arboretum

me, eleanor, lindsey, lyla & susu ventured to the arboretum last week to see all the pumpkins.

the weather was absolutely perfect.

here are some of my favorite pics from the day!

i put this dress over her onsie that she was wearing but as you can tell, she was not a fan.

still such a cute pie even when she cries.

goooooooooooooo rangers!!!

normal is awesome

we got the results back for eleanor.
they all came back completely NORMAL!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! (it is a big deal when i whoop because i never whoop!)

she has nothing wrong with her at all.
absolutely NOTHING.

i think our doc will be surprised to here this...she seemed to think there was at least 50/50 chance that something may be wrong since eleanor is so young.

glad we proved her wrong!

thanks for all the prayers!!!

trying on our winter snowsuit

...it's over!

well we all survived and are back home!
eleanor did AMAZING & was so brave!
i have to admit- it was no where near as bad as we both thought.
my parents surprised us and showed up while we were still waiting so they were allowed to sit in on the entire procedure.
we started with the VCUG.
the doctors were super nice & distracted eleanor with toys & bubbles.
she barely cried at all- only until her bladder was REALLY full did she start to get uncomfortable.
then we had a sono done.
she fussed a bit during that only though because i think she was ready for her nap.
all in all, she did great.
we should find out the results in a couple days.

here is sweet eleanor in her hospital gown.
so cute & has NO idea what is about to happen!

mommy & daddy holding her down, singing & distracting her.

sono time. she was really intrigued with the doctor.

recovering with her grandpa & granma!

i will let you know results as soon as we hear!

please keep praying!

prayers please

please keep eleanor in your prayers today.
we are headed to children's medical for a procedure at 12:30.
last month she had a bladdar infection which apparently is pretty unusual for a 6 month old.
today they want to do a sonogram & a VCUG on her & see if they can find out what caused it.
to the best of my knowledge, i know a VCUG involves a catheter and pumping her with a liquid dye to see if it refluxes back in her kidneys. hopefully it doesn't.
but if it does, then i think that means she has a kink in her tubes that she will eventually grow out of but until then will need to be on medicine.
this could be anywhere from months to a few years.
we are hoping that it was a random thing that just happened & that she doesn't have to be on meds for years to come.
also i know this shouldn't be a painful procedure but it will obviously be uncomfortable for a 7 month old to go through.
the doctors already told me i am the one that gets to "hold her down".
doesn't that sound fun.

i will keep you all posted.
thanks in advance for your prayers.
xoxo

i could eat her up

i couldn't resist showing off this sweet picture.

and OH i have so much blogging to catch up on.

a long list sitting here next to me of things to share.

i hope to get to it all sometime tomorrow or thursday.

in the mean time, go rangers!

lovin this weather

i hope everyone has enjoyed this amazing weather!
we sure have!

eleanor update:
she is doing much better now.
she was put on antibiotics for ten days to treat her bladdar infection.
we went back to the doctor on friday to have her checked again & the infection has cleared (praise the Lord!).
next week sometime we will be going to children's medical to have a sonogram done & a VCUG to double check & make sure everything is ok internally.
please keep eleanor in your prayers over the next couple weeks that everything looks normal.

in other news:
blake & i leave for vegas on tuesday with Ryan & Danielle to celebrate Danielle's 28th birthday.
we are so excited to finally go to vegas together & even more excited to hang out with the Longs on such a special occasion!

yes- eleanor will be staying behind.
the first night she will be with blake's mom (susu) & the second night she will be with my parents.
i have never left eleanor for more than three hours so this will be interesting but i know she will be in good hands.
OH & i have JUST enough milk saved up too...i have been working hard these last few weeks.
let's just hope she decides to not go on another bottle strike!

the results are in..

eleanor update:

unfortunately eleanor continued to have a fever over the weekend off and on so monday morning i made her an appointment to see the pedi.
they checked her ears, eyes, throat, chest and all seemed normal.
since none of us were sure of what was going on (a fever was her only symptom), they decided to test her urine. they wanted to check to see if she possibly had a bladder infection or if she had strep. yes you can get strep down there.
they had to use a catheter.
on a 6 month old.
eleanor was not a happy camper.
i had to hold her head and hands and when it was all over with, blake held her & comforted her while i talked with the doctor.
then when she saw me across the room, she started crying again.
it truly broke my heart.

the doctors sent us home with antibiotics to get rid of the infection & said they would call us today with the results.
i just got off the phone with the doctor.
it is in fact a bladder infection.
not exactly the news we wanted to hear but i had a feeling.
we are supposed to continue giving her the meds for 10 days.
they will then retest her urine to see if things are better.
at that point, i am not sure what will happen.
there is potential for a lot more testing to see what caused the infection.
we are praying we do not have to take that road for eleanor's sake.
the good news is that if she didn't have a fever, you would never know she was sick.
therefore i don't think she is in any pain or discomfort.
she is her normal, happy self.
her last fever was this morning at 99.4 so we are hoping that was the last of them.

please keep eleanor in your prayers over the next ten days and pray that the infection clears and no more testing will be needed.

3 years

happy 3 years to the love of my life!