Piano Class

Charlie switched schools at the end of August. When he left Primrose he also left his Piano Play time music class that the DaVinci Center sponsored every Thursday morning. Luckily I found a new piano class near his new Pre School. So Every Monday at 4pm Charlie and Mommy we head to the Music Box store and Charlie has his lesson with Miss Trista. He has taken to his own keyboard and even talks to us about high and low notes. So far I am impressed. If you are in Denver check them out. http://www.ginnyarnoldmusic.com/ We will miss our friends at DaVinci who were so wonderful for Charlie! They even had a fundraiser for him and Addison after the diagnosis. Hopefully when Charlie is older we can start up the karate classes with DaVinci. But for now I am looking forward to keeping him excited about music.

Ear Infections

Earlier this month it was Daniel with the ear infections. He spiked a fever and in less than 40 mins we were in and out of the doctor with antibiotics that cleared it up in no time. Is it that easy with a cancer patient... Nooooo!!!!
Two weeks ago during his normal chemo appointment we mentioned that Charlie was waking up in the middle of the night complaining of ear pain. They immediately sent us down to the ENT area of the hospital for the specialist, Dr. Allen, to take a look. Charlie was pretty excited by Dr. Allen's "telescope." As the picture above shows, he sat VERY still while the doctor removed the ear tube that had come out of his left ear and got stuck in the ear canal. Fast forward to this Weds... Charlie's school called me at 3pm letting me know that Charlie was hysterical about the ear pain. I went to get him and the poor kid had a nasty, drippy, red ear. The Right one! The one with a tube in it! What the...? We went to the doctor the next morning to get antibiotics both oral and ear drops. 2 days on meds and his ear still looks bad, but no fever, so that is a good sign. I get a little nervous about Charlie and his ears. He has had 3 sets of tube in his 4.5 years and one of the ear infections in May 2010 landed him in the hospital for about 4 days on IV antibiotics.

Pregnant Pictures

Pregnant Pics

Olivia took some fantastic photos for Tyler and Mary Alice's wedding last month. We all had family shots and then Olivia took a few pictures to capture how HUGE I am getting this time around with Ana. At this point I was only around 29 weeks. We will try to add to this album here towards the end. Luckily people say I still only look pregnant from the front. What gives it away the baby bump or the permanent dark circles under my eyes? (airbrushed out in these pics of course!)

Pictures of Ana

Friday morning we got our last view of Ana via ultrasound. we have profile pics of each of the kids in the womb and I am so surprised how they all look the same. When I saw the 3D image on the screen I immediately thought she looked like Daniel. I guess that is okay for now. D is a cutie :)

Daniel's first Ear infection

Primrose called us on Thursday morning. Its never a good day when day care calls. Daniel was running a 102 fever and was generally cranky, we had to pick him up and take him home. We watched his temp go down with Motrin and spike back up to 103.7 when the meds wore off. So Saturday morning after a sleepless night Daniel got in to see the pediatrician and he has TWO ear infections! The doctor said it looked like his ear drum burst a little over night and released the pressure on the left side. That's normal apparently. Charlie's never popped and he had to have multiple sets of tubes.Two doses of Ammoxicillin later and its like we have a new kid!