Wow It has been WAYY too long (thanks for the swift kick Mrs. Susan! lol) Im gonna definitely have to just hit the high points because there is no way I can list everything that has happened in a month. lol

Lets see we have gotten to see my friend Cindi several times lately (Eye Momma to Bayley) One of our trips over there we got to spend some time with Catherine McGee (Billy Paul & Allison's oldest daughter) I have to say she is just BEAUTIFUL and the sweetest thing. Bayley fell in love with her. Catherine was so sweet and played with her for the longest time! Unfortunately Catherine, Chance & Hannah all the loss of a parent in common. Catherine looks so much like Allison to me. She stayed nearly a week with Cindi and the kids and got to see Billy Paul a couple of times and Cindy also.

OOO and I have to say...on two different occasions Bayley has been quite taken by Chance. lol He picked and played with her some and I even caught her flirting with him a little. lol It was so cute. He kissed her on the cheek when we were leaving and she just laughed. lol Too cute!

OO and I must brag on Chance. He is working at Toys R Us as Christmas help and is working nights. This has been very challenging but he has stuck it out! This has to be one of my favorite pictures of him. Cindi took it several weeks ago. He is such a cutie. I love that boy to death! I dont have a current picture of Hannah. She has been at work everytime I have been by there lately. But she is doing sooo good at school. Im so proud of her. Sydney went to Tuscaloosa to spend some time with my baby cousin Lacy the week of Thanksgiving. She had a GREAT time! She got to hang out with Emily (Lacy's friend from California) and Christie (Lacy's friend who just had the double lung transplant). They shopped A TON and Syd even found her new favorite store. lol They ate out with My Aunt Kaye and Uncle Jack and Syd went to work with Lacy and tanned while she was there. lol I went to get her and we shopped some more before we came home. We will definitely be making a trip to Ttown before Christmas!

Syd also got to go to a concert at Workplay last night with Lacy and Desiree to see Michael Warren and Ryan Kinder in concert. She had a great time! Lacy is such a good big cousin to Syd and my ABSOLUTE favorite baby cousin! lol

Syd is hanging in there at school. It is like rediculous hard these days. there are so many people failing and with D's. She is still holding on to A's and B's but who knows how long that will last. AP Biology is going to be the death of her. I dont know how many more college classes we will be taking on before college...I mean seriously she is 15 and in 10th grade....isnt that a little early for college?

Saturday we started out day at Billys and got my haircut. Bayley LOVED eating Jacks Hashbrowns with Marty. lol She just climbed (with some help) up in the chair beside him like she was 12. lol Afterwards we did our first big shopping trip. Sydney took Bayley on the carosel for the 1st time and she liked it a lot. I think we are going to have to resort to power shopping and gift cards! lol We have no clue what to get Bayley. Syd has PLENTY of stuff that she wants but Bay is happier with Madagscar Happy meal toys and a box. So if anyone has any ideas...send them my way.

Last but not least here is my Bay update! She is just a joy these days. She is so funny and is doing really good. She is FINALLY getting another tooth...this one is on the top that makes 3 teeth for Bay! WOOO HOOO. I took her to the doctor today for her Synagis and also her 18 month check up. She weighed 18 lb 14 oz and was 30 inches long...EHHH. Dr. Tindle said we are just going to have to redefine what we consider a good weight gain. lol She wasnt thrilled with Bays weight gain but did say that she is atleast making her own curve again....meaning she is consistently gaining at a steady rate it just isnt anywhere near what we want her to do....but that is ok. Bay showed Dr. Tindle her new favorite thing..her bellybutton & also said Duck for her! It was quite exciting and Dr. Tindle was impressed! Bay is now a very unhappy girl. she had to get 5 shots...yup 5 (HIB, Polio, Hep A & 2 Synagis shots).... She was just pitiful! Brenda (one of our favorite nurses) was soooo mad that she had to give her baby all those shots. We are so lucky that we have such a good doctor & nurses for Bayley.

Anyway, that is not nearly everything that has been going on but it is alteast a dint into our lives. I will try to update if I think of anything else exciting that has happened.

NEGATIVE. We found out this afternoon that Bayley's Cystic Fibrosis test was negative!! Thank you all so much for your concern and prayers.

