Rowan has Asthma :(

When Rowan was born, he had rapid breathing and was in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) for about 5 days. He had fluid on his lungs, but luckily, no infection. He's been wheezing (struggling to breathe) off and on ever since. Today, the doctors told us that they think he has asthma. We have to begin asthma treatments on him and do them daily during the Winter months. The doctor also said that they've never seen a kid behave so well while getting a treatment. They have to wear an uncomfortable mask for about ten minutes while a loud machine blows air (and the medicine) through the mask. Rowan just sits there, like the angel he is. Here's a picture of Kevin's dad holding him while he has a treatment. Maybe he thinks food is going to pop in that mask at any time. I hope he never finds out the truth about that dino mask...

Halloween 2007

Here are some pics from Halloween last year. Rowan was born November 1st, so this will be his first Halloween, but last year he was technically the Great Pumpkin. Kevin was Linus, and Hayden was Charlie Brown. It was the closest thing to a costume he would wear, but it really wasn't a costume. Originally, we tried to get Hayden to be a Skeleton, but that was too scary. It's one year later, and he's still scared of lots of things. In fact, today at the dentist, he was so scared, that when the dentist stuck his finger in Hayden's mouth, he bit her. Maybe he should be a vampire this year...

Halloween Fun

To celebrate Halloween, we have been trying to have some non-spooky fun this month. Truth is, Hayden is afraid of EVERYTHING, so it's hard to even take him to the grocery store because of the Halloween stuff there. With any luck, he'll wear his Peter Pan costume, and Rowan will accompany him as Captain Hook. We've been getting him used to the idea of dressing up by putting Halloween shirts on him whenever we can. We've made chocolate spiders, marshmallow Ghosts, Halloween pictures, and he's been able to see others dress up a time or two for different Halloween parties. My mom had a "ghoul's night out" Bunco, and it was the perfect way to start off this month. We hope to carve a pumpkin this week, go trunk or treating, and trick or treating. Last week we went to a Halloween party at a barn, Chad & Molly's Halloween party, and Ella's baptism (pics to come later). Yeah for treats!! No tricks allowed-just ask Hayden...

Toot Blower

Rowan is my little toot blower. Whenever he sees a bare belly or wants to nurse, he likes to blow toots on your skin. He'll sneak up on you when you're sleeping, too. Afterwards, he just looks up at ya, smiles, and waits for your laugh. Who doesn't like a good toot every once in a while? In fact, I think we'll go wake Hayden up with one right now ...

Toot Toot!

Pumpkin Patch at Sweet Berry Farms

Hayden's hugging Rowan-not strangling

Notice the hand on foot...
Notice Irene's Fingernails...


They are staring at goats that climbed the trees...

Enjoying the hayride...

Hayden picked those flowers for Grandmama...

I love pigs...

Poor Rowie wishes he could ride the pony...

We went to the Pumpkin Patch at Sweet Berry Farms with Aunt Irene, Lou, and Uncle Chad. We fed the goats, painted pumpkins, did a hayride, ate homemade pumpkin ice cream, picked flowers and okra, and enjoyed the Fall/Halloween spirit. It was so much fun, and we hope to go back again this Halloween season. We also went to the Hairy Man Festival (http://hairymanfestival.org/) at the park near my house with Grandmama. Hayden rode a pony, fed the animals in the petting zoo, enjoyed the inflatable slides and jumping castles, ate a snow cone, and had fun with Rowan.

Lake Austin

The gang swimming-Kevin, Hayden, Rowan, Lou, Billy & Heather

Hayden dozing...

Lou wake boarding...

Billy Before...

Billy After...

Sleeping Angel #1

Sleeping Angel #2

It is still perfect weather here to go to the lake. Lou, Heather, and her boyfriend Billy went with us to the lake. We brought along Rudy's BBQ, plenty of drinks and snacks. We swam in our favorite spot and then watched Lou & Billy wake board. It was Billy's first time, so I don't have any pics of him "getting up." Lou "got up" every single time, even though he rarely gets a chance to wake board. The BBQ was delicious, the company couldn't have been better, and Rowan and Hayden loved swimming in the water. Kevin even took Hayden to go look at all of the turtles on the log by the shore. I didn't get a chance to wake surf, but I did get to sit back , hold on to 2 sleeping angels, and watch people try to wakeboard for the first time. Life doesn't get much better...