We'll post some more pics later, but here's one of Mallory in her new glasses. She wasn't sure about them at first, but she's warming up to the idea.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Mallory's Glasses
Sunday, December 6, 2009
More November Updates...
We spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Lubbock, visiting both sides of the family.
Some pics from Thanksgiving Day with Gran and Granddad at Aunt Debbie's house.
It was a nice day, so we went outside for the afternoon... the girls had fun playing in the back of Granddad's truck...
We spent the weekend with Nana and Granddaddy!
The girls loved playing in the truck with Nana! Here they are waving bye-bye... there were lots of waves...
The most fun part was "falling out"... they would take turns driving and they would throw themselves out onto the carpet and they thought it was the funniest thing...
Kelby with her Christmas "necklace"
We tried to get a good Christmas picture, but the girls weren't really in the mood for pictures.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Kelby's Glasses
It's been so long since we posted anything. We'll post a lot of updates from November later, but here's a few pics of Kelby in her new glasses. Mallory will get hers next week. :)
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sweet Berry Farms '09
We went out to Sweet Berry Farms this afternoon. It was such a nice day to be outside, our good friend Salli and her son Hunter went with us. We are thinking about having the girls' birthday party out there this year so we went to scope it out.
Kelby loved the goats...
And they loved her popcorn...
Our best attempt at a family photo on the hayride.
Strolling through the flower fields.
Little man Hunter.
Salli, Hunter, Jen and Kelby
Family shot... +1
Kelby picking out a pumpkin.
The weather was so nice, it didn't get above the 70's (though it did start to feel a little warm before we left) so we didn't think to break out the sunscreen... so we all got a little red.
Kelby Knievel
Kelby has one speed... 90 miles an hour. Non-stop, from the moment she wakes....bouncing off the walls, giggling all the while. This is just the latest of her injuries - it doesn't look that bad in the photo- but she hit the corner of our entertainment center door on her forehead. Kelby cried for maybe 2 minutes. It made a huge egg on her forehead, but she couldn't have cared less. She went right back to playing and laughing as I took pictures. Nothing slows our Kurly Sue down, nothing, and we love it!
God is great! - Mallory's Surgery
Little Back Story:
Mallory hadn't been gaining weight like she should, so our pediatrician had some tests run a while back. Those tests came back showing that she possibly had Celiac Disease (her digestive system can't tolerate gluten - causing malnutrition, poor weight gain, etc, etc, etc). In order to formally diagnose Celiac an intestinal scope has to be done. Mallory also has had 6 ear infections in the last year so we were looking at getting tubes too- I know, poor Mallory, right?- to top it all off, Jeremy was considering switching jobs and at the beginning of the month so we thought our insurance would be ending as of November 1st.
So we began on September 30th with prayers for an opening in Dr. Sanders schedule for a scope, one in Dr. Sawyer's schedule for tubes, and insurance approval + a job for Jeremy come October 23rd. What do ya know, on October 2nd, Dr Sanders office called me to say a spot had opened on October 7th, then when I talked to Dr. Sawyers office, he was going to be at the same facility that day and could easily add Mallory to his list. PRAISE GOD! Such an answered prayer as we could not change Mallory's diet until the scope was done. She was feeling worse as the days went on and would hardly eat. God is so good and definitely looked out for our little Angel.
I talked with Dr. Sanders on Tuesday (10/13) about the results from the scope and they did confirm that she does indeed have Celiac. Now they want to test Kelby as well, because it is a genetic disease. Hopefully we can avoid having to have another scope done. But, it looks like we will all be going Gluten-Free! Do you even know how much stuff is made with wheat, rye or barley???
And... Mallory is a whole new kid after the surgery. She feels so much better and is back to playing tricks on Kelby. She was in the best mood the day of the surgery, almost as if she knew that she would feel better after.
* Oh and Jeremy's company is allowing him to stay on through the end of the year, so more time to job hunt. Anyone need a civil engineer specifying in Land Development??? I know a FANTASTIC one. ;)
On our way to the hospital...
Before surgery...
After surgery...
When she finally got back to normal, mind you she was a GROUCH for about 2 hours after the whole ordeal, she was starving and loved the GF arrow root cookies we had for her. The nurses loved her and she hammed it up too. Our little Missy Lou is quite the trooper, we love her and we are so proud of her.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Bubble Gum Playland
Nana sent the girls a couple of new things this week. They Love their new "Bubble Gum Playland". Thanks Nana. Kaylen also came over to play.
It's 'bin' a Great Day...
So, the girls new favorite toy seems to be one of our many plastic bins. They have played with it for days.
The 'kids' Table
We went over to our friends' (Justin and Brandy) house to watch the Tech vs UT game and the girls had their first experience at "the kids table". They look so big.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lazy Saturday....
We had another nice lazy Saturday at the house. The girls had fun playing and just hanging out.
The girls got some new Tech shirts for the football season... Guns Up!
and Mallory of course doesn't believe her outfit is complete without a necklace...
Oh look, she found another one for Kelby... (and don't they both look so BIG in this picture)
Here you go Kelby, that shirt would look much better with a necklace...
yes, that's perfect!
and apparently Kelby thought Mallory's outfit would look better without one, so I guess she took them both for herself. :)
Later that night after baths...
