Readers

I love that the kids love to read. I do it more than I should (to the exclusion of other things that need to get done) and my kids, especially Mia, share in that. This last pic is this Sunday morning when everyone had grabbed something and gravitated towards the couches. (I had the Sunday paper before I looked around and picked up the camera). Ryan has Spiderman comics, Wyatt has the Toys R Us Christmas Toy Catalog, and Mia is reading Don a Ballerina book. I do love Sunday mornings!

Hair today...gone tomorrow

In sunnier news, Mia got a much needed haicut. Her hair is so fine and straight that it is always snarly and tangled. We are growing out her bangs and she is in self style mode. She has more fashion sense at 5 then I will ever hope to have...ever. The "earrings" picture was taken a couple of weeks ago (she would LOVE to have her ears pierced, but I am holding out for a few more years). The second two were taken yesterday. I love the new pixie cut and she seems to too. Or maybe it's just all the attention she is garnering. At any rate, the mornings go much easier and she can spend more time picking out her clothes (she picks out each outfit with care).

HSP

OK - the first thing you will notice about this blog is that despite living in near proximity to Brent for the last few years, I did not inherit any photography skills. In my defense, these were all candid quick shots. Ryan was recently diagnosed with Henoch Schonlein Purpura - an infammation of the blood vessels that is either not a big deal or really really scary depending on which internet comments you read. You can read more about it here:
http://www.medicinenet.com/henoch-schonlein_purpura/article.htm

We have been dealing with the intense lower joint pain that will make it suddenly really hard for him to walk, nausea, and a rash that covers his lower legs. Luckily the rash isn't itchy. Unluckily on the nausea front, I don't know how much more not eating his little bod can take. He was already skinny and I think I might have to go stock up on high calorie shakes in order to get him through the next month (we really need to perfect some fat transferring process so that he can take some of mine). My guess is that we will be starting the prednisone treatments and possibly some anti -nausea meds upon a followup dr's visit. Sometimes he does really great and we hardly notice anything and sometimes he feels like death is imminent. On the plus front, he is feeling so poorly today that all he can do is watch a little TV - thus giving me an opportunity to blog (which is RARE). We have to look on the bright side, right?