When it rains it pours!

Ray is still sick and this time with a double ear infection! I tell you what "I am over this illness stuff." Yesterday, Ray woke up very cranky, almost unconscionable, so I took his temp and it was running about 100.5 and up but never got over 101.2. So Alvin suggested I call the Dr. because of his Croup he had the week before. The nurse at the Dr's office ran down her list of questions over the phone and when I told him that he had gotten up in the middle of the night the last 2 nights she said "we better take a look at him" So I took him in and sure enough "ear infection in both ears" My poor baby, he just cant get a break, he is just so pitiful, he breaks my heart. Daddy said that he better get better by Friday, cause that is Alvin's birthday and he is off work, so they are having a "guys day" I think Alvin is looking forward to spending some "one on one" time with him. To top everything off, I woke up this morning and I have a sore throat. I guess I didn't dodge the bullet on this illness (bummer)
Some of you might have noticed my new "stamp" on the side of my blog. If you get a chance you might want to look at the blog. Poor Jonah. The condition he has would just be horrible! (makes our illness's seem very minor) But please pray for him and his family, they have already lost one child, and to have to go through this also, they could use the prayers, I'm sure.
I hope everyone is doing good. Bye for now!

I think this is a record

I cant believe I have posted as much as I have this month, I guess I have alot to talk about! I wanted to fill you all in on my mom, she went home from the hospital today. She found out that the pain medicine she was on basically "attacked" her liver and that's what caused the infection! So they have changed her pain medicine and all her tests have come back fine and her liver is functioning normal again, Thank goodness! She was very ready to get home, I called her today and they were leaving the hospital, so I really didn't get to talk to her.

Ray is still coughing and nasty nose. Alvin said he can feel that his chest is congested also. I cant believe this illness that is going around town. My boss called in sick today because of it, and that is soooooo not like him. All the girls at work have gotten it also. Can we just say "we need spring?" I am ready to open my windows and not wear a coat, the smell of fresh cut grass, and a thunder storm! It did storm here last night, I only heard it thunder twice. So to me that doesn't count!

My boys, can you tell Ray likes his Daddy? (Daddy likes Ray an awful lot too)

Bye for now!

I have a sick boy!

Ray is sick again! It started Tuesday morning I noticed he was coughing, I took him to his Aunt Dawn's for the day and when I got home, he had been running a low grade fever and just wasn't himself. So Wednesday he still had all the same symptoms and that night he got pretty bad, coughing, runny nose, fever, so I called the Dr. and took him this morning to get checked out, well my boy has Croup. They gave him a steroid at the office and told me to watch his breathing and the steroid should make him better in about 24 hours.
It just seems he's been sick alot lately, but if you look at his 1 year of life, he has really only been sick about 3 times, I don't know if that's good or bad. I stayed home with him today, I hope that makes him feel better. I know when I'm sick I want my mom (still at my age) so hopefully he'll be the same.
Hope everyone is good! Bye for now!

Mom update

I talked to my mom today, They are going to keep her until at least Friday. Most of her tests have come back OK with the exception of her liver, they think the infection is in her liver. So they have started giving her antibiotics and very good pain meds, they changed her pain meds because this one is easier on the liver. She said she was very lightheaded after she took it, but the nurse said it was one of the side effects of that medicine. She also said that the chemo meds she is on could cause infection (one of the side effects), this all started about 5 days after her chemo treatment.
She sounds good, but after she "faked" feeling good, I'm not to sure. I feel she is where she needs to be right now. My sister Amy (the one that has been taking care of them) said this may be a blessing in disguise, with her in the hospital it will give my dad a break for a little while, he is under so much stress, making sure she gets her meds when she needs them and making sure he's there for her every move, plus making sure he stays healthy for her.
Thank you everybody for your thoughts and prayers! I'll update when I know more! Bye for now!

We need prayers!

My mom has been having a rough time lately! She is still very much in pain and apparently has been "faking" feeling good. She is so tried of not being able to do things on her own. My sister Stacy just called and told me that my mom is in the hospital! She had some blood work done yesterday and (I hope I'm getting this right) her white blood count was low and today she started running a fever. So they took her to the hospital, I haven't gotten word if they are going to keep her or not, so please pray for her and my dad, they could use all they can get!
I will post when I know something! Bye for now!

Not much of anything going on!

To start off I will post pictures of Ray's dental visit to make my "commenter" happy! He sure doesn't look happy in these pictures but he really did good! These pictures are scanned so they really are not that good!

