Sunday, June 29, 2008
Strawberry Pickin
We went strawberry picking with the neighbors. Afterwards we came home to make some Jam! Yum, Yum! That was the first time I made Jam. I was really surprised at how easy it was.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Swimming at Grandma's
On Madi's birthday we went swimming at Grandma Clarks. Madi thought this was the best way to spend her birthday..in the pool! We also got lunch and frosty's at Wendy's! Another all time favorite!
Nice pipes!! Growing more everyday! Do we need to state the obvious...yikes!
Brianne & Madi!
Nice pipes!! Growing more everyday! Do we need to state the obvious...yikes!
Brianne & Madi!
The cottage
Here are some pictures from our visit to the cottage.
Isaac and his stick.
Feeding time...as you can tell it was a little cold.
The girls on the way up! They were buds the whole weekend.
Just hangin out
Very "casual" family picture!
Isaac and his stick.
Feeding time...as you can tell it was a little cold.
The girls on the way up! They were buds the whole weekend.
Just hangin out
Very "casual" family picture!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Easton Update
I wanted to thank you all for your prayers. We have wonderful news. Angie got a call last Friday and they said the x-ray came back normal on Easton's head. So it looks like there is no sign of the skull fusing together. This is so encouraging! Praise God! I really appreciate all your prayers in this. Thanks for taking the time to lift up my family!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Easton
Hello everyone.
I’m writing to all of you to ask you to pray for my nephew Easton.
For those of you who may not know the whole story, I’ll fill you in a little. I’ll try and recap(as best I can) all that has gone on the last few months so you can better pray for Easton and his family.
My sister Angie’s son (Easton) was diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months. Right now Easton is just about 4 months old (2 weeks behind Elliot). This is a condition in a baby’s neck where the muscles are underdeveloped. Therapy is needed to strengthen these muscles. They are currently working with a therapist on this and he seems to be really improving. The other condition he was born with it Plagiocephaly. This is a condition that affects how the skull forms. A lot of babies have misshapen heads with flat spots and have to wear a helmet 23 hrs a day. Last week Wednesday they took Easton to get his head scanned to see if his condition needed a helmet. It does. They say on a scale of 1-5 (one is good and five is the worst case) he was a 5. So took a mold of his head to fit him for a helmet. He is scheduled to get the helmet on July 3 and needs to wear it basically all day (23hrs). Angie(my sister) received a call today from the people who make the helmet. The noticed something on his head scan that they wanted to talk to Angie and Kevin about before they made his helmet. Basically what they wondered about is if Easton was given an x-ray to see if he has Craniosynostosis. He had not so they sent him right away to get an x-ray this afternoon. We won’t know the results of this scan for 3-5 days. What they are now looking into is to see if parts of his skull have grown (fused) together prematurely. Most babies skulls are meant to not grow completely together till later to give the brain room to grow. That’s why babies have these soft spots on their heads. Well Easton’s soft spot is really not there. If the skull has fused together too much they will need to go in and separate it. Hopefully the scan will come back negative and they can go back to treating the other 2 conditions and not have more to deal with. This has been a lot for Angie and Kevin to take in for right now. Easton also has a cyst on his forehead that was scheduled to be removed in August. This is unrelated to the other issues but the cyst would be under the helmet and if they remove it, it might be hard for it to heal with the helmet over it. So they need to discuss this further with their doctors.
If you could all pray for Easton and his family that would be wonderful. It seems like every time Angie goes to the doctor they find something new wrong with him and that has been discouraging to her and Kevin. Hopefully this will be the last of that kind of news and they can just move forward to get him treatment for all of this.
If you would like to keep track of things, Angie is updating her website as well. http://www.millerfamilyoffour.blogspot.com/.
Thanks in advance. I appreciate you all taking the time to pray for my family.
Love Kelly
I’m writing to all of you to ask you to pray for my nephew Easton.
For those of you who may not know the whole story, I’ll fill you in a little. I’ll try and recap(as best I can) all that has gone on the last few months so you can better pray for Easton and his family.
