MMO...

This past Wednesday was Myla's first morning back to Mother's Morning Out. She was so excited about starting back to "school"! She picked out her dress the night before and was up before 7 ready to get dressed and GO!! I had to tell her about 500 times that morning that it wasn't time to leave yet. I'm glad that she looks so forward to going! She had a great first day and is ready to go back next week!

Update...

Well, I have good news to report on Selah, praise the Lord! We went to see Dr. Molly this morning, and she said she reviewed the chest x-ray, and it was perfectly clear...no pneumonia. She also was able to see her tubes perfectly fine. She said she wasn't quite sure what the people in the ER were looking at, but Selah checked out great. I have "lived and learned" not to take a baby to the ER! Just kidding...I realize that they have to treat the worst case scenario, but sheesh, I was worried sick! Molly said that the breathing problems and pain Selah was having were probably due to spasms as a result of her reflux. She said that this could easily cause labored breathing and bad crying spells since it is very painful. She upped her dosage of Zantac, which she hopes will take care of the problem. She also did a blook work-up, and all of it looked perfectly normal too. She is concerned about Selah's sinuses since she keeps a runny nose and fever, but she said we will have to wait until she is a little older and do a consult with the ENT about it. I am SO relieved and thankful that everything is okay because yesterday was a very scary day for this mommy. Selah has seemed better today and more like herself, so I hope she just keeps improving everyday. Thanks for the prayers! Oh, and Myla is completely recovered as well and is back up to her old tricks of being a fiesty 3 year old...NEVER a dull moment!

What a Weekend...

Wow...you know how some weekends just don't go how you thought they would? Well, we have had one of those!! It all started out yesterday morning when Myla woke up at 4 am throwing up. She threw up about every 15 to 20 minutes for several hours. She finally started feeling better around 2:30 yesterday, thank goodness. It was AWFUL to watch her be so sick. She barely even got off the couch, which is NOTHING like her at all. We went to bed last night praying that nobody else got what she had. We were so thankful that Myla woke up this morning feeling great, so we thought we were in the clear.

Well, at 7:30, Selah woke up. She seemed fine at first, but then she started breathing very funny. She would gasp and grunt everytime she had to breathe, and she was continually crying. She had a similar spell like this on Friday night, but she seemed fine yesterday. Michael and I finally made the decision to take her to the ER because she was obivously not sounding normal. To make a long story short (5 hours in the ER), we were told that her ears were very swollen and the tubes that were put in on Wednesday were not visible. We were also told that the had right lower lobe pneumonia. She was given a Rosefan shot and another round of oral antibiotics. I talked with Dr. Molly, our pediatrician, and we are taking Selah to her in the morning for a full blood work-up. Selah has been running fever for pretty much a month now, and we've got to figure out what is causing it. Molly also want to look at her ears because she said the tubes should be easily visible. Anyway, I am sure nothing is horribly wrong, but as a mommy, my mind has sure wandered to places it shouldn't, and I am worried. I just want my sweet baby to feel better and be back to normal. I will keep everyone updated, and we would appreciate any and all prayers!

My Little Cubby...

Last night was Myla's first night in the Cubbies program at our church. Cubbies is the 3 & 4 year old program of AWANA. She was SO excited about going to Cubbies and wearing her vest. In Cubbies, she will learn songs, do crafts, but, most importantly, memorize scripture. How precious it will be to hear her recite scripture each week and begin hiding God's Word in her heart.

Finally checked in with her vest on and her bag of goodies! Can you tell she was excited!
Grace, Myla, Caroline and Jack
Myla is so blessed with great, little friends. They all love each other so much and get to spend a lot of time together. I hope they remain close as they grow.

Tubes...

Poor Selah has been plagued with ear infections since she was 5 weeks old. She recently had a double ear infection that never cleared up with 2 rounds of anitibiotics and a Rosefan (sp?) shot, so we went to see Dr. Dye, the ENT, yesterday and he scheduled her for tubes this morning. We had to be at the surgery center at 6:15, which is early for Miss Selah considering she doesn't get up until about 7:30. She did great, though, and was all smiles until recovery. While she was in recovery I could hear her screaming from the waiting room. Bless her heart! They promised me she wasn't in pain and that it was just the anesthesia. After screaming bloody murder for about 30 minutes, she finally fell asleep when we got home and slept for 3 1/2 hours. She was okay when she woke up, soI think she will be back to new tomorrow. Dr. Dye assured me that we did the right thing by getting the tubes because she had very thick, mucousy (sorry, gross) fluid on both ears. He said he wouldn't be surprised at all if we had to eventually get a second set since she has had so much trouble already. I just told him that we'll cross that bridge when we get there!

In her little hospital gown waiting for Dr. Dye to come get her...completely oblivious as to what is about to happen, bless her heart!
Little bands on her ankles...sweet little feet!

Ready to go to surgery with Dr. Dye. He is so sweet with little babies! He takes them back himself.

Comparison...

I finally got the pictures off of my old computer of Myla when she was little. The girls definitely look alike, but they are not as identical as I thought. It will be interesting to see how similar they look the older they get.

Selah - 4 months
Myla - 4 months

I Think She Really Likes Her Feet....

What do you think?