The first two are of Shellie brushing his teeth:

Then Dr B came to check him See he's all better now!It really does look horrible, but little people really do fine with it!

Everything is going good here, we have just been hanging out and getting ready for a PARTY! It sure is coming fast, I bought a gallon of milk today and it expires the day before Ray's birthday, can you believe that?

Alvin got Ray's car seat for the truck, and Ray had lots of fun playing in the box.

A funny "family" photoThis picture Charlene took of him and I think its pretty cuteRay is starting to "stand" on his own, he still isn't walking yet, but maybe before to long he will be, and with the exception of the words "dada, mama", and other one's I really cant figure out he can say "banana", we have been giving him banana's to eat and when we give it to him we say "banana" well guess who say's it now! Even a lady at the store commented on it! I will have to try and get it on video.

Here's a picture of him "standing" on his own

Hope everyone is good, bye for now!

I cant believe I forgot!

Ray had his 1st Dental check up! Being that's where I work, I was able to work him into the schedule. He did pretty good, of course he cryed but I'm used to that! Dr. B said he looks good, "No cavities" (thats a good thing) He does have a thick muscle between his 2 front teeth, (I have the samething) that muscle will cause a gap between his 2 front teeth if its not fixed. He wont have it fixed until he's about 7 or 8 years old. Charlene was there and took pictures, so when I get them, I will post them.
I hope everyone is good. Bye for now!

Hello

Hi there! Not really a whole lot to talk about this week. We are all feeling better and Alvin (that goodness) never (knock on wood) got what Ray and I had! Ray is back to eating, he has had a few 12 ounce bottle's, I guess maybe he knows that they (the bottles) will be going away in less than 1 month! That makes mommy sad. Alvin and I went out and got alot of stuff for his birthday party yesterday. I still cant believe he will be 1 year old.

I'm not sure if my mom and dad will be able to come for his party, my mom started her Chemo today so she's not sure how she will do with it. She is doing a clinical trail, that is a combination of 3 different chemo drugs. So she's not sure how it will make her feel or how often she will do it. She will not loose her hair with this stuff. I think she is pretty happy about that. She has gotten out of the house alot, and I am happy to hear that.

I think thats all for now, I hope everyone has a good week!

Here are a few pictures that I think are cute, (dont I think they are all cute?)

Mohawk

Ray's 1st Mohawk, how cute is that?

We are all feeling alittle better, besides having a few issue's I think we are on the down hill slope. YEAH!!!! We all did get out of the house on Saturday and took Ray to Chuck E Cheese's. What were we thinking going on a Saturday? We didn't know that you had to order food 1st then they gave you a table. So we just went in and looked for a table but they all had "Reserved" on them, so we thought "ok we will just play and eat lunch elsewhere" then I asked the lady if all the tables were taken and she said to order food and they would give us a table. That really is a great idea so that people don't come just to play and take a table anyway! Here are a few pictures of our day.

He loved the "Bob the builder" ride, he got very upset when we took him off! (I don't think that's going to get any better)

This little boy was nice enough to let Ray ride with him, Alvin paid for 2 rides, (of course he let Ray ride, what kid wouldn't when its free)Ray didn't care for it when it went WAY up, he was ready to get off then,Boy this place changed from when I was a kid, what happened to the band? Looking at the train, we were going to put tokens in but people kept getting in front of us, so "Thanks everybody for letting Ray watch for free"Then we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's house and Ray had fun on the "Pink" thing that he will love us for when he's older, he didn't seem to care ,Everything else is good, I talked to my mom and she GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE, she went to breakfast then she felt good enough to go to Lowe's where they got some new things for the house. I'm so happy to hear that she got out! She said her back now feels like she has a cramp in it, she is on her way, she sees her Oncologist tomorrow to see whats next!

Bye for now, and by the way I'm moving up in the computer world, I got a "Face book" account! Boy oh boy, I got a Blog and a Face book account, whats next for me?

I am really going to try hard to work a full week this week, wish me luck!

SICK!!!!

I have been so so so sick! It started on Monday and I told Alvin that I thought he gave me his chest cold, my chest felt so tight (and I'm not talking "tight" that you just worked out, heaven forbid I work out) Then I got up Tuesday and after finally making it to work from the "not much of any accumulation" snow (thank you weather man, I think they changed there mind when there was already 2 or 3 inches on the ground) where was I? Oh, I was able to make it til lunch with a very deep, scratchy voice due to my chest cold, then I started feeling very sore and achy, Jamie at work suggested I take my temp, it was a low grade fever 99.1 but that is high for me, I'm usually around 96, so due to the snow we were light at work and I told them I was not going to argue if they sent me home, well they did. I went home and watched TV and rested. Then in the middle of the night it all hit me!!!!!!!

