Home Again

This past week has been amazing! Some of our best friends, The Shubins (Michelle and Andrew) came to Texas for the week. We were able to have pool dates, many zoo excursions, waterfalls, laughter, tears and some more laughter. It was the best just having the secure and loving feeling of home. It was a fantastic time spent with some pretty amazing people and we already miss them tons, especially the kids.

Gavin was in heaven having them here and felt it was his duty to wake them up everyday for breakfast and play, as well as learning some new "Andrew phrases"!Poor Shubins are probably exhausted! =) So, thank you Shubies for taking the time out of your already insane lives to come out here and play with us! We love you!

Laughing

Ok so I have decided to share some fabulous news with ya'll!!! Elijah ate an entire jar of babyfood the other day for the first time. He was smiling in the pics we took of him, either because he was proud of himself OR because his mommy looked like a complete spaz jumping around and cheering for him. (I think it was the later of the two) LOL!

Also, big boy Gavin decided that he was going to finally go "poo-poo" on the potty. He came running downstairs telling us that he went poo-poo and that he gets a sucker! We were doubtful of any truth behind this story (sorry, he usually tells us hes gone so he can get candy, so this time we needed proof), so we ran upstairs and checked, and there it was in all its glory!!!!! Wahooooo for Gavin!!! And by the way, he did get his sucker! Fun times as always in the Bullard household!

Mom Vs. Dad

Ok so I was going to do one of those scales of "Which parent does your child look most like." However, I opted for the real test...some good old fashioned baby pics! I will have to leave the judging up to all of you! Enjoy or laugh...whatever suits you!!! =)

Mike is the small one in middle w his brother Jeff and Dad

Aggh baby Mike
Here I am, Baby Breanne
Look at my cheeks!
Me (on left) and my sister Shaunna

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!