My sister Angie’s son (Easton) was diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months. Right now Easton is just about 4 months old (2 weeks behind Elliot). This is a condition in a baby’s neck where the muscles are underdeveloped. Therapy is needed to strengthen these muscles. They are currently working with a therapist on this and he seems to be really improving. The other condition he was born with it Plagiocephaly. This is a condition that affects how the skull forms. A lot of babies have misshapen heads with flat spots and have to wear a helmet 23 hrs a day. Last week Wednesday they took Easton to get his head scanned to see if his condition needed a helmet. It does. They say on a scale of 1-5 (one is good and five is the worst case) he was a 5. So took a mold of his head to fit him for a helmet. He is scheduled to get the helmet on July 3 and needs to wear it basically all day (23hrs). Angie(my sister) received a call today from the people who make the helmet. The noticed something on his head scan that they wanted to talk to Angie and Kevin about before they made his helmet. Basically what they wondered about is if Easton was given an x-ray to see if he has Craniosynostosis. He had not so they sent him right away to get an x-ray this afternoon. We won’t know the results of this scan for 3-5 days. What they are now looking into is to see if parts of his skull have grown (fused) together prematurely. Most babies skulls are meant to not grow completely together till later to give the brain room to grow. That’s why babies have these soft spots on their heads. Well Easton’s soft spot is really not there. If the skull has fused together too much they will need to go in and separate it. Hopefully the scan will come back negative and they can go back to treating the other 2 conditions and not have more to deal with. This has been a lot for Angie and Kevin to take in for right now. Easton also has a cyst on his forehead that was scheduled to be removed in August. This is unrelated to the other issues but the cyst would be under the helmet and if they remove it, it might be hard for it to heal with the helmet over it. So they need to discuss this further with their doctors.
If you could all pray for Easton and his family that would be wonderful. It seems like every time Angie goes to the doctor they find something new wrong with him and that has been discouraging to her and Kevin. Hopefully this will be the last of that kind of news and they can just move forward to get him treatment for all of this.
If you would like to keep track of things, Angie is updating her website as well. http://www.millerfamilyoffour.blogspot.com/.
Thanks in advance. I appreciate you all taking the time to pray for my family.
Love Kelly
Monday, June 23, 2008
Some new ones of Elliot
Grandma & Carson, Papa & Elliot
4 months!
Holding his own bottle.
He's gotten so big lately. He rolls over both ways now, loves his exersaucer and is now sporting his first tooth! It's all happening too fast!
Lake Michigan
Our small group spent the day at the De Vries cottage. We had such a good time. The kids especially loved the water!
All the kids!
Carson & Madi
Madi & Micah
It's cold!
the boys playing ball
the girls diggin in the sand
All the kids!
Carson & Madi
Madi & Micah
It's cold!
the boys playing ball
the girls diggin in the sand
Madi's Birthday - Peuler Style!
So for this party Madi wanted a cinderella cake...here was my attempt! Not too bad for my first time using fondant.
Opening gifts
Swimming in Aunt Dana's pool! She loves that she can just go in and swim by herself.
Loving her cake!
We celebrated Mason & Papa's birthday too! Mason had a cool nemo cake! Great job Dana!
Opening gifts
Swimming in Aunt Dana's pool! She loves that she can just go in and swim by herself.
Loving her cake!
We celebrated Mason & Papa's birthday too! Mason had a cool nemo cake! Great job Dana!
Madi's Birthday - Clark Style
Here we are celebrating Madi's birthday (& Dad Clark's). I made Madi some princess wands for this party. Pink & Purple of course!
New sparkley choses & headband!
Little ballerina!
Her new jumprope
playing ball with her pink bat, pink glove and pink ball! You think she likes pink?
a new bike
Grandma & Papa took Madi out for a special night for her birthday. They went to Cracker Barrel to eat pancakes (Madi's choice). After dinner they went to go buy her a bike for her 5th birthday! She's very excited. We are leaving the training wheels on for some time till she gets readjusted to the larger size bike.
Madi & Grandma
Pancakes with Peach topping
Yum
Playing Papa in checkers...
Madi & Grandma
Pancakes with Peach topping
Yum
Playing Papa in checkers...
the new bike
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Little Boys Day
So the neighbor Ethan asked his parents...Since there is a Mothers Day and a Fathers Day...when is it Little Boys Day? So we made last Saturday Little Boys Day...the kids played outside all afternoon, had hotdogs, jello, and those round chips that come in a can (all requested by Ethan). It was a ton of fun for them just to play with the neighbors all day.
lunch
Elliots first dip in the pool! The diaper is a leftover from Isaac last year...a little big to say the least!
warming up in the sun
all smiles
love it!
the gang!
hello Mr. Napper!
Sprinkler fun
naptime- gotta love the rolls!
Madi & Brittyn
Spencer & Isaac
Ethan
freezer pops!!!
Isaac & Ethan
lunch
Elliots first dip in the pool! The diaper is a leftover from Isaac last year...a little big to say the least!
warming up in the sun
all smiles
love it!
the gang!
hello Mr. Napper!
Sprinkler fun
naptime- gotta love the rolls!
Madi & Brittyn
Spencer & Isaac
Ethan
freezer pops!!!
Isaac & Ethan
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