The low down...

So I have been off line lately, a little crazy in our house hold and keeping busy. Griffin finally had a successful sweat test and good news, NO cystic fibrosis. We knew that he didn't have it, but the weight that was lifted to hear the negative results was enormous. On the other hand, he does need to have his tonsils removed but not until he turns 3. We are not thrilled about that, but all his other health problems are really under control and he is doing great. My baby girl is just growing so fast, rolling over, laughing and trying so desperately to talk. So you are wondering what we have been doing...

Riding the Merry Go Round at the mall (it was much more exciting to look at then to ride)

Taking in a Diamondbacks game, nachos, hot dogs, popcorn and all...

Riding out the backyard...

Raking in the yard...

Taking in a little batting practice...

And a good old game of peek-a-boo..

tagged...

My friend Jessamyn tagged me on her blog so here are my 7 facts about me:

1. Tim and I didn't live together until the 7th week of our marriage because I was in Flagstaff student teaching and he was in Texas for training when he was activated in the national guard.
2. I am ambidextrous.
3. Sara means princess so in high school and college I got massive amounts of "princess" things from friends and family and I was not able to part with most, so now it is proudly displayed in McKenna's room.
4. When I was pregnant with Griffin I could not get enough peanut butter. I would take giant spoon fulls at a time, and mainly on my way to work, so Tim would just laugh at the collection of spoons that he would find at the end of the week in the car. I guess that is why Griffin is allergic, he was swimming in peanut butter for 9 months.
5. I am an ice tea aholic.
6. When my mom went to NAU she lived in the dorm Cowden, then when I was there I lived in Cowden for 1 semester, and now my sister Rachel is on her way up there and, you guessed it, she is also living in Cowden.
7. I only have black and white pictures and art work displayed in our house.

A camping we will go

We were able to get out of town and head up to the mountains to enjoy an unplugged and relaxing few days. It rained alot, but it was a great experience to see Griff get out there and play and explore, so here is his story...

Here is our campsite, that is papa's "cramper"

Here is what it looked like from the cramper, it was very green

I liked to touch the pine needles

My favorite part of the weekend was riding the quad with papa and daddy

Mama took this picture when daddy was talking to papa and I hit the gas and daddy was not ready for it...

That was silly!

I helped get the fire pit ready for the fire, while I drank root beer and daddy and papa drank big "root beer"

Mama and Granya made smores for me, but I only wanted the chocolate...

On Sunday, Granya and Papa went for rides on their quads, so me, Mama, Daddy and "My Kenna" went for a walk to explore... We found logs to walk across,

We found a lot of yellow flowers and a creek, so I went and splashed in the water...

We met a few new friends,

I had a fun weekend "cramping" and we slept most of the way home.

Updates..

Well, after seeing the pulmonologist she wants him to try the sweat test one more time for the c.f. and if that doesn't work then they are trying to get authorization through our insurance to do a genetic blood test??? I'm not a doctor, but I feel that my child is turning into a test experiment. We are also on our way to see a ear, nose and throat specialist in the next couple of days to have his tonsils looked at and determine if they need to come out. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he doesn't but they are perfect little balls that almost touch. So I guess we will see.



McKenna on the other hand, was blessed with all the "healthy" genes. She is extremely healthy and rolling from her tummy to her back. She is quite the entertainment.



I am on this new food kick. My friend Jessamyn had posted in her blog that she starting using this book, "The Sneaky Chef", so I thought that I would give it a try since we are trying to get Griffin as healthy as possible. Basically it is hiding fruits and veggies in foods that kids love to eat. Griffin does love his broccoli, he has been known to choose it over popsicles and french fries, but I thought why not get as much goodness into all of us as possible. I really can't get enough of it and more importantly Griffin is eating it all up. I like the food more than Tim does, but he is being a trooper and not complaining, except for when he went to grocery store yesterday to get "man food" ie. steaks, all seriouness he likes it. Plus I am sure that it doing wonders for McKenna since I am nursing. So a big thanks to Jessamyn, and I suggest that if you have a picky little eater, give it a go.

Rain, Rain don't go away, Griffin wants to play

Well the rain finally came when Griffin was awake, and what an afternoon!!

The rain might be coming...

It is getting darker, it smells like rain...

Where is the rain???

I still don't feel it, please let it rain...

I think that it is coming...

OKAY, NOW I FEEL IT!!!

OH, to splash in puddles...

Mom, I'm all wet!

What a week...

Well after a long week we are trying to get back to normal. Griffin was tested for cystic fibrosis, but the test came back inconclusive so we meet with the pulmonologist on Tuesday. She doesn't think that he has it, just trying to rule it out as a cause of his string of hospital visits. Then he had an appointment with his allergist and she said everything is looking good except his tonsils are really enlarged and to have those checked out, so the next day I took him to the pediatrician and she agreed and we have to watch him for the next month to see how much he snores and if he gasps for air when he sleeps to see if they need to be removed. Grrr... my poor guy just can't seem to win in the battle of staying healthy, from the time that he was born it seems as if there has been one thing after the other. But as the allergist said, he wouldn't have been given all the problems if he couldn't handle it, and my Griff is a trooper!! But as a parent it is really hard to tell a 2 year old that he can't go out back when Tim is mowing the yard because it will cause him to break out and have an asthma attack or that he is better about taking medicine than most adults or when we go to the doctor for any reason he tells the nurse where his armpit is so they can take his temp and holds out his arm for his blood pressure. But he really is doing better.

On top of all this I had a infected milk duct, and after being on the couch for a day with a 102 temp and the chills I went to the doc and got some antibiotics. Thanks for the help that day Mom and Jessica.

Then there is McKenna, who I can not get enough of. She rolled over once, but I had Griff at the doctor and missed it :(, she is starting to teeth already. Yes, she is only 10 weeks, and yes she tries to use me as a teething ring, ouch! She is smiling all the time, babbling and growing like a weed.

Here's a little piece of my heaven...

If you didn't notice, both of my children were blessed with Tim's eyelashes, long and thick. I tell Tim everyday that I think McKenna's grew a little longer. What can I say, I 'm jealous.