Carson's Head CT

Carson had a head CT done today. His upper lip on the right side has always puffed up when he is sick or tired. I remember when he was just a couple weeks old seeing it but when I looked the next morning I thought maybe I was just crazy. Matt thought I was crazy too. But the older he got, the more I noticed it late at night. I mentioned this to his doctor and we decided to keep watching it. (I will try to find a picture that shows his lip swollen.)

Carson went for his 6 month well check this week and I told the doctor it was getting worse and worse. I now notice it during the day often and just wanted the him to know that it was happening. After a few minutes, the doctor decided we needed to check it out just to make sure nothing was going on that we were missing. So he scheduled a head CT at T.C. Thompson. I have to say I wasn't nervous about the test at all. The doctor told me he didn't think anything was wrong but would rather be safe. The most stressful part was that he couldn't eat for 4 hours before the test. That's hard for a 6 month old. So I woke him up at 5:30am and fed him. Then Pam, Carson and I went down to the hospital for his appointment at 9:45am. I thought he would cry a lot because he was hungry but he was an angel!!! They did one scan and then gave him a little IV and injected dye and then did another scan. The only time he cried was when they stuck him for the IV. I was able to stand right there with him and feed him his bottle while they were doing the scan. Then we got to go! It was easy. A lot better than I had worked up in my head! (I left my camera in the waiting room and so I only got this picture with my cell phone)


I got a call at about 4:30 this afternoon with the results. I was happy to hear that everything is completely normal on the scan. So I assume that the whole lip thing is kind of like a lazy eye. It doesn't seem to cause Carson any pain. I am anxious to talk to the doctor about what he thinks. But it's a relief to know that nothing is wrong. The funny part is we went through all that to find out that he has another ear infection! Looks like he is following in his sister's footsteps with the ear infections....

Sick Kids

I hate it when my kids are sick. And both of them have been this week. You know those times when you finally find something that distracts them, no matter what it is, you just let them do it to get a little peace?

Volley for the Cure

My mom spoke at the Volley for the Cure luncheon on Thursday afternoon. It was a group of breast cancer survivors and their guests. My grandmother, Lindsey and I joined my mom. The volleyball players served us and the lunch was fabulous. Kim Chapman was there from News Channel 9. (which my husband loves by the way...i put a pic on here just for you matt!) There was some singing and a prayer and then my mom spoke. She did a wonderful job and she looked great!!

Then on Friday night we went to the Volley for the Cure game.

Mom was the Honorary Coach. She sat on the bench in her pink shirt and pink hat. They won! Way to go Coach Mom!

We all had a really good time. Here we all are in pink! (Cameron took a picture of all of us but I don't have it yet)

Halloween! Halloween! Trick or Treat!

Jenna was an Alabama cheerleader and Carson was a Cow this year for Halloween. We went to the mall to see their cousins and then went Trick or Treating with some friends and Lindsey and Brett. We had a good night. My kids did so good the whole time. Jenna was the cutest thing. Every house we went to she would say, "Trick or Treat. Thank you. Going to the next house!" And every once in a while we would get a "ROLL TIDE!" out of her. She had a great time and loves the candy she got. Happy Halloween everyone! :)

Here's Carson during the day on Halloween.

My little cheerleader. My dad taught her to say Rah! Rah! Ree!

My Baby Cow-Boy!

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Carson is 6 months! I can't believe it.

Jenna at 6 months.

Painting our Pumpkin

We painted the pumpkin that we picked at the pumpkin patch!

She was saying, SO PRETTY!

Pumpkin Patch

I have been wanting to take Jenna to the Pumpkin Patch for a while now but the timing was never right. It was either raining or we were out of town. So I woke up Sunday and decided it would be a great day to go. I call Matt's mom and she joined in on the trip with us.

We rode a hay ride over to the patch and then picked out our own pumpkin. They have a corn maze there too but I don't think my children would have enjoyed it. We did get an ear of corn to take home with us.

I couldn't get them to look at the camera. Jenna was really wanting to go get another pumpkin. She would've taken them all home if she could. And Carson was interested in the corn.