I didn't sleep well at all and went and tryed to sleep on the couch then around 2:30 I woke up and had to get sick. (I know more info than you need, but it just got worse, if you no what I mean, I will save you all from the details but it was BAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!) I felt alittle better until about 5:00 then it happened AGAIN! It was awful, that morning I felt like I had been hit with a mac truck, my back, legs, arms, head hurt, even my fingers hurt. I called the Dr and they told me (which I already knew) they couldn't do anything for the Flu but that she (the Dr) would want to listen to my chest due to how bad I sounded. So I made an appointment for 11:00am.
I layed in bed and I wanted my mom! So I call her crying. I'm sure that I was going though nothing that she is going though but I still wanted her, There is nothing like you mom when you sick, here I am a 35 year old mom myself and I still want my mommy!!!

In the mean time Charlene calls and says that Ray is doing the same thing that I am doing. Great, I gave my child this illness that's kickin my butt and I cant take care of him!!!! I called his Dr and they told that there is one nasty bug going around and to give him Pedialyte and call them if he keeps nothing down or not peeing.

I went and saw the Dr and she gave me a nausea/cough medicine and told me to stay home until Friday and get some rest. So to make a very long story short, Ray and I were sick with the Flu/cold, and Alvin is still fighting his Chest cold. Its just been a very happy place to be.

I did go back to work today, I get tried very very fast, but now we have the weekend to recoup. Which I think we all need and its suppose to be a warmer weekend. (if the weather man is right about that) We all need to get better soon cause we are going to be having a PARTY in a little over a month (I really cant believe that) I will let you know when we get better and pray that Alvin doesn't get what we had!!!!

Update on my mom, She had her "port" put in on Monday 2-2-09 and then on Tuesday she had her Bone Infusion done to strengthen her bone's, then she has 1 more radiation on Monday, she meets with her Oncologist on Tuesday and then will probably start chemo after that. She is feeling better if she stays on top of her pain meds, if she doenst she starts to hurt again. She sounds good, she still needs help with things that require her to bend over. The ladies in her bridge club have paid to have a cleaning service come in once a month to clean her house until she is ready to do it. It's that nice!!! Thanks ladies!!!!

Alvins mom and dad had to say goodbye to another family member (one of the furry kind) see the post before this one on that! I'm so sorry mom and dad, Smoky will be missed alot!!!!

Hope everyone is well!!

Rest in peace Smoky!

This is Smoky! He passed away yesterday! He was Alvin's mom and dads cat that they have had since...well, forever! They got him as a kitty and he was the most sweetest cat EVER! (I say that even over my own cat) Grandma will take good care of you in heaven Smoky, you will be missed!!!!!

Busy week

Hi! It has been a very busy week/weekend! First of all I was suppose to go back to work last Tuesday, but Alvin's Grandma's Funeral was that day, it was a very nice service (at least the part I was there for) I took Ray out of the room because I felt he was being to loud. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as I thought, but he just seemed so loud! I wanted to be with Alvin so bad. I looked though the window in the door and he was sitting down there with his head down, I felt so sorry for him, I wanted to be able to comfort him! So when they played a song Ray and I went back in and sat with him and then the service was over! I was glad I was there for him when he said his "last goodbye". Then at the graveside service I wanted to go with him, but I didn't want to leave Ray in the van all alone, so Rhea said she would stay with Ray so I could be with Alvin. "Thank you Rhea". I would have left Ray with a babysitter but everyone that watches him was there with us or working. He was so sick that I didn't want to ask the lady next door to watch him because he would have gotten all her daycare kids sick! After the funeral we all went over to Steve and Dawns house, that was nice we had lunch and all talked about our memory's of Grandma, she was a funny lady! While we were over their the "BIG" snow started. We ended up with 12.5 inches of snow between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. So guess what that meant "no work for me on Wednesday either" I was beginning to think I wasn't suppose to go back to work. So Ray and I hung out on Wednesday. Finally on Thursday I was back to work and all was normal! The girls really made me feel that they were happy I was back and that makes me feel good!

