Family Update

Well it's been a while since I've given an update on everyone so I thought it was time for one! We've had some ups and downs lately...

Jules' reflux hasn't gotten any better so we made another doctors appointment and finally got some headway. We told the doctor how the medicine and formula doesn't seem to be helping with the amount of puking, she still wakes in the night with an acidic smell on her breath and pacifier, and she won't lay on her back (she throat screams from the pain). The doctor says we have exhausted all efforts, can't increase her medicine and therefore gave us a referral to a pediatric gastroenterologist in Louisville ... THANK YOU!!! Please keep her health concerns in your thoughts and prayers that we will get more answers before we leave here and have to start all over with another doctor. Please also pray that her sleeping habits will get better as the reflux does since she is only sleeping 30-40 minutes at a time which is exhausting for everyone and makes for very difficult days.

On the upside, Jules is starting to talk more, she is saying "ba" which sounds like bye-bye, or ba-ba (for a bottle) and anything else you want to pretend... we video taped it the first time because it sounded like bye-bye but agree it doesn't really count if she doesn't know what she is saying :) She also has started saying something like "ma" but only when crying so I do not count that as ma-ma since I don't want her saying it only when she crys :) She is very active, crawling everywhere and tinkering with everything... she is going to need to be challenged in school, we know that much, since she can't even eat her bottle without being distracted - she likes rubbing her fingers on EVERYTHING! She is now 27" tall which is apparently slightly less than 50% yet she is taller than most kids her age?!?!! She is also 16 pounds, 7 ounes which is on the low side of 25% so we are still struggling to keep the food down but doing ok enough not to worry the doctors anymore :)

I have also had some health concerns lately. I don't want to go into specifics but please just keep me in your prayers as well as I will be finding out in about 2 weeks if I will need to have a procedure and if so please pray that the procedure will be successful.

On another up side, I started guitar lessons with my early birthday present and am having a blast! So far I can play Amazing Grace and am working on America the Beautiful :) I am coming home and teaching Jonathan too which is making it even more fun!

Speaking of Jonathan, he is up to no good :)... no he just is having a very difficult time with his instructor! Recently his instructor disqualified him in a pt test and then approached him later ripping him up one side and down the other but Jonathan remained calm and didn't argue with him even though he knew he was right. Later the instructor realized he was wrong and admitted it to the class, although an apology would have been nicer after being such a butt :) We are almost done here in KY and are very much looking forward to moving. Please keep Jonathan's studies in your prayers and that he will be able to get enough rest to concentrate in class since Jules isn't being cooperative :) Please also keep our home in DC in mind, we really need to sell it in order for me to continue to be able to stay home with Jules.

Here are some silly photos from our last photos shoot ... gotta love her :)