January in Review

Soooo, now I need to cover some weeks that have flown by thus far this year!

Bug got new glasses. YAY! Her Rx went down just a bit. And she looks super cute in her new specs.

 January started off with some snow. Brownie was adamant about making a snowman.

 We didn't have a lot of snow, but she made do. What? Haven't you ever seen broccoli used for snowman's eyes?

 Well, now she thinks this is what people normally use. My poor kids.

Brownie started her first round of gymnastics. And on her first attempt at climbing the rope, she made it all the way to the top. In this picture, you see Peach climbing the rope...she was so close to making it to the top, as well. 

Brownie had some appointments at Children's Mercy with an endocrinologist and her GI doctor. She met her deductible the day after we started our new insurance. Poor girl. I keep telling her "we'll get these things figured out." At least we won't need to see an endocrinologist anymore... it was a fluke.

 We are in the process of weaning her off her meds. We are starting with the pentasa. We recently went from 3 a day down to 2 a day. Well, that went well, so now we are down to 1 a day. There's been a few belly aches, so we might need to go back up. If she doesn't wean well, we will have to rescope her this summer. I hate that, but at the same time I'm very thankful there are procedures to help us monitor her progress. I just never will be okay with having any of my babies "go under." Not my favorite thing--waiting that out.

Little man turned four months. He was 15lbs and 25inches at his appointment. He's hanging out right smack dab in the middle of the growth charts!

 Peach, Brownie, and Bug all had their 100th day of school recently. Peach's class got the chance to dress up like they are 100 years old. This was our idea of what she'd look like.

I got to go to Boushka's guest day at school. We painted using colored ice pops. We played a version of ice hockey. And then I got to take the preschoolers out to lunch at our fav--Jason's Deli.

 Daddy made his second trip to NC since starting his new job in December. We survived at home without him for 4 days. We do, however, love FaceTime!

Peach and Brownie's Girl Scout troop visited some veterans to donate cookies through our cookie share program. They sang "God Bless America" and handed out some yummy Girl Scout cookies to deserving men and women.

 Hunk found his toes!

Little Scrunchie started doing this pose when anybody brings out the camera. Love that face!

And of course little dude is still having some serious skin issues. He scratches and scratches and makes himself bleed. We have to resort to putting his little paws in socks while he sleeps. We started some new ointments, lotions, and washes. Also, recently we added hydrocortisone. It's helping.

 Okay, that mostly covers January! I'll be moving on to February, Keian's 5 month post, and here soon, little Scrunchie's 2 year post!