Update

I haven't written in a long time so I thought I better. I really don't have much to update ya'll on. I had a birthday this week. I'm 29 now. One more year to go till the big 3-0. I'm not depressed really; I just feel like I all of a sudden realized how old I am. I guess I still thought of myself as this young adult right out of college. There were a couple of times last week that I realized that I'm not. First, I had a song from the Wiggles in my head all day long. Then, as I was taking a walk with the kids in the stroller, I heard myself say in a very mom voice, "You stop touching your sister right now!" I even snapped my fingers and everything. The last and the biggie was that The New Kids On The Block were on the Today show the other morning. You should have seen me singing all the words to "The Right Stuff." I was sitting there watching all the fans going crazy and laughing because they were all middle aged women. It then hit me that that was me! What happened! How did I become middle aged? I'm not complaining though because I am right where I wanted to be at this age and happier than I even thought.
The kids are doing great. Amelia's eye is about the size of a grape right now. We go back next week to see if we have to get a cat scan. She has discovered that she can make noises and is "talking" like crazy. She loves to talk and smile. I don't remember Gabe doing that much "talking" at this age. Gabe is as cute and awnry as ever. He has really started pretend play the last couple of days. He puts on this little hat that his grandma bought him and says he is going to work. I asked where and he told me on the tractor. (He drove the tractor with Grandpa this weekend) He then walked to the door and yelled, "Bye, I'm going to work." A few minutes later he came out of his room and had the hat off and said he was all done. I caught him talking to his little baby doll this morning too. Usually the doll is just another toy to throw around but lately he has been pretending with it. He puts it to bed and holds it like a baby instead of by the hair.
Eric was gone for a couple of days at a seminar in Salem. It is good to have him home. Gabe kept asking where Daddy's toothbrush was at.
We are looking forward to going to Taft the first week of July. It'll be hot as heck but my dad has a pool and a patio with misters. We are also going to go to the beach one day. I know it will be a tough trip though because it will be weird to not see Ruth. I'm excited to see Kelly and W.T. though and just give them big hugs. Well, I love ya all and I'll keep you posted about anything else.

Mia's eye

Well, I just got back from the pediatric opthalmologist about Mia's eye. Cheri called me after my last post and told me that she thought it was hemangioma. She was right. At least that is what the doc. thinks right now. He said we'll probably have to do a CT scan to make sure and to check and see how close it is to her eye. Hemangioma is a type of birthmark. It grows pretty rapidly for the first year and then will start to get smaller. 70% of them are gone by the time the child is 7 years old. Because it is next to her eye we have to watch it carefully and make sure it doesn't start pushing on the eye. If it does she will have to get cortizone injections. Please pray with us that it doesn't get that big. The pics. I've seen on the internet are not pretty and the doctor did warn me that it can get a bit traumatic depending on how big it gets. After seeing the pics. on WebMD, I don't want to see anymore. I'm sure those are just severe cases and they'll just make me anxious. Please pray with us though. I'm also worried about our insurance. We only have to pay the copay for the first 6 appts. but after that we have to pay for any doctor visits. Well, she has already had three in the last 2 weeks and has another one in two more weeks. I'll keep you posted on anymore.
Love ya,
Britt

Tiny dancer

I just had to show this little video of Gabe dancing. It looks more like a two year old just going crazy but this is his dancing. He is very particular about what he dances to. He said he wanted to dance the other day so I tried putting in a new c.d. that Eric's aunt gave us for little boys and he threw a fit. I got the new Eagles CD for Christmas so that is what I usually listen to when I do play a CD. Well, that is what he insisted on dancing too. And, it had to be disc one not two. He only really dances to this one song also. The CD player in his room has a worship cd and that's o.k. to dance to if he is in his room but if he is in the living room it has to be the Eagles. 2 year olds are weird. So, enjoy my crazy little boy. Don't mind the mess. I know all you parents understand what it's like to have kids and all their "stuff."