We didnt get results on Bayley's CF test today. They close in 15 minutes and Dr. Tindle's office still hasnt heard so it will be tomorrow. Gotta love waiting. I actually havent been too freaked today. I just think things are going to be fine but I sure will be glad when we know it for sure.

Now I will tell what happened on Friday. Bayley had her 2nd EIS evaluation and it ended up going GREAT! I loved the speech pathologist. She was so nice and very informative. She said that Bayley does have a significant delay. They rate them in 3 different areas of communication and Bay passed all of them except expressive communication. She suggested taht we immediately begin using sign language with Bay not to take the place of verbal communication but to allow her another avenue to express herself. SHe said that it actually works to spark communication interests and that kids actually do better verbally when involved with signing. Who would have thought it. lol So I bought a sign language book Saturday and we are SLOWLY learning. Paul & Amy have a video that we are going to borrow that should help also. Right now we are working on the sign for eat, more and cup. We will introduce other signs gradually. The therapist said that as her signing skills improved that Bays frustration level would decrease because she would be able to actually tell us what she is wanting or needing. She said within 5 minutes of being there that yes she did have a couple of autistic traits but that SHE IS NOT AUTISTIC not even mild. lol She said Bayley even scored above average on one of the 3 areas of communication. It was very reassuring to have someone tell us that yes she is delayed BUT she is still doing great and there is no reason why she cant progress and eventually catch up. I was very happy with the outcome of the evaluation. It gave me reassurance that we are doing the right things and also gave us something new that we can do to attempt to help her. Overall I consider it a HUGE SUCCESS! lol



More later.

Sad heart, waiting, anxiety and crossed fingers

First I have to say my heart is broken for Josh, Katie & Hannah and the loss of their very loved unborn baby. We know the pain that they are experiencing and wish so much that there was something we could do. We love all of you and you are in our prayers.

My Daddy went back to the doctor today. They were reviewing all of his recent chest xrays, chest ct, biopsy results from his face etc. His Cat Scan showed something that they suggested watching for 6 months and repeating the ct. The doctor has decided to go ahead and send him to pulmonology and see what they think. I like that idea better...6 months of waiting is a lil much for me.

We have our 2nd EIS evaluation this afternoon. (That is if they dont cancel again...grrrrr) Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer that Bay will cooperate and do something besides Woof and scream BITE! lol

Monday at 10 is Bays CF testing. One minute I am completely calm and this is just precautionary and silly and the next minute my anxiety is through the roof! lol It is easier when Im at home because brian doesnt get excited about anything so he keeps things good and calm! lol They told me today that we should be able to get results from our doctor on Monday at some point which is a relief that we wont have days more of waiting. Hopefully we can put all this behind us and take some deep breaths next week! More later.

UPDATE: Nevermind. She cancelled! UGH!

Exciting development. Bayley is having her 2nd EIS evaluation TODAY at 4!!!! Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer that the DIVA will cooperate! lol Unfortunately she wasnt in a lovely mood this morning so who knows what is going to happen. I am just thankful that hopefully we can get some results at some point next week maybe. All this waiting is making me a crazy person! lol I will update after the evaluation.

I just heard from Dr. Tindle's office. They scheduled Bayley's Cystic Fibrosis test for Monday November 17th at 10am. Ugh its gonna be a long 5 days but o well Im sticking with my gut and I really think she is gonna be fine.

Bayleys new weight gain program....cheese straight from the can. lolQuick update. Things went from bad to worse the last few days but hopefully they are looking up. Sunday Brian and Bay stayed home with pink eye. Brian had it much worse than Bay. They are better now. Yesterday me and Syd had a horrible stomach virus. Brian had a touch of it but he was way better than us thank goodness and was able to take care of Bay. It was NOT a good day!!! UGH. We are way better today but still weak and kinda blah. I took Bay to the doctor today for Synagis. She got a ugh report. She weighed 18 lb 7 oz. EHHH Dr. Tindle said it was time to go ahead with the failure to thrive workup because she is so far from where she needs to be. So today Bay got her 2 Synagis shots and then we went to the lab and got her hand stuck for her thyroid testing. Bay has had better days bless her heart. They are scheduling the CF test at Childrens and will call me with when the appointment will be. My gut says she is fine and just always gonna be little but I will be glad when the tests are over and I can relax.

