Evening Light

The girls love playing by the front door in the evenings when the sun shines in through the sidelights. They were extra happy and playful this particular evening so I grabbed my camera to capture the moment!


Sweet sisters :)


Ellie is "catching the sun" in her cup.



Beautiful Josie.



Just spinning and spinning...

Where's Josie...?





THERE she is!



The girls are feeling much better although Josie's tummy issues are not quite back to normal. The doctor has referred her to a pediatric gastroenterologist (since the diarrhea has lasted longer than 2 weeks) but I called and cancelled the appointment for now. She started improving over the weekend and each day seems better and better. Plus, I am just tired of all the "specialists" who require lots of "further testing" that I don't think Josie needs to go through right now.
Other than that, Josie is as happy as can be! The pictures are from Sunday and Josie was so happy to be out of the house. Ellie got to resume gymnastics, ballet, and swimming this week, too, and we have a zoo trip planned for Friday. I have a lot of pictures to catch up on posting so hopefully I will get those up soon!

Sick

Josie and Ellie are both sick with fevers and some sort of stomach bug. On top of that, Ellie has a really swollen and sore throat. We went to the doctor today to check and see if it is strep and, thankfully, it isn't. Now we just have to wait out this awful stomach bug. Josie has had it a week and a half, already, and Ellie just started with it on Saturday. Poor girls...


Ellie feeling awful while waiting for the doctor...


Josie looking cute as a cupcake (in spite of being sick).

Please send some healthy thoughts our way!

Happy Easter!

Easter Cottage

Ellie, Josie and cousin Sara had a great time making this Easter Cottage!

Josie Update

Josie's appointment with the neurologist, today, went great! The results of the urinalysis were completely normal- so the concern of the metabolic disorder is no longer there. The doctor did not know why the first test came back abnormal but she did say it was possible that her "Next Step" soy formula could have caused it. We did stop the formula before her last test (and have not given it to her since) so maybe that was all that it was.

Josie's head did grow another 1/2 inch in the last four months but she stayed on the same percentile curve so the doctor said that was good. It is the very rapid growths and spikes on the curve that concern her.

As far as Josie's development, the doctor said she looks great. Ellie was reading some books the doctor had in her office and Josie surprised us by going up to one and pointing to a page and naming the letters O, P, and M and the number 6. The doctor joked that not only did she seem fine developmentally, but that she was a genius. :)

The best thing that the doctor told me was that she doesn't want to see us again. Unless Josie were to start showing anything concerning again, then we are done with the neurologist, done with the tests, and DONE with the worry.

Thank God for our healthy amazing little Josie!

(The girls being so good while waiting on the doctor.)

Josie Update

We have not yet gotten the results of Josie's second urinalysis. She had an appointment scheduled for Friday (the 20th) but since the results were not in, the doctor wanted to re-schedule. Her new appointment date is April 7th. I will post the results as soon as we get them.
Otherwise, Josie is just fine. She has shown no symptoms of anything being wrong and seems happier and more energetic than ever! She keeps us all super busy and we love it!