Coasting Along

1/12/11

They have definitely become "double trouble." Wyatt takes everything off the counter tops and then Bailey plays with it and if possible tears it up. It is amazing what Wyatt can reach and get.
1/20/11
Poor Daddy does not have enough hands to hold them all. They like to sit in front of the computer and watch music videos. We have also been busy skyping with Maw and Grandaddy so Wyatt now goes and points to the computer for them. Wyatt now spends a lot of time clapping, pointing at things, dancing to music, and pushing his cars across the floor.
1/28/11
Bailey has gotten very good at standing up. For a while there she was afraid to stand up because she could not figure out how to sit back down. She does not like to fall down so when that happened to her she stopped standing for more than a week. The therapist got her to cruise the ottoman on Thursday. I have not seen her do it again. She loves to take toys away from Wyatt and has improved her skills at snatching the toy away. Wyatt will often crawl away screaming when she takes a toy. He does not give up though because in a few seconds he comes back and snatches it away and crawls away from her. She is slow as a turtle so she can't keep up with him.
Wyatt has been taking 3-4 steps now for about 3 weeks, but the other day I saw him walk from the couch to the door. He could be walking, but I think he prefers crawling because he is so fast. He is getting 2 more teeth so that will make 8. I don't know about Bailey because she won't open up her mouth very wide because she fears someone will put food in her mouth.

Maw and Grandaddy Finally Come for Christmas

1/6/11
Wyatt loves hats of any type. Bowls will even do. The funniest is when you see him crawling through the house with clothes on his head. Oh, this cute period will end all too quickly.
Bailey loves to type on the computer keyboard so we gave her one of her own. It just does not seem the same to her so she still wants the "real" one.
1/9/11
Maw and Grandaddy could not come up for Christmas due to getting sick about a week before Christmas. We told them that they would get better quicker by going to the doctor. Brianne prays every night that they will do the right thing when they are sick and go to the doctor. Grandaddy has finally gone to the doctor- one month later.



Bailey loves to see the track spin round and round but.....
Wyatt refuses to share his toy. The best way to stop her fun is to sit on the track.
Try getting all those kids to look at you at one time!

Hehehe He won't let me watch it so I will take it a part.

Where Do I Start?

We have had a busy few weeks. We have had SO many doctor's appointments. I have so much to say and so little time to post it. I have been unable to download pictures to the internet because some little gremlin lost my cord. I was going to beat him, but he flashed that toothy grin and I turned to mush. I will update later. I hope we have not lost the few readers we had. :)

A Normal Thing: Eating

You would think that at this point eating would be a normal everyday thing for Bailey. Who has a baby that does not want to eat? Don't you know that a baby will eat when they are hungry? They won't stave themselves. Oh how I wish this were true and not just something most people say and believe. I don't think that I mentioned Bailey and I made the long trip to B'Ham to see an occuaptional therapist. It was definitely a waste of my time, gas money and $32 copay. She started off talking about feeding tubes and I knew where she was coming from. She did not know Baiely at all and starts the tube feeding thing. This was even one of Bailey's rare eating days. She drank 2 ounces of milk in no time and ate 1/2 bowl of cereal. I finally had to firmly tell the woman that at this time a feeding tube is not an option. She then proceeded to tell me "suggestions" for us to follow and that we did not need to come back. She said we might need her closer to when she is 2. No thank you, I don't need this woman at all. I left there thinking that she needed Bailey to get a tube so she would get paid more and have her for longer.

We are now going to see a feeding team here (Jan. 25) that I did not know about. I am also trying to get an appointment with an OT in town I have heard good things about.

Please let's all pray daily for Bailey to overcome her fear of eating and adversion to liquids and food. Please add her to your Church prayer list. Let's turn it over to God and let him heal her. Tell anyone you know that is a prayer warrior to pray so we can get this behind Bailey.

Last Pictures of the Year, 2010

Bailey ends the year with a bang. She is crawling like a champ and has stood up by herself one time. That is really good for one that could not sit up unassisted 2 months ago. She continues to say ma ma especially when she is upset. Her sight is still improving. Praise God!
Bailey still has BAD feeding issues. Please continue to pray that Bailey's feeding gets better. At this point she may still need a feeding tube. I pray this is not the case.

My little daredevil is all boy. Wyatt is still cruising furniture and will let go and just stand there without holding on. He can say da da and ma ma. We had to get a gate because he can crawl up the stairs without you even realizing it. He climbs on everything. He takes everything out of my cabinets. I put a lock on the cabinet with chemicals and that same day he handed the lock to his daddy. His feeding is getting so much better, and he seems to like to eat now.
Tyler is my heart. He is so helpful at home. He plays with Wyatt and wrestles on the floor with him. You can tell he is getting older because he has started getting tired of his little sister aggravating him and bothering his things. They fight a lot lately. He does not like school and asks all the time how much longer till the weekend. He sure does love the outdoors and loves to go see grandaddy so he can see the cows and go fishing. He missed seeing them over the Christmas break. They were sick the whole time.

Brianne loves going to 4k this year and has many friends. They all seem to be boys. She loves to aggravate her daddy by talking on the phone (play phone) to Ethan and Hayden. She asks him all the time if she can go camping with Ethan.She cut her hair. YIKES! Her newest thing is wanting to play "makeups" with mommy every night. She is dying to go have her nails done at a shop. She keeps telling daddy he can watch the babies while we go. The last 2 weeks of school she got in trouble several times. The teacher had a talk with her so we hope she starts off 2011 by staying in her seat and not hugging and talking to her friends.




My favorite picture
It sums up everything for daddy and mommy for 2010.

Bath Time Fun

12/26/10

We woke on the day after Christmas to beautiful snow flakes. Of course it was too hot for it to stick, but it was beautiful to see it fall. I loved driving in it.
Grandaddy, BeBe, and Sophie came up to bring presents for us. BeBe and Bailey had some time to play with her toy before the next explosion of presents happened.
A present bigger than Wyatt... I think he was amazed.
Tyler Man posing with his present
He was so happy to get his movie, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom.
This is the best picture I could get of Brianne. She was having a very bad attitude day. She got to stay in her room for most of the visit.
Sophie was so sweet to help W and B open their presents.


She is hoping no one can see her eating the ribbon.