The outside decorations. The "BOO" letters, skull, and skeleton sign are glittered, but is not showing up on camera.
My favorite babies' costumes of the past are framed.
Wasn't able to turn off Backyardigan's...sorry
The kids' bedroom doors.
Carli's bathroom and bedroom.
And another little family joke is that since Jason is nine months and two days younger than me... it's because when my aunt and uncle came to the hospital to see me when I was born, they just fell in love with me and decided they needed a baby too! Ha! True or not, I'm happy to have my "favorite cousin"! I have so many fun memories of us growing up together, with lots of pictures to go along with! I sure need to drag those out and post them!
I think it turned out FANTASTIC!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR AUNT SALLY!
Monday, Austin had an appointment with an ENT. Even though it was an ENT specialist, we were there to discuss Austin getting a Vagus Nerve Stimulator. This particular doctor also works with Austin's neurologist, by surgically implanting the VNS in patients. So, this appointment was to go over the procedure. We are very excited about the VNS and have been thinking about it for some time. Well, while we were there, I mentioned to the doctor, Austin's snoring. Snoring, well more like choking, gasping. We hear him all night long. We have a monitor in our room and his so we can hear him in the night if he has a seizure. We get up all during the night, every night, to roll him over or turn his head to get him to breathe better and stop snoring. Most of the time it sounds as if he had a seizure. He is so hard to wake up in the mornings and yawns so much during the day. The doctor took a look at Austin, who had probably his fifth yawn while sitting in the exam room, then looked in his throat and nose. He said from hearing the description, looking at Austin, he would say he has sleep apnea. His tonsils were large! He said his tonsils and adenoids need to come out pretty quickly. I told him that I feel like that could be why he has some of the seizures that he does. Being overly tired. He totally agreed. Now, will this stop him from having seizures? Who knows? Praying it does, or at least lessens them. It will provide him with better breathing, more oxygen to his brain, better sleep, better moods! The VNS will wait for few months. We will wait to see how his sleeping and seizures go and then discuss whether or not we still want to do it. WOW! What an appointment! We went for discussion of putting in one thing and leave with talks of taking some things out! We're actually happy with getting his tonsils and adenoids out! Why we or anyone else never thought of this who knows! Maybe because (for me) I think of removing of your tonsils because you've had strep throat alot? Not the case at all! OH, and his weight today was 94lbs.! Just two months ago, he weighed 88lbs. You remember, weight and height are always a concern with us.
Allison is a childhood friend of mine. She's really been heavy on my heart! I think about her every single day. Constantly praying for her! Now, have we talked in the past 18 years (aside from Face book) since school has been out? No. But when you come from a town like ours, where everybody knows everybody and when you have grown up together, it doesn't matter how many years have past. She fought breast cancer about five years ago. This summer it returned and she's been going at treatments hard! Just less than two weeks ago, after lots of testing to figure out why she's been having such horrible headaches, they found a mass in her brain, meaning the cancer has metastasized. It can be surgically removed and due to the confined bleeding in this tumor, it needs to be done now. Well, today is that day! Oh how I hate this! I just keep thinking of how she's my age (36), she's married, has two adorable baby boys, and then I flash back to my mom! Basically going through the same thing. We can all relate to her. But, if anyone can beat this, it's Allison! She's a fighter for sure and talk about a faith in our God...She's is so full of grace and always has that never ending smile! Just look at her! If you could please, whether you know her or not, say a prayer for her and pass along her story! You can start by clicking here for her background and then here for her latest journal entry. Thank you!
This past week, we went out for pizza, her favorite! She ate so much! When we were leaving, she told me where her and her daddy were going to stand so I can take their picture! SWEET GIRL!
1998: Jestin, Tyler, JOEL, and Austin
This was this past Tuesday. It was an out of town game! OUT OF TOWN! I was actually calm about him loadin' up on the bus with the team and coaches heading OUT OF TOWN! Okay, maybe I wasn't all that calm! Hey, at least I didn't follow the bus or take pictures like I wanted to. I think I did okay! HA!
The game was good. However, they lost. In fact, both A and B teams lost against the school they were playing! Oh well, he's having fun playing and we are having fun watching him play!
The night before she got her things in her back pack, I made her lunch, and we laid out her outfit. She also made her teachers' gift. Edible crayons (chocolate covered pretzels).
She quickly got ready and we took the annual first day of school pics! The first picture isn't as clear-my camera fogged up.
She did great going into her classroom. I was a bit worried because she would be the first one there, (since she's a teacher's child and they go in a few minutes before everyone else) and all of her class from last year are split up; she does have two friends in there she knew from last year and four are from my last year's class. PLUS, she's SHY! But like I said, she was fine, because she knew very soon BRADY would be walking in that room! Thank goodness for BRADY!
(Carli, age 2, lovin' on her Mary Poppins!)
Well, this past weekend, she watched it twice and kept seeing the comercial for
Who would've thought that a four year old would watch this movie? I mean, I like it alot, but come on, it's long!!! Well, she did! Of course she danced, sang, played while it was on, but man she loved it! I wish I would've been able to get pictures of her! You can see the back of her head in the picture below.
She now wants to buy the dvd....I think I'll pass.
(Emily's 1st Birthday. I had to have my very own party for her at my house!) 
(For the record, the above picture has always been Anthony's favorite! She looks like a baby doll!)
(Carli and Emily! What pretty girls!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL. Her birthday is September 12th.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRIS! Her birthday was on Sept. 5th.
