April Showers...

...bring FROZEN May flowers!!! We have really been blessed, though, with three snow storms in a row in light of the low accumulation of snow that we had prior to all of this moisture. And with us having nowhere that we absolutely need to go today, I am really enjoying typing this on Ryan's laptop as I am all cozy under a blanket with my foot up and iced. I have been so thankful for how great my foot has felt, and since it is doing so well, I wore the special post-op driving shoe and took the girls out Wed.-Fri. in the afternoons to escape cabin fever. :)

Speaking of the girls, here is our big 5-month-old Mackenzie girl...

She is a roly-poly and does not stay on her back for long! She has started sleeping through the night (woohoo!) and eating better. Kenzie has been taking Zantac for a while, and we also recently did a GI test at PVH where she reluctantly struggled to take barium in a bottle, then a series of X-rays over 6 1/2 hours or so showed the barium passing through her system (thankfully Susue was here to help us or that would have been a really hard day!). The results were all normal, so we are unsure of why she has so many challenges in eating, but she is not spitting up now and feeds fine as long as she can turn her head all the way to the left.

And here is Sydney...

Syd is so entertaining and joyful! She has started using words to answer questions (no-no) or to ask for things (more), and we are still going to visit with a speech specialist in a couple of weeks just to see if there is anything else we can do to support her further. It is encouraging to hear her, and she wants to talk so badly! :)

By the way, if these pictures look better than our previous ones, it is because we have upgraded to a Canon EOS 50D, and Ryan is already working hard at learning how to make it perform its best. He took this one of me a little while ago...

The camera seems to be constantly in action when Ryan is home, so there is pressure to be presentable! Well, I know I have a hungry baby girl to attend to, so I had better stop for now, but with the miasma of picture-taking that is going on, I will post again soon!