Late Halloween pics & update

Halloween Day! Pebbles & the Woofing Cow

Trunk or Treat...Our COW Girls!

Lets see...

This is gonna be short and sweet. My Daddy is going back to the doctor at 3 today to get his stitches out. Other than that he is doing good.

I talked to EIS again. I apparently got false information from the 1st lady regarding how the process works. I called Tuesday to get the results and was told that they didnt give out test results from the 1st test because it alone is meaningless. We are on the waiting list for the speech pathologist to call us to schedule for the next evaluation. I am supposed to call them back Wednesday if I still havent heard from her. After we get that evaluation they will mesh the 2 scores together and that is the result that matters. So no news yet.

Syd is doing good. Teen years are hard but she is hanging in there. She has been hanging out with some really good friends and having a great time!

Im heading to Christmas Village today with my friend Christy and Im super excited. I havent been since Sydney was little. Tomorrow is Addi's pageant and we cant wait to see her all dolled up! I know she will do great! More later.

My Daddy made it through his surgery good. It was LONG but they feel confident they got it all.

Bayley just had her EIS evaluation. We wont know the official results until Tuesday but the lady did tell me that Bayley was significantly delayed. She observed Bayley for about an hour and asked lots of questions. She said that what we perceived as Bayleys fits arent just temper related. She said that a lot of it comes from frustration because she cant get her point across. She said that she has to imput her evaluation adn then we would be able to get the official results on Tuesday. She said that we would probably meet with a speech person next and then they would tell us what all exactly Bay will need. I will keep you posted as we find out more.

Anyway, we are hoping Halloween looks up. I will post pictures later.

Big catch up

Ok here are the highlights of what has been going on with us.

Oct 21st I took Bayley to daycare and got to meet all of the teachers that will be in her big girl class. I liked them all. I really LOVED one of them... she is technically in the class above Bayley's but they kinda work together. She is a foster parent and last year had 3 preemies at once (a 23 weeker, 27 weeker and a 29 weeker) so I felt GREAT about her being around. October 22 was supposed to be Bayley's first full day in big girl class (12-18 months) but we both ended up sick. I stayed home from work and went to the doctor and while I was there the daycare called and said Bays cough had gotten worse. So after I left the doctor with 2 shots and 4 Rx, I went and got her and we went to see Dr. McDaniel. Bay weighed 18 lb 3 oz and she had early croup & a sinus infection. She got 2 shots and 2 Rx. In total we spent $138.00 in prescriptions and $60.00 in copays....UGHHHHH! I stayed home with Bay Wednesday & Thursday. Poor Syd was sick too with a cough that wouldnt go away so luckily I had enough antibiotics around to go ahead and treat her too.

Syd took this pic of Bay & Brian. too cute.

Oct 25th We went and shopped some for halloween costumes and decided we were better off just making something ourself. Gail has helped us out with Syd's Pebbles costume. I think it will end up cute! We ended up just watching movies and goofing off all night.

Oct 27th was Bayley's first official full day in big girl class. She did great!!! Believe it or not she slept 2 1/2 hours in a cot WITH HER PACI! :) She played with the big kids like she has always been in that class....and she ate a ton! I have to say that I predict our next doctors visit with Bay she will have a BIG weight GAIN!!! Im telling you she is heavy now. Im scared to put her on our scales at home because I dont wanna be disappointed but Im telling you she even has a lil belly. She has been on steroids for a week and it is like she has had the munchies! She is cracking us up!

Oct 28 Bay had another good day at daycare. She slept 3 hours and ate good again! woohoooo.... After work we headed to Gails to check out progress on the pebbles costume and then we went to the thrift store to get a few things for Syds outfit. After that we ended up meeting Cindi for dinner. Bay was so excited she loves her "EyeMomma". lol We had a good time and then we ran by Cindis to pick up a few things she had gotten together for Syds outfit. She ended up finding a neighbor with the perfect thing for Syd to borrow...Gotta wait til I post the pictures to find out what it was. Anyway, we ran to Target & then home just in time to get Bay to bed.

