Wordless Wednesday: "Mountain"

Just laying around!

Picture time

Since we need to keep up with pictures for Ellies birthmother, every day is picture day for her. Just wanted to show off a couple of cute dress shots:

Wordless Wednesday: Sleepy girl

The wrong kid

When Ben was born with all of his respiratory issues, we were told that as he got older, he was at risk of developing asthma. So far, he is doing great. Imagine my surprise when Ellies doctor told us that she might be on her way to an asthma diagnosis!

Ellie has always had some reflux. Its nothing serious, no grunting or discomfort, just spit up after every meal. It actually got better a couple weeks ago then started to get worse again. On top of that, it sounds like she has something stuck in her throat (which has been stuck for over a month) and sometimes causes a cough. We took her to the doctor last week and were informed that she is also wheezing. The doctor educated me on the 2 types of constriction that causes wheezing. The first is air way constriction which could be caused by the reflux. The second is muscle constriction which could be caused by asthma. At this point, we have no way of knowing what type Ellie has. Right now the plan is to put some cereal in her formula. We are hoping the extra weight will keep it down. We have also started her on reflux medication. When she starts getting congested, we also have an inhaler to try. We need to test all theories and see if we can figure out what the cause is of Ellies wheezing. Obviously, we are hoping that clearing up the reflux will take care of the problem. We'll keep you posted.

In happier news, we met Jon out for a picnic lunch last week. The kids always think its cheating when they get to see dad in the middle of a work day.

Uncles

My brothers are in town this weekend for Fathers Day. They stopped over to finally meet Ellie and get some play time in with the boys. It was great seeing them and watching the boys climb on them!
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there.

Little swimmers

Sam has stood by for a while now watching Ben get in the pool with dad for swim lessons. After Bens last session, we knew Sam wasn't going to sit on the sidelines any more. They both started swim lessons on Monday. Ben has graduated to swimming with an instructor. That leaves dad all for Sam. The first 5 minutes were a bit intimidating for Sam, but he quickly warmed up to the pool and has been going non stop. He even broke away from dad last night to swim on the noodle all by himself! Ben loves his teacher and is doing a great job improving on the basics hes already learned.

More smiles

She just can't stop smiling. Especially when her brothers are around!

Meet the trucks

We went to Lakewoods annual Meet the Trucks event over the weekend. Trucks of all kinds filled Lakewood Park. The kids got to go in them, honk the horns (which wasn't annoying at all!!!), explore and talk to the vehicle operators if they wanted. The boys had a lot of fun. Every time we talk to Ben his favorite truck changes. Here are some highlights from the event:

Nature Center

We went to the Nature Center with friends not too long ago. The boys love checking out the fish and running through the outside portion. Here are a couple highlights:

Notice Sam and Ella holding hands!!

Wordless Wednesday: The giraffe

Kids got to feed him leaves and he was so close some got to pet him!

Holiday

We headed to Ravenna this weekend for the holiday. The kids ran non stop. Between basketball, bubbles, playing cars, walks, play grounds etc. they barely had time to sleep. Heres a quick recap. Church with Pap:

Looking cute after refusing to sit still during the sermon:

A crazy play ground we took the kids to while Gram and Pap had a birthday party to go to. Can you see the red cheeks and sweat pouring down their faces?

In the car on the way back Ben informed us his hair was already wet so he didn't need a bath! Ellie didn't seem to mind the heat.

The Memorial Day parade:

It was too much excitement for some:

Dessert. Can you see the frosting on his eye lid?

We had a great weekend and thanks for the use of the convertible!

Wordless Wednesday: Peas

I don't think she's quite sold yet.

Cute kids

The kids have been extra cute recently so I wanted to post some pics. I feel a little guilty. We've been trying to take extra pics of Ellie for the birth parent letters and I think we've neglected the boys just a little.