Love This Dog...

Ellie has learned to do back flips over Charlie!


Josie likes to use him as a pillow.


Even baby Celia loves Charlie hugs.


These were all taken on the same day... We all sure love our Charlie Dog! :)

Josie Update

Josie will be having a MRI and MRA, with and without contrast, of her head and neck on Monday morning. She was referred back to her neurologist after a routine doctors appointment because her head size had increased, again, not just in size but in percentile on the chart. She also has some very prominent veins showing on one side of her face and neck that could indicate some kind of pressure building up in her head. One of the things they will be looking for on Monday is hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). I'm a little nervous about the procedure because this is the first time she will have to go under general anesthesia and, also, the first time she will have contrast die put in her. The good thing about the anesthesia, though, is that they agreed to take her labs while she is out. After eight months of not being able to get any, we hopefully will finally get all the blood work we need to rule out a whole lot of things!

Please keep Josie in your thoughts and prayers on Monday!

(On a side note, Josie is still as much of a genius as ever... I have some videos I will work on compiling in another post of her telling her letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and some really cute singing ones. She is definitely not being delayed by whatever is causing her increasing head size!)

Art Museum

This morning we went to the Indianapolis Art Museum and, oh my goodness, it was awesome! The grounds, alone, are so amazing that we could have spent an entire day just doing those. The kids loved it! Every place your eye could see was something new and beautiful to try and take in. I did take a few pictures, but there was really no way to even come close to capturing the beauty of this place! And that was just the outside...










The inside was just as incredible!








We will definitely be going back to the art museum. It was only a 15 minute drive and free, believe it or not. It wore Josie out in a good way and made Ellie so happy. She has been talking about it non-stop all day and is already asking if we can go back tomorrow. :)

Barbie Ballerina Princess Party

Ellie had a great time celebrating 4 1/2 with her family!

WE LOVE SUMMER (June pics)

Ballerina Ellie

Ellie's professional pictures in her recital outfit... (taken 2 months ago)

Fireworks

We were lucky to have about a 20 minute break in the rain last night to get the fireworks started for all the kids. They loved it! Even when it started a steady drizzle, again, the men were nice enough to keep the show going. We just threw rain coats on the kids and all was well. This was Josie's first time seeing fireworks and I was relieved to find out how much she loved them! She kept cheering and yelling "Again! Again!" We all had a great time at the party!