School is going good for Syd. She went to an AP Biology study session yesterday. She said it was Super Boring but she got extra points for going so believe me Im glad she went! lol

We have had a scare going on with my Daddy this past week. I was scared to post anything because some of our family didnt know what was going on nad there was no need to get everyone excited until we found out more. Basically my Daddy had several skin biopsies done a week or so ago. They came back that he has a squamous cell cancer on his left cheek and the place on his right jaw area came back that it could have possibly been a metastisis from a different cancer. After comparing a previous biopsy from that spot, going to see Dr. Goldfard, and having a head and neck CT they have decided that they think this is another squamous cell. Daddy is going to have surgery on Friday at St. Vincents so we will know more then. This certainly appears to be a better diagnosis than they first feared and for that we are very thankful. Please keep my Daddy in your prayers on Friday.

Oct 29. Today was good. After church tonight we had Trunk or Treat. Didnt my "COW GIRLS" end up cute!!! Bay was the cutest cow ever and Syd decided last night that she wanted to go as a cowgirl to go along with Bay being a cow. Cindi had a neighbor that had the cow print cowboy hat & the black boots! They were perfect!!!

You gotta love her smile!

I dont know where to start. Lets see...Oct 14 I took Bay for her 1st Synagis shot of the year. Bay had a whopping weight of 18 lb 2 oz and her length was still 29 1/2 inches long. She was up 1 lb from 6 weeks ago. We were really wanting her to be between 18 lb 8 oz - 19 lb but Dr. Tindle said it was a gain so we will take it. The weight gain was good EXCEPT it threw her in a higher Synagis dose which meant they had to split it into two different shots - one in each leg. OUCH! Dr. Tindle checked her over good and said she thinks her cough is just allergy/viral. Her blood work looked good so no meds for Bay. We talked A LOT about Bays talking. On a daily basis Bay says Dada, Bite & Woof...and that is it. she has said other words in the past but doesnt use them on a regular basis. Dr. Tindle said she felt like it was time to get a EIS (Early Intervention Services) evaluation just to see what they say.


I called and have gotten the EIS evaluation process started. I have dreaded this for months and months but after talking to the EIS coordinator Im not as worried! Shocker I know. She said 70% of all the kids evaluated dont qualify for EIS Services/therapy. You have to have a 25% deficit in one or more areas in order to qualify. Long story short...after doing the questionnaire she qualified for evaluation based on slow speech and she has several markers for autism. I am trying not to worry and hoping that she will be in the 70% that end up being just fine. It will be atleast another week or two before they do the evaluation. Say a lil prayer for Bay...although my gut says she is gonna be fine prayer is always good!

We have been getting ready for Bay to swap classes in daycare. She is still in the 9-12 month class now and needs to move up. I went today and met the teachers. They were all nice. We are just a little shocked because the next class they sleep in cots and they have a NO PACI rule...well that is getting changed because Bayley is getting her paci during naptime...rules were made to be broken and no body is taking my girls paci at this point...maybe later but not now! This will be a big change for Bay (no morning nap, no morning snack, only 1 cup a day) I am really dreading the adjustment period. The class she has been in has been wonderful to basically feed her all day everyday but this next class they just dont do that so I am a lil concerned that it may hurt her weight gain...keep your fingers crossed!

PG just had homecoming last week. My friend Cindi came over and we took Bay to her first football team Brian wouldnt go :( We had a great time. Cindi (Eye Momma to Bay) spoiled Bay rotten letting her climb all over her and get away with murder! lol Bay LOVED the Band and clapped along with them. it was so cute.

Syd is doing pretty good these days. Teenage years are filled with constant ups and downs but somehow she always ends up on top. We are so lucky with her she is such a good girl. She has just done FABULOUS in school the last few weeks!!! Forgive me of my proud momma moment and check out Syds 1st 9 week report card!

Report Card Grades
Grading Period:
9-12) 1ST NINE WEEKS Dates: 8/13/2008 - 10/16/2008
98 GEOMETRY ENGLISH, MARILYN
94 HEALTH PNAZEK, KURT C. A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN MY CLASS GREAT STUDENT
90 ENG 10, HON PRE AP SHALABY, YASMENE F. A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN MY CLASS
87 US HISTORY HON PAP ERRECA, MICHAEL J.
91 BIOLOGY AP MCLEOD, SHAWN W.
92 CHEMISTY HON PAP MCLEOD, ANGELA M.
100 ATH G 9-12 FALL WILLIAMS, ALEXIS

WOOO HOO!!!!! Im telling you that AP Biology 91 is an absolute miracle considering a few weeks ago she had a 50 in his class!!!! Go Syd!