We got a visit from my sister Stacy and her family this weekend. They live in western Kentucky and they had been without power since Tuesday. I guess the same storm we had got them but with all ICE! Thankfully they haven't "officially" sold their other house that has gas heat, so they were able to go there and stay warm. But they were running out of clean clothes. So They packed up and came to Indy for the weekend. They were all so happy to sleep in a "real" bed instead of the cots they have been in for almost a week, also so happy to watch TV. It sounds very scary down there. They showed me pictures and video and it is just awful! Before they left here Sunday, their neighbor called and said they had power at their house, but they called again and said it had gone back off, then back on again! That would be awful, not knowing if the power was going to stay on. I think they are going to try to be more prepared for something like this in the future. It made me realize that I'm not at all prepared. We don't have an emergency kit or anything like that. I think I'm one of these people that think "it wont happen to me", but it can, the area they live in is only about 5 hours away. My sister and her family realized very fast that it can happen to you and I'm going to try and learn from them. It will be awhile before life is back to "normal" for them, they are welcome to our house anytime they need!

Anyway, it was great to see them, I told my mom that I love to see my family but not under the circumstances that I've been seeing them. Here is such a cute picture of Evan, Kayla and Ray,

Here are a couple of pictures that I think are kinda funny, we have all been sick especially Ray, so these pictures are so out of the ordinary, we never sleep with Ray,Ray is feeling better, his nose isn't such "a mess" and I'm sooo glad cause he hates having it wiped, it got pretty "raw" this time, but I found (at wal-mart) these things called "Boogie Wipes" they are a wipe that is wet with saline and other moisturizers. They really seemed to help, he still didn't like it, but for the soreness and getting the dried boogers off it helped. I said that I might get them for us also. LOL

I hope everyone is good, be safe!

I'm Back!

Hi everybody! Ray and I made it safely back from Florida Thursday. He's a recap on our week!

We left last Thursday, what a nice new airport!! It was pretty easy to get around, Ray was so good, he slept part of the ways there, he probably would have slept longer but I got so agitated and kept moving around, I guess I was just uncomfortable. We had a isle seat, but the guy next to me (that smelled very much like alcohol) needed to get up to use the restroom as soon as Ray fell asleep. But other than that it was a good flight! My sister was waiting for us and we headed to my mom and dads.

Mommy and Ray getting ready to go through security

Our airplane

Ray in the seat (before we got a neighbor) My mom had had alot of work done that day, Biopsy, Radiation, Blood work and other things. She was soooooo out of it! She needs help getting up, because her back still hurts and they don't want her back to fracture anymore. The Dr.'s expanded the field of Radiation in her back, she will have a total of 15 Radiation treatments, they may do more. She will start Chemo after the Radiation is done. There main concern right now is getting her pain under control. The 1st part of the week she was ok, she stayed on the couch and played her sudoku game , but then Monday night something happened and she went down hill, Tuesday and Wednesday she spent in bed. She is extremely tired. (that's an understatement) Thursday (the day we left) she felt very good! She said if she continues to feel like that she'll be ok!

Grandma and RayGrandpa and Ray

Aunt Amy, Kaden, Sherryl with RayMommy and Ray in Grandma and Grandpa's hot tub on really the only "warm" day we had, it was 65

It was so hard to see my mom like that! She is on so many medications, that half the time she is out of it, one day she almost fell backwards, but my dad caught her. I just cant wait till she is up and around again and can function somewhat normal. My dad takes such good care of her. He is always helping her up or getting her meds or a glass of water or food!

We had a good time, we didn't do anything. But that's ok, we will do all those things when my mom gets better! I just wish the weather would have been better, I know it was colder here, but low to mid 50's for highs and mid to low 30's at night? That's too cold for Florida!

The good Lord was looking out for us when he got us home when we did, Ray is now very sick, I'm getting a cold and on a very sad note, Alvin's Grandma Fennell passed away on Friday 1-23-08. She was a good lady that had been struggling with Alzheimer's for awhile. Her showing is today and her Funeral is tomorrow. Alvin spent alot of time with her when he was younger, she took him and Chuck to New York, he has lots of very fond memories of his Grandma and he is so sad she is gone!

I was suppose to start back to work tomorrow but now it will be Wednesday, I am ready to get back to work! It seems like I have been gone forever!

No major news today!

My mom went to her Oncologist today, the same man that treated her Breast Cancer, that they really like alot. He scheduled her for a bunch of test, one of many is tomorrow, I think they have been calling it a "Pet scan"? It will tell them if she has anymore cancer in her body. My mom is pretty nervous about that! I keep telling her she will be fine, but I'm sure if I were in her shoe's I'd be nervous too! She was in alot of pain today, but she took her pain meds and when I talked to her she was feeling better! Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers, there are working!!!

