, but has gained some weight. We had a very fun halloween. Aydan was the cutest little pirate, and Esme was a flower. We took Aydan out trick-or-treating at my parents house with Amelia, the little duck! We had alot of fun. Of course Aydan was to shy to ever say Trick or Treat, but I got to say it alot! He has been so good at sharing his candy.

updates!

My computer isn't working right, so I can't upload any pictures. BUT...just a little update. Esme is now Five and a half months old. She can sit up all by herself, she scoots ALL OVER the floor and has crawled twice. It won't be long until she is chasing around Aydan, which right now, is her only goal! She love him so much and watches his every move. Esme has also started tapping toys together when I say "Tap, tap tap". She eats all of her fruits and veggies and loves to drink water from her cup. Esme is no longer on her apnea monitor!!!! Praise God. She is the happiest baby in the world! Aydan is two and a half and talks like he is five. I don't know where he comes up with the things that he says. He has mastered the rock climbing wall at the park, and loves going the slides. He is becoming a very brave and independent little boy! Aydan is taking swim lessons every saturday at Ike highschool and he loves it. He is a little hesitant to put his face in the water, but he loves swimming and the fact that he has a "teacher". Aydan cannot wait until he is three years old so that he can go to a big boy school! Jason and I are so blessed to have such wonderful kids. Jason and I celebrated our two year wedding anniversary on September 16th. We have had a lot of fun the past 2 years, and are very blessed to have each other! Jason is a great husband, and an even better dad! Hopefully I can get some pictures up soon....we had a great summer and are having a very fun fall......

My Whole family....

Minus Aydan....At my cousin Brandon's wedding!

Our 3 month old baby girl....

Esme is now 3 months old. She is such a happy smiley baby. Esme can roll over from front to back, and back to front. She loves laying on her little baby gym and reaches for her hanging toys. Aydan is her favorite person to watch, and she thinks that he is so funny. Esme's apnea monitor has not gone off in 4 weeks as of today. We feel so blessed that she is making such great progress! God is good!!

Happy Birthday Amelia!

Amelia Mae is 1 year old! She had a super cute birthday party last sunday! All of her little one year old friends and cousins were there to share the celebration. It was so funny to see all of the baby girls the same age. Happy Birthday Meli, we love you very much!

Sweet Aydan James

Aydan is having a very busy summer. His new favorite thing is to pretend that he is driving. He always "drives" me to the ice cream store. He also loves watering daddy's garden, which is finally growing some veggies! Aydan found Jason's Ipod and now he likes to dance around while wearing "daddy's music" as he calls it. He is always excited to help with Esme, and he still loves talking to her (he talks in a very high voice!! So cute!) and now he is trying to pick her up. Aydan's imagination is awesome. He is always pretending and has all sorts of new "friends". =) A couple of weeks ago, Aydan's fish RED had to get flushed down the toliet...Aydan seemed to be very interested in the loss of RED and wanted to be the one to flush him away. Last week we got him a new fish....RED TAIL....how unique. haha. This fish is a lot more active and Aydan thinks it is hillarious. We are so blessed to have Aydan! =)

Just some more pictures!!!!!!

Esme's apnea update...

Esme's Apnea specialist called on Wed. with good news. He reviewed her monitor download, and She seems to be learning how to correct the breathing problem. He actually gave us clearance to travel, as long as there is a hospital within 15 miles of where we are staying. He said that Esme will probably be off of the monitor by her 4 month doctor's visit! Praise God, and thank you so much for all of your prayers! Esme is such a happy girl and we thank God for her each day!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone! We hope you had as much fun as we did! My Aunt Fran had us all over to their house for swimming and BBQ. It was great! Aydan had so much fun riding Hannah's pink motorized scooter....Jason did too! =)