Well that is about it for updates....more later.

I will just say that things could not have gone better for Mary and Kakeiria! Go read Susans last few blogs for a complete update! God is good! Please continue to pray for both of them!

PS - My friend Cindi is having some additional tests done today. Please keep her in your prayers also!

Mary Update x 4

UPDATE # 4: I just got a text from Kim (4:42). They took Mary into surgery about 30 minutes ago! Please keep Mary in your prayers and also the lil 2 year old baby that is getting the other portion of the liver. PRAY PRAY PRAY!

UPDATE: I just talked to Becky and she just left UAB (3:30) and MARY IS STILL WAITING!!! Bless her heart! They have the liver. They are splitting it now. Hopefully surgery will happen around 4. PRAY PRAY PRAY.

UPDATE!!!!: Kim just called me at 2:15 and said Mary is still in the surgery holding. They were supposed to have the liver about 1:30 and Kim had just seen Mary and she is still waiting. Kim said Mary had held up really good but they have given her some "loopy" medicine and are ready to go. Kim said it looked like it would be around 2:45-3:00. UGH what a horrible wait for all of them. PRAY PRAY PRAY

Kim called Katie about 1;15 and said they had just took Mary back. Katie said they are expecting about a 6-8 hour surgery so it is going to be a LONGGG day. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!

Update on Mary

Just got a text from Alex. Marys surgery has been put off until 2 today. The liver isnt here yet and then they will have to split it which will take about an hour so they are planning to take Mary in for the surgery at 2. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!!

WOOO HOOOO for Mary

Mary Courington just called me at 2:10. She got a liver!!!! She said they are splitting a liver between her and a pediatric patient. She goes in today at 4pm and they will do the surgery tomorrow morning. PLEASE START PRAYING NOW AND DONT STOP!!! Pray that this will be a true match and that the surgery will be sucessful and that Mary will be able to finally be out of pain and misery. I love you Mary and will be praying for you constantly!

15'ers and RSV

My Babies.... the last day they are both 15.
Bayley Lauren 15 months ...Sydney Meghan 15 years!

Everyone should start their day with a lil Gerber baby Cheese puff Breakfast!
Things have been sickly around our house lately. I have had a crazy cold /laryngitis for the last week. Two doctors appointments and many many dollars later I am better. Bayley was up coughing for awhile last night. I am hoping she doesnt get this mess. Brian has it now but we are hoping that since he started antibiotics early it wont be that bad. Bayley coughed more than we would like last night and Ms. Anita from daycare said Bay hasnt eaten good for them in two days. She was even refusing snacks which is odd for Bay.

The other night we were eating Chicken Speghetti bake (YUM) and Sydney decided to help me get a picture of Bayley's new teeth. As you can see we had several failed attempts.

Yes I know this next picture is blurry but if you look close at the bottom middle you can see her two pretty teeth. If you look REAL close you can see the one that is almost ready to come in.

Saturday me and the girls went and met Devin, Terry (his dad) and Duran (his brother) for lunch at Logans. It was good. Bayley was too cute and put on quite the show for them in the parking lot. Devin & Syd let her walk around and she sported her cute hat Syd got her. She is a mess.

Syd has been studying like a crazy person these days. She had major tests this week so lets hope they all went well. Honor Society this year is doing a lot more which is fun for her but also time consuming. She has to go help clean up at he school Saturday morning from 8-12... no sleep for her. They are also doing Teacher friends and some kind of can good trick or treating. O - also Sydney drove on the interstate for the first time Saturday. She did pretty good except I found out the hard way she is afraid of 18 wheelers...I told Brian that is his project to work on!

The only other news I have is yesterday started RSV season! YUK YUK YUK
I got my phone call from Dr. Tindle's office advising us to begin using antibacterial again RELIGIOUSLY! We were also caustioned to limit her exposure which is hard considering this year she is in daycare...so how much do you isolate her considering she is already exposed to everything in the world in that place. I am very torn over it and will probably just wait and talk to Dr. Tindle more at our next visit on October 14th. Also we got our schedule. O the Joys of Synagis. So once a month from now until April Bayley will get her Synagis shot to the tune of $1500.00 per shot billed to the lovely BCBS. I will gladly pay my $180.00 in copays instead of the $9000.00 bill that they pay. So far we will only scheduled to do the short course which is 6 months but that could change to add 1 additional month depending on her weight, overall health, and the RSV season itself. So if you see Bayley walking around church or daycare with a Purel bottle hanging around her neck dont be shocked.

