Elijah Week

Well this has been quite the week for baby Elijah. He underwent hormone testing on Tuesday which was a pretty rough experience. They couldn't get an I.V. started (shocker) so they stuck him over 6 times before calling it quits and ended up giving him the hormone Cortisol through a a big shot in his leg. Poor little guy cried and cried. After a few hours they came back into the room to draw the blood, seeing that they didn't have an IV they pricked his finger and squeezed and dripped the blood into a vile, and they repeated this until the entire tube was filled.
It is possibly one of the worst feelings, sitting there helpless why your baby has to endure so much. We will get the results of the hormone testing in about a week and then we will just have to go from there.
Seeing that the hormone testing wasn't enough he had to go into the Dr today to get his 12 month baby shots. I know you are thinking, "12 months, but he is 16 months"? And you are correct. He was so sick and underweight for so long they wouldn't give him his shots until now. He again cried and screamed and looked at me like, "enough already"!!!!!!
So with all this going on he still had his therapies which I might add he did very well at. He did get frustrated today in speech/feeding therapy with Ms. Cindi because she was trying to help him get the star puff into his mouth and he wanted to do it on his own, what a big boy!
All in all it has been quite the week and we get to repeat it again next week cause he goes to Dallas Children's Hospital to meet with another geneticist and metabolic doctor. Please keep us in your prayers that we can endure and at the same time be peaceful and happybecause these visits are very wearing on both of us. However, he is our little fighter and staying positive is the best thing I can do!=) Below are some FANTASTIC pics of Eli learning how to eat!!

Oldies

My Boys

So where does the time fly? Gavin and Elijah are getting so big and seem to do new things everyday! Gavin starts school again in September and is such a BIG BOY now. His vocabulary and manners astound me, he is now in big boy underwear and he makes me laugh sooooo hard everyday. Elijah has gained 2 pounds and is now pulling himself up and walking around the coffee table/ottoman. He has such a spirit and smiles and giggles all day. Everyday Mike and I look at them and say "Holy cow, they are becoming little men before our eyes". We are so so so very blessed.

Lake Time!

We had such a great time at Lake Ray Roberts this past weekend. It was so beautiful and such a great time!

Friends

Some cute pics of the boys!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July! We went to our good friends the Kwait's house and BBQ'd and then went to watch the fireworks show! It was a great day and night! Lots of great food, friends, laughter and memories!

Sun Fun!

It has been such beautiful weather here this past week! Fabulous! So we have been taking advantage of it and have become quite the little sun bunnies.

We had a wonderful pool day yesterday with my dear friend Elizabeth. (shes the SUPER tan one in the pics just in case you were thinking that might be me...its not...but I wish) =) Gavin was in school so Elijah got all of the attention from us and had so much fun swimming around.

Today we met with Ashlyn and her daughters at their pool for another pool date. Gavin was missing his dear little friend Raimie so he was very happy about the adventure. The kids all had a blast and Gavin was sooooo good about telling me that he had to go potty, even tough he was in a swim diaper. He became the tinkle champ in the bushes today!! Overall, it has been a fun, sun filled couple of days!!