Again, the girls have so many toys to play with, but Kelby likes to play with the free plastic pitcher we got from our trip to the hospital... doesn't everybody have one of these. :) We use ours to wash the girls' hair in the bathtub. What do you use yours for?
Kelby loves it... and what is that... behind her... oh yes, it's the money we could have saved by switching to Geico..... that little guy taunts us all the time.
and Mallory always wants to go bye-bye before bedtime... so she goes into our closets and brings us our shoes. :)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A Little Taste of Our World Lately.... some random videos.
It seems that we can never get a good video of the girls, they'll be doing something funny and we'll run to get the camera and, of course, they no longer find whatever it was amusing... but, here's a few videos we got this past weekend. We had a great weekend, just hanging out at the house. :)
Heidi is inside most of the time and the girls love playing with her... we had let her outside for a while, but the girls really wanted her to come back in to play.... and you'll notice that Mallory really wanted to go outside.
Kelby likes to watch the camera screen when we use the video camera... hence the "Uppease" - translation... "Up please..."
One of the girls new favorite games... blanket tug of war... until it ends with someone being dragged across the floor. :)
The girls love their little slide in the playroom but they've had a hard time remembering that you go one at a time and you don't stand at the bottom of the slide when someone is coming down. :)
In review. . . . . . .
The past few months have been filled with a few family trips and lots of time staying cool in this insane Austin heat. You know it has been hot when you get excited that it will only be 94 for the next few days.
The girls are each talking up a storm and their babble is turning into actual audible conversation. They both have become very helpful with cleaning up toys, making beds, putting up laundry etc. It is so fun to ask them to do things and watch them think it all through.
Kelby weighs almost 22lbs now and Mallory is still holding on to 19lbs for all it is worth. We are working with her doctor and meeting with a nutritionist soon to help get her over the 20lb mark and off to gaining again. She is our picky eater so adding calories to her diet is a little tricky. But over all they are still fabulously healthy!
We have a bunch of really cute giggling videos. We will try to add one tonight and maybe a few pics too!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Chocolate Chip Cookies
It's been so long since we updated, we'll post some more updates next week, but for now...
The girls had their first chocolate chip cookies a while back.... they were a little messy.
Mallory liked them.
Kelby loved them... :)
Monday, July 13, 2009
Vacation with Nana and Granddaddy
Nana and Granddaddy took us on vacation this past weekend in Dallas. We had a great time. We stayed at the Gaylord Texan again (yes, Nana and Granddaddy spoil us) :)
We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Friday and then toured the new Cowboys' Stadium on Saturday. We also went to the mall a few times, and ate a LOT of good food (again).
Thanks Nana and Granddaddy for a GREAT vacation!
The Gaylord Texan - The views from our room (this is such a nice place - if you ever get a chance to go - don't pass it up).
They had trains set up all through the atrium at the hotel for the summer.
We got the girls ready for bed and then headed down for dessert in the lobby... because we were on vacation and it was so good!
The girls loved all of the fountains in the atrium.
The Dallas World Aquarium
Sloth
We loved the penguins
The new Cowboys' Stadium. WOW! It's GINORMOUS!
It has the largest dome roof in the world! The Statue of Liberty could fit inside - standing up or laying on her side.
One of the many (many) concession areas.
The view from one of the luxury suites.
The HUGE screen/scoreboard. The largest in the world!
Getting the field ready for Soccer.
The "Miller Lite Lounge" - field level - the carpeted area is where the team will enter the field.
Field level - Jerry Jones' private elevator at the end of the hallway.
A view from field level.
The girls had a great time, just playing in the rooms.
Where's Mallory?
The atrium
We had to get another photo where we had our Christmas picture taken.
We had such a good time!
July 4th in Lubbock
We went to Lubbock for the 4th to Nana and Granddaddy's. Aunt Sara and her three boys (Conner, Jackson and Harrison) met us there for the weekend. we hadn't seen them in a while, so it was a great weekend of fireworks, parade, playing in the backyard and Lots of good food.
Aunt Sara and Mallory
We found this little car in the garage. Kelby LOVED it.
She also loved the swing in the backyard.
A few shots of Jackson "posing"
Austin Children's Museum and the Mall
A while back (June) we decided to have a weekend that was just for the girls... so we went to the Austin Children's Museum on Saturday, and took the girls to the Cookie Lounge for a cookie afterward. Then Sunday after church we went to the mall and let the girls play inthe mall's playground. It has been so hot - we had to think of indoor things that they would like to do. They seemed to have a good time.
The Museum
The Mall
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Father's Day
We had lunch in the park and attempted to feed the ducks...
but they weren't really interested.
Chocolate Chip Cookies... YUM!
She looks like such a big girl in this picture.
Daddy and his girls....
The ducks.
Feeding the ducks?
It was a really hot day - so the girls were really hot and tired when we left the park.
After we put the girls to bed, we had a friend watch them and we went out for dinner and a night at the driving range... it was a great day!
Charlie Bear and Heidi
So, we have decided to try to have some puppies - so Heidi had a friend over for a few days. :)
Meet Charlie Bear - One of the girls nurses from the NICU let us 'borrow' him for a few days - Thanks Valerie
The happy couple...
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