Ok Before I start on the girls...I have a prayer request. My baby cousin Lacy's best friend (Christie Satterfield) finally got a double lung transplant on this past Saturday. Christie has battled cystic fibrosis since she was 18 months old. Her transplant went great and she is overall doing really good although she did have a bad night last night and is in a lot of pain so PLEASE keep Christie in your prayers. Here is her web site. She loves to get new comments in her guestbook so feel free to leave her one and let her know you are praying for her.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/christiesatterfield

In big news at our house....Bayley has another tooth and a 3rd that you can see under the skin that hasnt broken through yet!!! Sydney spotted her 2nd tooth last night and Devin saw the 3rd tonight. This was out attempt to get a picture of her two teeth!

Bayley is such a booger and refuses to let us get a picture of her pearly white teeth but dont worry...I will win in the end! Bayleys tooth coming in explains the last few weeks of dealing with a fussy Bay, bad appetite, runny diapers, runny nose, diaper rash...this isnt just plain diaper rash...this is bleeding for days. It has been rough but she is better right now.

Bayley had really started playing a lot. She LOVES her toys. I think maybe even more than Sydney did. The other night I was putting a cloth diaper over my face and playing peek-a-boo tickle monster. Bay loved it. The next morning when she saw me she reached behind me grabbed a real diaper and stuck it on my head ...she wanted to play. Such a sweetie. SHe is really loving her WOOFs these days. She LOVES dogs.

Bayley has a new obsession. She LOVES shoes. At any given point you will see her dragging around a random shoe. It is hysterical. Sunday afternoon she was in the bedroom with Brian and she came to the living room dragging his dress shoes and put them right in front of the recliner whihc is where he sits to put her shoes on!!! She is brilliant. She doesnt say but 4-5 works, she cant point out a body part, she has no clue what we are talking aobut half the time but my baby knows where Daddy puts on his shoes!!! Victory for the Baybay!

In even more exciting news. Im scared to even put it in writing...but for 2-3 days BAYLEY HAS STARTED SLEEPING BETTER. She slept all night in her bed 1 night and last night she slept in there til 5:30. WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!! We are so proud of our lil baby girl.
Ok on Sydney news, She is just as silly as ever!

Syd's knee is still hurt. She is having to go to physical therapy on her knee twice a week. She is has a tight hamstring. I cant tell that PT is helping that drastically. Hopefully she will get some relief or else soccer is going to be miserable.

School is HARD! The new AB schedule is really kicking everyone's booty. Having to juggle 8 classes instead of 4 has definitely proven to be a challenge. She is doing really well in a few classes, keeping her head above water in a couple of others and DROWNING in AP Biology. She has a 99.54 in Geometry (YAY SYD!), a 89.99 in Pre AP Chemistry, a 86 in PreAP English, a 82 in Pre AP History, and drum roll a 50 in AP Biology. Yup my honors student is STRUGGLING! She has studied like a mad person for this class and she has a 50. In all honesty, I have only found a hand full of students who actually passed the 1st test. They dont get points on HW so they have no way to pull their grade up except for tests so say a prayer that those test scores go back up. Syd is really working on study habits but if anyone has any helpful hints feel free to leave them.

Driving for Syd has been an adventure. So she has only scared the life out of me a few times. I need to get an emergency brake for the backseat so when Im sitting back there with Bay I can save us. Lets hope time improves her skills. lol

Anyway, that is all I can think of for now. I will try to not wait as long before I post next.

LONG post but IMPORTANT QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM!!!

