April Fools

Okay...so the kids decided to have some fun on April fools day. Come to find out they had my camera and went around the house taking pictures (about 100). Here are just a few....

Silly Faces...

More silly faces...

Their toys...

not bad of the two of them!

Troy....we're in trouble!!!

then they included this video.....just the first few lines cracks me up! oh what they do when mom is not watching! :)

Conversations from the backseat

So last night we were driving home and heard the following conversation

Madi: "Isaac who are you going to marry?

Isaac: "Brittyn!"

Madi: " You can't marry Brittyn, Jeffrey already gave her a ring. Maybe you should pick someone smaller."

Isaac: "Oh...I know. Elise! She's smaller so she won't be taken yet."

Love must be in the air...Jon and I had all we could do not to laugh out loud!

Philly!

So we took off to Philadelphia for 4 days...it was such a nice break from life! We can't thank the Grand Parents enough for all they did watching the kids. It was so good to just get away the 2 of us again for a bit! Very relaxing! Jon had a conference out that way so that is why we chose Philadelphia. Overall I wasn't thrilled with the city...felt on edge most of the time..just a different city....but it was so nice just sleeping in, working out and reading my books. Lots of me time!

So we decided to copy that commercial where the dad takes his daughters toy along and took a bunch of pictures with them in it...We posted them for the kids each day and they had fun with it.

Plus it was nice because it made me feel like they weren't as far away....

the view from our hotel...we were high up..29th floor.

looking out the hotel...

This is inside the Kimmel Arts Center...very cool building.

It had a roof top Garden....I stay way away from the edge...

Admiring the Architecture :)

I spy two toys! Hard Rock Cafe for dinner.

This painting was of the room where the Dec. of Indep. was signed...

Us in Indep. Hall

The Bourse shops...

the libery bell

This was for Chris & Maggie.... their new little one is named Gigi...short for Georgia...awesome story

the city of brotherly love...

City hall...

Science Fair & Arts & Crafts

Well Madi decided to submit a craft project for the fair at their school. After giving her a bunch of options she chose to make a fleece poncho...she kept telling me she wanted to do a sewing project and I was afraid I'd have to send her to one of her Grandma's for that! But we found a nice "no sew", sewing project instead! She was all excited.

Practiced tying...until it got too small...and then we started that one over!

Here she is at school....not in the mood for pictures anymore....obviously!

Time outside

Finally, some warmer weather...well kinda! Here are few pictures from the first night we spent outside since being cooped up all winter!

My boys!

Fun with Austin

So what does an 18 year old do with his cousin...put him up high....I think the boys had fun!

on top of the fireplace...

sleepy boy...

Elliot's favorite places

So elliot has develope a new "adventurous" spirit! He has had a few bumps and bruises...a couple of slices in his tongue (incase you didn't know it...the tongue bleeds a lot when a tooth punctures it!), he loves to climb...and with that comes more bumps...this one in particular reminded me of one Isaac had around the same age!

Here was Elliot's bump.

Isaac's bump! Who could be this happy after getting that!

Elliot loves to push toys up to the couch to get up....so those toys are now downstairs!

He loves to just sit on this step, usually with his juice!

He loves to move the trash and sit under this counter..his little hideway.

but most of all he just smiles!!!

Isaac's Party

Okay..its been forever since I have blogged anything..I'm a little behind! So be prepared for a "few" posts!

So for Isaac's 4th Birthday he asked for a Transformer Birthday Party! He was so excited to have his friends over! It was a classic "all boy" party...after everyone sang Happy Birthday, one boy farted and another started picking his nose! Classic...we got a good laugh out of that one! Here are some pictures from the party!

He loved answering the door in his mask!

The boys!

We hid some transformer cards I made and they had to find them...

We then had each boy cover their eyes and try to put a sticker on the Transformer poster...Isaac kept telling Ethan, "Now, no peeking Ethan!" He was checking to make sure Ethan couldn't see!

Very excited for all his gifts...especially the underwear!

What party is not complete without Sword fighting!

the cake.

Hungry boys!

Isaac

Boy-friends!

Hey there!
My friend put this post on her blog today…I thought it was so funny! Madi is clueless that these boys are even “chasing” her! But it’s fun! The boy next door has a plan…and the other boy is more the romantic type (prince who saves his princess)! Check out what they wrote! Thought it was just fun to share! Young romance! How does it all start so early!

http://thebrownfamily-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/transformer-birthday-party.html

Back from the Doctor

Well we had our 2 appointments this morning.

We have been encouraged these last few days because we're starting to feel like Elliot is finally feeling better. His last dose of antibiotic was 10 days ago....and still no infection has come back! This is very good news...

So we met first with infectious disease. Let me say this first...I love this doctor. I really felt like he took the time to really understand what has been going on with Elliot and really explained to us how he based his assessment of him and what next steps we should take. I was very affirming. As for next steps...since Elliot is doing better...we're going start giving him some Singular - an allergy/asthma preventive medication. This will hopefully help reduce the inflation in his nose and just open his airways more so they can drain properly and reduce the mucus in his system so bacteria can thrive. Also he thinks the reflux medication we put him on in January is helping. Some of the "stuff" they found in Elliot's adenoid is usually found in his stomach and that means he was probably still dealing with reflux and that probably was causing his body to create more mucus to sooth his throat from the reflux. He's pretty sure this is not a milk allergy so we're going to slowly introduce that back into his diet....and we would be able to tell right away if it was a problem. So this visit was very informative and gave us at least some next steps to take.

After that we went to the ENT. Okay..this visit was a 180 degrees opposite the feeling I got at the ID doctor. I think the doctor was in for a whole 4 minutes...and it really felt like when I starting telling him what the ID doc said and suggested...he just checked out and figured we moved on to another doctor. So he just said Elliot looks fine and we'll see him in 6 months. Well....we'll see about that...I think I need to clear my head a little first before I make that appointment or decide just to switch ENT's. Maybe I'm expecting too much but it was such night and day difference from one doctors attention to the other. All I know is Elliot is starting to feel better..so that is all that matters. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers today and these last few weeks. All the encouragement has been wonderful.

Good news...

Well we just got the results of the CF test...that was fast! Anyway...its good news...he's within the normal range. So we're excited all this extra mucus is not a result of cystic fibrosis. So we'll just wait and see what next step Infectious Disease can offer us. Thanks so much for your prayers.

elliot's tongue

Here are some pictures of the tongue! I posted earlier how he got this (if you missed it check back here). I think the hardest part for me of all of it was when he'd roll his tongue and show you the inside...I did not do well with those visuals! Good thing I'm not a doctor..

extreme close up...

His balance did improve over the weekend, so no CAT scan for him. We go tomorrow (Tuesday) to have a sweat Chloride Test done...this is to check for Cystic Fibrosis. Then we meet with Infectious Disease on the following Tuesday and will hopefully have the results from this test by then and see where to go from there. So hopefully Elliot will just start to feel better and we can get through this week without having to go back in for anything. So we're just waiting...sometimes its hard to just sit and wait. I find myself just assuming that the infection is just going to come back no matter what we try and get really negative but then I try to remember that no matter what God has a plan. HE knows whats wrong or not wrong with Elliot and I know I can trust HIM no matter what my flesh feels. I'm so greatful for all the support and prayers from so many people. I'm amazed all the time of a new comment or email from someone I haven't talked to in forever...and its uplifting to think they took the time to read about my son and say a prayer for him. Thanks!