It's been a while

Our little Daniel Boone!! We took Bryson to Children's for his cardiology check

up last Wednesday. He got a great report! No more medicine

and we don't have to go back for a year!!!

Foster and Chaney

Laney is in the background playing her DS



Bryson with his coone skin cap that Uncle Blake got him.

Bryson 9 months

Chaney and Rylee Kate riding Trixie

Chaney's 4th Birthday party (My first attempt at making a tiered cake, couldn't

be that hard, right??...wrong!!! I did a HORRIBLE job. Next time, I will pay the

money to have a PROFESSIONAL do it! ha ha

Pepaw, Ginny, and Bryson

Hudson

Rylee

The kids in their Chritmas outfits in front of the tree

Aunt Alesha and B

Rylee Kate, Bryson, Chaney

Bryson's 1st haircut (He's had two more since!!)

Our White Christmas! We were so excited to have snow for Christmas this year,

but it didn't go exactly as planned. I took Rylee to the doctor the Wednesday

of Christmas week and were told she had H1N1 flu! We needed to stay away

from Bryson so she and I stayed at the condo till Saturday. We (I) was

bummed to miss Christmas, but we just opened our gifts on Saturday.

Just one day late, could've been worse!

Chaney got this little purse and hat from her Ginny

Daddy and Bryson

Just us 5 celebrated Chaney's bithday on her actual birthday.

Her party was post-poned because of Rylee Kate's flu.

My "attempt" to make her a cake. It looked like a giant donut!! Ha

Cousins

This past weekend, my sister-in-law, her three kids, and my mother-in-law came from Texas to visit. Greg was in Texas hunting with his dad and some buddies, so it was just us girls and 6 kids under the age of 4 until the boys came home on Sunday!!! Whew!! The kids played so well together while us girls enjoyed visiting. They headed back to Texas today.

It's hard to believe Bryson turned 7 months yesterday! (He shared his "birthday" with our other son, Ruger, our 7 year old Weimerheiner)

• He drinks out of a sippy cup and loves green beans and peas.
• I keep thinking he will crawl any day, just hasn't mastered it quite yet.
• He loves his Jumperoo and will sit in it for hours.
• Loves his bath! He will stay and splash as long as you'll let him.
• Still very much a momma's boy. ( that's how I like it!)

Chaney is going to start taking gymnastics at a local gym on Mondays. I think I am as excited as she is. She has been to the gym for a friends birthday party and she has begged to go back ever since. I also know the sweet girl, Kristen, that owns the gym. It is literally 3 minutes from our house!

We recently celebrated Rylee Kate's 2nd birthday here at the house. Our family and a few friends came over for pizza and cookie. Each kid decorated a pie pumpkin to take home, they turned out so cute.

My babies are growing so fast! Sorry about overloading you with all of the pictures!!

The Lone Star State

We made a quick trip to Texas this past weekend to visit my in-laws in Nacogdoches. The kids enjoyed visiting Grams, Nana, Pops, and Grandmother. This was Bryson's first trip down there and his first time to meet one of his three great grandmothers! I hate that I didn't take many pictures, it just seemed like the time flew by! We went to eat with some good friends and family at a great restaurant called Clear Springs. We make it a point to eat there every time we are in Nacogdoches. We had a HUGE table and it was hard to visit with everyone so we stood outside and visited a while afterwards. I did manage to snap a couple pictures with my phone before we left.

Bryson is now 6 months old, weighs about 20lb. and is rolling, rolling all the time. He is able to sit up alone for just a minute before he starts falling forward. I haven't started him on baby food yet, but I will soon. He is such a good eater!

B is sleeping about 10 hours a night. Goes to bed by 9:00 and up at about 7:00. I am still working part time so the kids go to the babysitter 2 or 3 times a week.

Rylee Kate is really talking now and can carry on a conversation. I can't believe she will turn 2 next weekend! We plan on just having a small party at the house with family and a few friends.

Chaney is growing big also and can spell her name and write half of it with no help. I need to spend a little more time with her and I know she would have it down in no time. She is a very quick learner and is very smart. We are very blessed. She has memorized all her books of the New Testament and can sing the apostles song. (Thanks to Mrs. Amber!)

Big boy

Sorry I have not updated in a while. I am not good at making time to do it!! B is doing great, growing like a little weed! Bryson is just a little over 5 months and weighs about 19lb. Everytime I go to pick him up at the babysitter's, it seems he's grown in just that 8 hour time.

We only have to go to the Pediatrician every two months for shots now. I did talk to nurse Renee the other day and she told me they are trying to get our insurance to approve a series of vaccines for B that are supposed to prevent RSV. The catch is the vaccine is about $2,000 a dose and B would recieve a shot every 28 days for 6 months! Because of Bryson's heart condition, she is pretty sure he will be approved. RSV can be VERY serious and even well babies that catch it can end up on ventilators.

We are planning a trip to Texas to visit Greg's family in September. We are excited about the visit and Greg is anxious to show off the kids. It is a 6 and a half hour (minimum) drive so we plan on leaving at night so the kids will sleep.

No more Little Rock

We took Bryson last Thursday to Children's for his check up with his cardiologist, Dr. Best. He weighs 14lb. 10oz. and is almost 25 inches long!!! They did a heart echo and found all 3 holes are getting smaller!!! The 2 holes in the bottom, VSDs, are tiny! Dr.Best said they sound like water squirting through pin holes and the hole in the top, ASD, is small! When we had our last echo, 3 months ago, the top hole was categorized as moderate to large in size. Dr. Dyamenhali, who took care of Bryson in CVICU, helped with the echo and doesn't think B will have to have another surgery! Dr. Best took him off two of his medicines so he now only takes one medicine twice a day. He released us for 6 months and we don't have to come back to Little Rock. We will be able to go to the Regional Childrens Clinic in Lowell. This clinic is a branch of Children's Hospital so we will get to see the same cardiologists.
Bryson is sleeping pretty well and is getting up about twice a night to eat. We've discovered he's quite tickilish and will even laugh out loud every once in a while. He's beginning to grab at the toys on his bouncy swing and carrier and is sometimes successful in getting ahold of them. He loves his big sisters and they're great help. (most of the time) Every once in a while Rylee might accidently be a little rough. :)

3months

We went to a local park the other night and met Ginny. The kids loved it and about wore us out pushing them in the swings. I guess that means we're outta shape!?

We went to the rodeo about a week ago to watch Blake's girlfriend Amanda sing the National Anthem and she also ran for Queen. She won 3 awards!! We enjoyed it but about sweat to death during the 3 hours we sat out in the sun with next to no breeze!

Bryson is now 3 months...where has the time gone? We are so thankful for this little miracle and we are loving every moment. He is now about 13lbs. (maybe even 14lbs.!) Once he started growing, he didn't stop.