I leave for Florida on Thursday and I will update my blog but I may have to wait until I get home to post pictures on it.

Here are a couple of pictures we have taken in the last couple of days,

I really like this one I just wish it were more centered

Daddy and Ray at Office DepotLooking at the snow!

Good News!

My mom went to the Radiation Therapist today, and things look good. She does have cancer, but they said it is very treatable! YEAH!!! The Dr she saw today has a patient that was diagnosed with the same thing and that's been 12 years ago! She will have to have radiation and chemotherapy, but whatever it takes she will do! She see's her Oncologist tomorrow to work out a game plan and to find out some other things. She said she will loose her hair again, but luckily she kept all her do-rags and wig!
When I called today everyones spirits were so much higher, we know that there is hope and we will take any hope we can get! Please continue to pray for her, she said today that "all there prayers are working"!
Ray and I fly out on Thursday to go see them. We will be gone for a week, I'm not sure what Alvin will do without his son, but we will be home before we know it. My mom and dad really need to see Ray! Thanks again to Alvin's family for the trip, it really couldn't have come at a better time!
On a different note Ray's Dr. called today and said he wasn't allergic to anything they tested him for but that he was on the "high" end of normal. (what ever that means) So she said to continue doing what we have been.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers, they are working!!!

Sad News!

I found out Friday night that my mom has cancer! We don't know much yet, we will know more today. For those of you that don't know my mom had Breast Cancer about 6 years ago. But this cancer is different. It is in the bones of her spine. Her back has been bother her very bad for a little over a month now, and after seeing the Dr and medicine it hasn't gotten any better. So my very dear sister-in-law Sheryl made her an appointment for an MRI and that's what it showed. I am so thankful to Sheryl for this. She has been a blessing to our family and she cares very deeply for my mom and dad!
I am so scared. I was scared the last time but this time is very different. If there is any hope in this, it is that this was caused by her Breast Cancer. Hopefully it didn't just start on its own. That will be worse. What she has is called Metastatic Bone Disease. I am so sad! I am not ready to go down this road, and them being so far away doesn't help. My mom sounds OK but I know that she is worried about herself and her family, but right now she needs to concentrate on getting better. I want her to get better but I am sad for everything she has to go through. I'm scared for my Dad, he is already heart broken and if something major happens, I don't know what he'll do! I'm sad for my sister Amy that has to see everything daily, but at the same time I'm glad my parents aren't alone.
I will try and post what we find out. So Please say a prayer for my mom and for my family, we could use them!

We got it!!!

Today Charlene and I took Ray to the Hospital Lab to have his blood drawn. We had success! As we waited for them to call Ray back a girl came out and said "she's good, she didn't hurt me" that made me feel better. They called him back, and yes I went too, I told Charlene that I would stay unless they had to do it again. They had him sitting in Charlene's lap in the chair and I held his hand. I explained to them that they had tryed on Monday 3 times and nothing! Well they got it, 1st time, that lady is good! Ray screamed but did fine! I did fine as well, no tears for me! We will hopefully get the results the 1st of next week so I will let you know.

Why is being a parent so hard sometimes?

Today Ray had his 9 month (almost 10 month) check today! I asked Alvin's mom to go because I wanted to ask alot of questions about feeding him and because she is his care giver I thought it would be good if she heard everything, also I wasn't sure if I would need help with my hand. I went in feeling very good knowing Ray wasn't suppose to get any shots. That all changed when he had to get blood drawn!

I'm sure most of you have read about his rash, well Alvin noticed it is coming back. But this time it is just little red dots all over his back and chest, he doesn't have the big red splotches. Luckily he had his Dr. appointment today and she suggested getting blood to test for allergies. She said it was up to me but it could rule out alot. So I said "OK". We were able to go down to the lab right then. I told myself at the lab "its only one stick and it will be over" I guess I jinks it.

