Yogurt Consistancy

So we have been in to see a pulmanologist(SP) to see why George has been getting pneumonia so much lately. He came up with a few ideas; first is aspiration, the second is his heart is pressing on his left bronchial tube and making it hard for him to cough out junk. So we just went in and had a swallow study, they make him eat barium in various consistency's. He did fine with the pudding and apple sauce. When we got to the nectar and the fruit punch he was aspirating into his lungs. Not bad from what they are saying but a teeny amount will get into his airway. So now he can only eat things that are a yogurt consistency or thicker. You may ask yourself what about drinks. Well I had to buy a jumbo box of thickener to thicken drinks. It sicked me out to think of thickening water or milk so we went and got a ton of Gatorade. We tell him it is his Batman Juice, he seems to buy it. As for long term we will have to wait and see.
They are going to do a broncoscapy(SP) on Tuesday when they do his heart biopsy. I will be interested to see what they find. I personally think that the small bronchial cord is 80% of the problem and the aspiration is 20%. There has only been one time that he got pneumonia without even having a cough. But we may be referred to an ENT to see if he has paralyzed vocal cords too.
White I was waiting at the pharmacy for prescriptions, the pharmacist and I came to the conclusion that George does not have an Arby's symbol above his head we think he has a question mark. He keeps us on our toes. If anyone feels like they would enjoy some thickened Gatorade come on over you know where to get it!!

Georgeie Porgie

George turned 5 on Monday and we had so much fun. We went swimming with the cousins at the Rec Center and had Dinosaur cake and Ice cream after!! He had so much fun and we are going to have to go swimming there again!!

Sam and George going down the slide.

Ruth and Scarloo

Nana and the wee ones, Ruby and Grant, they both loved the water!

Hank and George

Alex

Jack-o

My big 5 year old!

George and Scarlet going down the slide.

He seemed to think that a cannon ball was just dunking your head in the water. He has seen the Sandlot so I know he knows what it is, I think head in the water is just his version!?!

Georges Red Dinosaur Cake he requested, I think I out did myself.

Jack-o and George

My dad can not make it through an event without putting Scarlet up to something!

George's new football jersey.

Hank, George, Sam and Scarloo

Madd Skills!!!

Here is spencer showing off his madd dancing skills with Ruth and her friend Ellie. Too funny, I keep watching it.

Latest Happenings

So I need to do a little catch up, my parents are taking on a large task and we scheduled a Super Saturday to work on their kitchen. They ended up taking out all day and not doing electrical and plumbing, there was a lot more damage to the floor than they thought so they are basically starting from dirt!! You can see all the dust in the air when I was taking the pictures.

This is the doorway to their larder(pantry). They striped all the plaster off the brick wall to have it exposed.

This is the doorway to the future laundry, and my dad and Spencer.

This is Zach picking up all the old building materials they just built over when building the house!?!

We blessed Grant on Sunday so it is official, Spencer LeGrand Little!! We did it at home with just our family's it was so nice and relaxing I think that is the way to do it!!

Scarlet found a new chair!!

This was as good as we could do for a family picture, Scarlet was not having it.

Spencer and Grant, Grant is wearing my dads shoes that he was blessed in, a great tradition.

My dad and Grant how cute!

So this was the night before while I was preparing for Sunday, I made all sorts of treats. This is Scarlet with the Licorice Carmel's.

This is Scarlets face and hand print in the Carmel's, I guess she thought she would just go for it!! Don't worry all those who attended, I did not use these!!

And yes this little bug is smiling now, I love it!!

The good the bad and the ugly!!

Spencer was in the other room with the kids while I was painting the Kitchen cabinets. He kept telling Scarlet "that is gross, don't do that, go show your mom." Scarlet comes into the kitchen in just her undies and turns around so I can see her bum and said "Poop, mommy I poop." I start laughing hysterically, she had stuffed the coasters down her pants to be her poop!!

Just yesterday we were painting her nails and she decided she should throw the bottles. One broke on the carpet, bright red on the carpet!?! Two serious matters on Sunday, I swore and Spencer had to go to the store for more nail polish remover!!! She is keeping us on our toes but man she can be really funny!!

Pretties

Scarlet LOVES anything girly, especially pretties(what we call lip stick). Thanks Randi!!! I think Grant looks good in purple. I think this is the first of many times Scarlet will put makeup on him!!

Glass Slipper and Root Beer

I think my kids are funny. They have both done some crazy things the last little while. Sometimes we will still be in bed while the kids are up and the other morning we hear the microwave go off, a bang, and George crying. Spencer runs out to find George upset because his Root Beer was too hot for him to hold and he dropped it. He was heating up a coke in a plastic bottle because he wanted to warm up his Root Beer. I am still finding Coke all over my cabinets and ceiling!?!
Spencer was also involved in the next extravaganza. He was watching Scarlet in the dining room, she was carefully examining something on the floor. She bent down and picked it up and quickly shoved it up her nose. Spencer went running trying to get her to blow it out, he was successful in retrieving the object. It was a glass slipper of a Polly Pocket. I would like to know what she was thinking to want to put it up her nose. Too funny!