More Lost Teeth & Potentially Good News

Can you believe that Riley lost 3 teeth in one week??  She lost the 2nd top front teeth shortly after the first.  The bottom eye tooth came out just a couple of days later.  I can't believe that my baby is so grown up ... and her 7th birthday is just around the corner.

Riley had an appointment with Dr. Sherrod yesterday, just a routine appointment, but one that had me leaving with a smile on my face.  Riley gained almost a whole pound from her last appointment in February when they added the appetite stimulant to her routine.  One pound doesn't sound like much, but in her weight-height ratio this is a big deal.  Dr. Sherrod wanted me to see if Dr. Sallee, her cardiologist would be okay adjusting the timing of her Inderal (aka Propanolol) so that we could do every thing she ingests by mouth.  As long as she can keep gaining weight and we have no issues, then we can take out the g-tube.  Like for good.  No more g-tube ... ever.

I asked Dr. Sherrod about the need for another swallow study, in regards to her aspirating issues.  Dr. Sherrod said that worst case in the next swallow study is that she would stay the same, but she would not go backwards.  So, taking out the g-tube (all things considered) would be no big deal.  My next question of course, was what does the removal entail.  Well, apparently not much.  It's just a matter of deflating the balloon on the g-tube and taking it out, and covering it with gauze while it heals up on it's own.  So there is a chance that we will be starting 2014 tube-free!

4th of July

We had our first rainy 4th of July where the days events were postponed.  We were concerned that the annual Tuxford parade was going to be cancelled since it could not be postponed until Saturday like the pool party was.  Thankfully there was a break in the weather and we were able to continue with our parade!

The girls were so excited about the event, and a little sprinkling of rain was not going to dampen any one's spirits.

Thanks in large part to our super cute girls, we came in 1st place for the motorized category!

After the parade we opted to have a rainy day at the pool.  The kids were going to be wet anyway, so what did a little extra water matter?  As long as there was no thunder the kids were able to swim in the pool.  When there was thunder the kids found the joys of running in the rain on the tennis courts.



To cap off our rainy 4th of July, Zoey & I went to see Despicable Me 2.  We had to go to two theaters since there were all sold out, but we were able to finally get tickets to a 4:15 pm movie.  All in all a rainy but good day.

Lost Tooth and Poop

Okay, so maybe not the both at the same time, but the title is accurate for our weekend activities.

Friday night we were up at the pool, enjoying the night, good food and good friends.  Zoey was playing with her friends, and next thing I know, she's crying and has a mouth full of blood.  Apparently she took a tumble and fell on her face.  Her previously wiggly front tooth was pretty much rady to come out.  In fact both top front teeth were pertty wiggly.  After some coaxing (and cuddling from mommy) daddy was able to convince her to let him have a go at the tooth.  Needless to say Zoey is now less one tooth.  We thought for sure the other one would be coming out this weekend as well, but it wasn't quite ready.

Sunday, during her nap, Riley discovered the joy of poop.  She thought it was fun to cover herself, her crib and her toys & books in poop.  Josh was completely grossed out, and I thought it was funny; probably because Nana was cleaning her up and I only had to throw in a load of laundry.