They called Ray back, there were 2 women waiting for us, I asked "how do you do it"? they said "in the arm"! I laid Ray down on the table I held his one arm and Charlene held his legs while the ladies tryed to get it. No luck, they told me to pick him up and they would try the other arm. At this point I'm in tears. Being a mom that I hate I said "please just get it this time". I say that because I have to deal with mom's at my job and I hate it when I get a mom that try's to tell me how to do my job, so "I'm sorry" to the ladies that took care of him. No luck again. So I asked "what now"? they said they could try again or I would have to come back and try again. They suggested to try one more time because I was there and Ray was already upset and to just get it over with. I asked them if I should leave, they said that I could and that they will take good care of him and that Grandma was doing OK so she could stay with him. Well that's what I did, I left that place like a sobbing baby (I think I was crying as hard as Ray)! That was sooooooo hard. I left the lab completely, I wanted to make sure I didn't hear him at all! I watched until I saw the door open and they came out. Guess what, Still no luck!!! So now after all that I still have to take him back (or to the hospital) They said to make sure he is well hydrated when we go back. I will be taking Charlene with me again and I probably will not go back! (I said probably, I may go back)

I know that some moms are just "wonder moms" and can watch that stuff but as for me, I cant and I cant imagine if something really bad happens to him, I don't know that I will be able to handle it! Charlene thinks that I will probably tuffin up one day, but I don't know! I hope so.

Everything else was good at his check up. He weighs 19lbs 2oz. He's just a little guy they said. I can start cutting his bottles back but because he's so little she would still like him to get 20 to 24 oz of Formula a day.

Here's a few pictures we took New Years Eve and the last weekend,

Ray and Daddy

Ray woke up at midnight, no help from all the noise makers I'm sure, but I was glad he woke up to give him a New Year's kiss
Mommy was tired too cause of all the medicine she was on cause of her surgery

Playing peek-a-boo with his very messy face

Stay away bubble's! That's what it looks like but he enjoyed them!Here's a few that I think are cute, I really like the last one! Hope everyone is doing good and I'll see you soon!

Happy New Year!

I'm going to try and look back at this year, it's been quite a busy year so here I go:

January

Not much went on this month just continuing to cook our Baby! We started our Labor and Delivery classes!

February

The beginning of the month Alvin and I went on our "Baby Moon" we went to Cincinnati Ohio and stayed in a Hampton Inn (very nice) and went shopping at a few local malls around there, we just went on our last "just the 2 of us" trips! We had a great time!

I had my 1st of 2 baby showers on the 16Th, My sister-in-law Dawn and mother-in-law gave it to me, They did more than I expected, it was so nice. My family was able to fly/drive in for it, which made it even better! We also had our "breastfeeding class"

Then on the 21st I was put on bed rest, due to protein in my urine. Me happy and on bed rest!

On the 23rd I had my work Baby shower, Abby from my work gave it to me, She did a great job, it was at my house so with me on bed rest it worked out great!

March

What can I say about March, Alvin's birthday was on the 6Th, I felt bad cause I couldn't do anything for him, I had to give him a Valentines Day card cause I couldn't get to the store to buy him a birthday card! I had my BABY! I was admitted to the hospital on the 11Th for an induction then at 11:18 on the 12Th. Our 7lb 2oz baby boy came into this world.The rest of March was full of visitors and lack of sleep!

April

I went back into the Hospital for a weekend due to an infection caused by my c-section, that was then followed by 15 days of IV antibiotics, that was awful! Ray is growing fast!May

This month was Rays 1st smile! OH MY GOSH! How wonderful is that! Also Alvin & I left Ray for the 1st time over night! That was so hard. This was the month that I went back to work!

June

Ray started sitting up in the Bumbo seat and really started to get into TV. We had our 1st trip as a family, it was the weekend of 6-27 we went to Gatlinberg TN to surprised my Mom & Dad. This was also the weekend Ray turned from his tummy to his back for the 1st time.
July


Happy 4Th of July and my Birthday month. We watched fireworks over at Steve & Dawn's house. We took Ray to the park for the 1st time. Ray got his 1st tooth this month.


August


We went to the State Fair this month, Ray started eating solid foods. Grandma & Grandpa Seeks came into town.
September


Ray is 6 months this month, he started to sit up by himself this month. We had to get dressed up to go to a wedding.

October

This was a busy month, Ray crawled and pulled himself up in the same day. We went on our 1st camping trip with Ray and Alvin's family, then we went again a week later just the 3 of us. Then we had Halloween. My family came to town and we went to the pumpkin patch.

November

We went and saw Santa at the Christmas gift and Hobby show, Started Swim lessons, Ray walked behind a "walker" toy, and of course had Thanksgiving!

December

Ray started dancing, and clapping, we had Ray's 1st Christmas, I had 2 surgery's and New Years Eve.

I'm sure I have forgotten somethings, it's been a crazy year, but one I will never forget! I hope everyone had a great year!