Relaxing, Refreshing Weekend

We headed up to the mountains for the long weekend. My grandparents have a house up in New Meadows as well as a rental house so we stayed at the rental for a VERY lazy relaxing few days.

Smiles behind a pacifier before bed.

Saturday:
Showing off how well he can hold up his head during tummy time.

Showing off muscles in Sissy's hat and his underwear!

Checking out the beautiful view.

Driving with Grandpa Great while Daddy.....

fixes a blown out tire!!!! Of course, what a way to start a Saturday!

We got a new tire and naps for the kids and Mommy then headed off to the beach!

Surprise, Surprise, this is what our little boy did!

Checking out the "HUGE sandbox" as Keaton exclaimed!

Peeking out to see if it was worth waking up.... it wasn't!

Of course it took no time at all for the kids to be IN the water.... even though it was only 70 degrees out and the water was cold.

Cute little beach bum.

Keaton was "fishing" for sticks.

Showing Daddy his catch. Daddy said "Wow that's a lunker Keaton". Keaton corrected "No Daddy, it is a FISH." These parents of mine..... just don't know about them sometimes!

Keaton then got to take some photos. He LOVES it when he gets a chance to handle the camera and he is getting better actually! He took the next couple.

The handy self-timer came in handy also!

The kids just love holding hands right now and us parents love watching it!

Best of friends.

I just love this little series. Tiana is trying to give her brother kisses....

They settled on a hug instead.

Brothers before bed.

Keaton loves horses and they seem to love him.

LOVE this one.

Checking out their nose!

Grandpa and Grandma Great's house in the background.

Smiles for Nana. Nana, Papa, Uncle Mark, Auntie Kyla, Uncle Derek and Kyla's family all joined us on Sunday afternoon.

Cheesy grin.

Helping Mommy catch up on laundry yesterday.

Last night we checked on Tiana before we headed to bed and this is what we found!!! Apparently she decided it was too much work to get back into bed after getting out. She slept on the floor in a sleeping bag all weekend and she must have enjoyed it! We found her on the floor again this morning!!

We had a wonderful time and it was very much needed. I had my MRI yesterday and we haven't heard back with the final results yet... however... after it was done the techs said that they would have to compare it to the first one to see if they could see ANYTHING. They said it looked good and they wouldn't be sending me home if they saw anything of concern. If they told me that much they must not have seen anything. I talked to my Doctor and she agreed that if it would have been a cm they would have been able to see it and that I may just have an overactive pituitary gland. Good news is that probably if there is any tumor at all it is VERY small. So as of now the plan is to continue breast feeding for the time being. We are looking forward to hearing the final results sometime tomorrow. I did find out this weekend that I am allergic to any medication that is Sulfa based I guess! I broke out in an itchy rash all over. Needless to say, I had to take lots of Benadryl so Camden has been sleeping a lot!

The Fair and Game

Last weekend we went down to the Fair and checked out the animals! Of course they had a blast.

Trying to feed the goats their bedding!
Keaton LOVES the goats.... well animals in general.

Taking a look at the horses!

Happy baby boy!

Taking his first fair ride all my himself!!! Couldn't believe my little boy did it all on his own.... and it moved quite fast also!

Riding on the Ferris wheel with Daddy.

Smiling at Daddy.

And the big game!!!!

We will have to take some more when Keaton's Bell's Palsy is gone but these will do for now!

Kisses for Camden.

Our little Broncos.

Cheering with Papa.

"I'll smile but I won't take my eyes off the field, Mom"

The kids of course had a BLAST. I was a little bit worried since the game STARTED after Tiana's bedtime. She snacked the whole game and had so much fun.

Hanging out in the Moby Wrap with Mommy.... Camden's perch for the game.

Plugging her ears until she got used to the noise.

Waking up to eat and look around for a bit before crashing again!

Big smiles. I can't believe how happy our little boy always is. He is always smiling and talking when he is awake! We love it!

We will leave you with a video of Tiana's cheering and Camden's Cooing!

Weekend photos to come soon!

Keatonisms:

A few new little expressions he has picked up on:

Keaton: "Arrg, Driving me CRAZY"

Mommy: "What is driving you crazy?"

Keaton: "My sissy!"

He gets that expression from me and the following from his Daddy.

Keaton: (trying to put on his jersey by himself) "*sigh* Hoey Moey" (Holy Moly)

Game Day

Keaton woke up this morning ready to leave for the game!! First Boise State game of the year and the kids are SO excited! More photos to come I am sure but I just had to take these this morning.

Touchdown!
Kisses.

So glad they love each other so much!

Now we just need to get Camden in his gear and we will be ready to go!

News

Well here is a little update... not necessarily great news but news none the less. I went to the doctor yesterday and found out that my Prolactin level which is supposed to be around 100 while nursing is over 700!!! So I have an MRI scheduled for next Tuesday to check for a Prolactinoma (usually benign tumor on the pituitary gland). This doesn't really scare me to much because we have been down this road before..... when we were doing fertility and my prolactin level was supposed to be non-existent and it was 102 and there was NO tumor at all much to everyone's surprise. This is the hormone by the way that produces milk.... hence my Mastitis problem. Of course for 48 hours after the MRI I can't feed him so it is a good thing that I have a freezer full of milk!

Best case scenario (with no tumor) I can nurse while being CLOSELY monitored for 6 months before they require me to be on medication. (Problem being if the level stays that high for too long it can actually cause a tumor) If I have a tumor more than a cm I have to be done IMMEDIATELY and anywhere in between they will monitor me up to 3 months. In all reality the nursing isn't that big of a deal since I have had two babies on formula that are JUST FINE! I just, in spite of all the problems, enjoy my nursing time. The only reason I am having such an emotional time with everything is (well main reason is my hormones are ALL out of whack) because I am SO VERY TIRED of having to go to the doctor all the time and be monitored. However I am ready to be better again so I know it is all worth it. I have to also go see an Endocrinologist next week.

The other bit of news is that we need to see a Pediatric Neurologist for Keaton. I took him in with me to check his ears (apparently an ear infection can cause Bell's Palsy) but they looked good. So our next step is an appointment with the Neurologist on the 15th to see what he has to say. I really am not to worried about the diagnosis because we are seeing some improvement but I am excited to see if there is anything we can do to prevent this from happening again. I am however, freaked out about what tests they will have to do to my little boy. From a Mommy stand point that just about puts me over the edge. And again just ONE more thing for my mind to worry about!

We are just taking one day at a time and we are going to escape this weekend to have a FUN time in New Meadows at my grandparents house to think about NONE of this. Just enjoy the days with no worries before we have to face this next week.