Halloween

This year Ethan was a Ninja, Cameron was a mummy, and Sloane was a buttlerfly
I had to talk Cam into being a mummy- I have always wanted Ethan to be one because I wanted to make the costume but he always said no- I was finally able to talk Cameron into it though!
Sloane did really well for her first Halloween. She didn't care much for the headpiece, but once we took that off she was just fine- even though it was super hot in her costume and not cool outside at all.

pumpkin carving

This year we let each of the boys have their own pumpkin. Ethan wanted to carve his by himself and we decided to clean them out with a beater attached to Jim's drill- a badass way to clean out a pumpkin! hehe

MRI results

Well, I had my mri last week and got the results yesterday- they found NO MS! Yeah! Unfortunately they didn't really find anything that would explain my arm issues, so I just have to hope that it gets better someday soon. They did find what looks like a goiter (ick!) so I need to see our family dr today and have them do some tests and bloodwork to check my thyroid.
Sloane had her first really bad cold this last week. She had a fever over 100 for 3 days! Nothing I did would make it go away. She looked miserable and a little bit scary! Finally today she is a bit less congested. I am just hoping she will start sleeping well again because these sleepless nights are killing me!

Sloane is 6 months old!

Sloane had her 6 month appt today- she was 17lb 7oz and 25 3/4in. He said she is sitting way better than he would expect at her age (but that makes up for the fact that she wont roll over from her tummy yet). She has some tremors in her hands still and he said to keep a journal of it- it is probably just immature muscles/nerves but it could be tiny seizures- so I just need to keep an eye on it. She was throwing up last night so she got out of getting her shots today since you are supposed to be healthy when you get them- I am so glad because she has had a pretty severe reaction to one of the shots the last 2 times- not only does she get a huge knot on her leg but she just cries for hours and hours. The dr said she is probably reacting to the Pertussis so when I bring her in next week to get shots he just wont give her that one- yeah!!!

Welcome to the family Sidonah Leigh Colvin!

I have been meaning to post this for some time but keep forgetting!Lynleigh had her baby girl on October 2 at 7:57am. She was 6lb14oz and 20in.
Just look at all that hair!!!!

More good news for Ethan!

Today was another great day for Ethan. We went to the orthodontist today and it was time to take the braces and palate expander off- yeah! We thought he was going to need a retainer but all they did is put a tiny piece of metal behind his 2 front teeth to hold them together while his side teeth finish coming down- that's it! There is nothing else in his mouth now! He sure did think it felt weird to be able to feel the roof of his mouth again- he has had that palate expander in there for a year now. Here he is holding his 'before' picture that the orthodontist took with his teeth all crazy and far apart.
Last year he got it all put in right before halloween so he kind of got screwed in the candy dept since anything chewy/sticky was off limits- I told him that when he got it all off we would go buy a ton of gum and have a gum party. He has been looking forward to that for a whole year and finally today he got his gum! He was thrilled! Then of course he wanted to learn how to blow a bubble- did you know it is very difficult to explain to someone how to blow a bubble?! Well, after about 100 tries, he finally started getting the hang of it!

School is great this year!

Ethan has been doing SO well in school this year. We just got report cards back and he had nearly all A's! There were only 2 that werent and they were still above 85%. Not only has he been getting good grades, he has also been getting some of his homework done before he comes home- they have to wait in the gym to be picked up and he uses the time to do his daily reading and summary- the great thing is that I didn't even ask him to do it, he just decided to all by himself. I couldn't be any prouder of him!
The school even rewards the kids with an A average after every grading period- this time they get to go on a field trip to the bowling alley on friday and they get to be gone from school all day long! what a nice and well deserved break!

growing up so fast!

Sloane's favorite thing is to drink from our cups- once she gets the water in her mouth she usually spits it out though- pretty funny!

cookie time!

She totally adores Bagel and watches what she is doing all the time. Bagel is oddly enough not bothered by the attention- she even lets Sloane pet her which she has never liked with any other baby!
sitting pretty

Fort Worth Zoo

I figured that since we had lived here for over a year it was time to go to the zoo. Jim is working nights so he sleeps all day and we had nothing to do on sunday so we decided to venture out- I don't do that too often with all 3 kids but we all had a great time.

September pictures

Sloane is getting pretty good at sitting up now.


She decided she wanted to feed herself...