Sydney's 15th birthday went really good. She had a great day complete with the perfect cake for her. She doesnt like cake at all normally but several weeks ago she tried a cake at Pam's Devo and she fell in love with DQ ice cream cake. So she got her wish and had an DQ Oreo Ice Cream Cake. Fatty loved every bite! lolAnd Sydney was VERY upset with the people who doubted her permit getting abilities.
HA Just kidding. She PASSED on the first try!!!! WOOO HOOO! She was THRILLED! I was so proud of her and terrified for myself! We came straight to PG and she drove for the first time. I have to say it was every bit as bad as I had feared. But she did get a little better the longer she drove. Brian took her out last night and let her drive and he didnt think she was that bad. I guess she got her terribleness out on me. In other news, We temporarily have custody of Sunkist Steel who is the puppy that Devin & Syd rescued several months back. She was living in pitiful conditions when they got her and Devin has kept her at his house and as you can see she has grown a ton! She is approximately 7 months old and weighs somewhere around 55-60 lbs and GROWING! The vet said she is a golden retriever, lab, great pyrenees mix. Sunkist is such a sweetheart & Bayley LOVES her. She is so gentle with her. Sydney is loving having her big baby at her house...Brian is doing better than I thought with it. lol

How could you not fall in love with that face?!?! Bay & her Bub doing what they do best...being silly! (Bay calls Devin Bub because Devin was too close to DaDa and the very first time I heard her attempt his name I said NOPE...Bub it is!)Tuesday after the permit test & dangerous driving, We went and got Bay, took Syd to the dentist and then we went and had lunch with Brian. It was fun. After that we took Bay to the doctor for her 15 month check up. It was pretty good. She was down in her weight 17 lb 2 oz from 17 lb 5 oz (but remember that was with her clothes on... so it isnt too bad of a loss) She was 29 1/2 inches long which is great and puts her in the 50th % of 12 month olds (her corrected age). WOOO HOOO. She is still not on the chart at all for weight. Dr. Tindle said we would see what kinda weight she gains over the next 6 weeks and go from there. We start Synagis shots in October (YUK) I just cant tell you how much I dread Synagis and having to go back into semi-lockdown and becoming the antibacterial queen again. Bayley is behind on being able to identify where here eyes, ears, mouth etc are by pointing and/or attempting to say the words. Also she should be able to say Dada when you point at Brian, etc. She isnt doing any of those things or even attempting it. Dr. Tindle said one thing Bayley has taught us is to just sit back and wait for her to do it when she decides it is time. She definitely dances to the beat of her own drum. lol She said we would just talk about it again at 18 months and see how much progress she has made. Bay is still carrying the failure to thrive diagnosis. That is just so hard to believe considering the baby eats so good and has even gotten some fat on her little legs but its just not where she needs to be. We need to gain some serious weight fast to avoid the FTT testing. I have been watching her progress at home and as you can see I have my own CBC growth chart on Bay. I definitely prefer the corrected-age chart. You can see the best on the 2nd chart the Corrected weight chart what is concerning about Bay's weight. She had a good growth curve going and she has dropped that curve significantly. Even with being a preemie Bayley should be on that chart. YUK. BUT...Make sure and check out the 3rd chart...Actual Length 23rd percentile which is stinkin awesome...my tall stringbean.We are fixing to cut out her two daytime bottles and swap to total cups during the day. We will still do her morning and night bottles for awhile to try to get more calories in her. Dr. Tindle was thrilled that Bay is walking so good. She said that was a VERY good sign. YAY Bay!
Bay turned 15 months Wednesday. Can you believe I have a 15 year old and a 15 month old?!?!?! Scarey!!!

Poor Bay had a bad afternoon yesterday. Apparently the MMR shot or possibly teething (could it be) gave her a runny diaper. It was as sometime between leavin daycare and getting home. Within an hour of being home I changed her and she has HORRIBLE diaper rash! Probably the worst she has ever had it. She just screamed. Even after a bath and the prescription medicine she was just miserable. She seemed better this morning but I did call the daycare to make sure they were putting cream on her and changing her diaper more often today.

I know you were all just as excited as me to see the 90210 premiere!!!

We all watched the two hour premiere Tuesday night. Even Brian watched and was captivated by the train wreck that it is! lol It was so exciting to see Kelly & Brenda back on the tv...man Ive missed my friends! lol (yes I know I have issues!)

Ok an important question to all the moms out there. I am getting conflicting information. Bayley is 15 months, 17 lbs 2 oz and 29 1/2 inches long. Her feet do touch the back seat when she is facing the back. I had a friend tell me that because her feet touch the backseat I needed to turn her. But other people say NO WAY that she has to be 20 lbs before it is safe for her to face the front. What do you think and/or what did you do?

More later..