Baby Girl #2!

It has been a while since I've written.
Since then, Tracy's facial pain is feeling much better. The MRI came back as normal. We got a copy of it too and enjoyed looking at his brain. Most days he has no pain at all even without medicine.
My family all had a stomach bug, yuck! First Ewan got it then, William, Violet and Olivia. The next day Lance and Aaron both got it and then me and Meredith got it! yucky-t-yuckerson!
Addison took a few steps all by herself on Monday night! She's getting so big and doing very well with her baby sign language. She also likes to give Zerberts, some people call them raspberrys, instead of kisses now. Most mornings my mom enjoys holding her while she puts her makeup on and drys her hair. Addison just sits in moms lap the whole time and carefully observes. Mom thinks she's going to be a makeup artist someday! Ha!
We started looking for a house to buy since renting an apartment in McKinney is pretty expensive. We found one we like, now to see if we can get it before the tax credit expires. Although mom says she's sad that we will be moving out, I think she'll be happy b/c we will be less than 3 miles away.
Tracy started a job as an Auto Rescue guy who drives to people's cars in he area and jumps them off or fixes flats. He just started and seems to enjoy it so far. He also has enrolled for classes to start working on his MBA! This is something he's wanted to do for a while now and we've talked about since he finished his undergrad. It didn't seem practical or possible before, but now seems to be the right time!
I started working part-time at Parkway again. It's the church I worked at before I moved to Fort Worth. It's going to be an exciting summer, busy with youth activities!
A lot of exciting things are happening around here. There's hardly a dull moment anymore.

Lastly, we found out Monday that the new addition to our family will be a baby girl! We don't have a name picked out yet. We haven't even discussed it yet. I hope the video downloaded so you can see her yawning!

Easter weekend Fun!

Tracy's situation

The short answer is that the ENT said Tracy has trigeminal neuralgia (facial nerve pain).
The longer story is: About the first of March Tracy started experiencing pain in his sinuses, jaw and teeth. The pain became so severe that we went to the ER on Saturday, March 13th. The doc said he had sinusitis and gave him Amoxicilian and Vicadin. Six days later he was still in pain so we returned to the ER. This doctor decided he needed a head CT scan to determine if he had a sinus infection. At this point that would have been the simple answer, but no such luck. They found no sinus infection and prescribed a different pain med., Ultram, and suggested we see an ENT. At this point he's been in pain three weeks and we are frustrated because we don't know the cause. Monday morning he was feeling fine but by Monday night he was in severe pain again. We went to the ENT this morning hoping for some answers. After describing his pain, sharp pain like someone drilling in his jaw and teeth on the left side of his face, his face is tender to the touch, and pain in his ear, the doctor said you have trigeminal neuralgia (like we knew what that was). He said it is fairly rare and has the most debilitating pain of the problems that he sees. Tracy was relieved by this, at least he wasn't crazy. The doctor prescribed 4 things: a steroid, a pain med specifically for nerves, a stronger form of Vicadin, and an MRI. We hope to have the MRI by the end of the week to determine if any blood vessels are compressed. If so then we'll proceed from there. For now he's taking his meds and resting, while it isn't hurting.
For me the situation is heart wrenching. I just sit by watching as he shrieks in pain. We are glad that the ENT pin pointed the problem, or so we hope. He continues on the nerve pain meds for 2 weeks. We are hopeful that this will relieve his pain more so than the Vicadin does. I'm just ready for everyone to be healthy again! Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated. We hope the worst is behind us and that healing is ahead for Tracy.

Make Lemons!

Addison Turns Toddler!

It's hard to believe that our baby girl just turned one. I've seen other kids grow up, but there is something special about watching my own daughter grow up. I never realized, or gave it much thought, as to how much a baby changes in their first year. I don't change that much in a year. I might put on or loose a few pounds, get a new hairstyle or get some new clothes, but nothing like the changes from infant to toddler. When we brought her home from the hospital all she did was cry, eat, and want to be held. Now she can feed herself, crawl everywhere (even up and down stairs), and she only wants to be held when she's tired.
Yesterday, I fed her chicken nuggets for dinner. I cut them in quarters and set them on her tray for her to feed herself. Her Cheerio cup happened to be on her tray too. I could hear her throwing her nuggets on the ground, her way to say she's finished eating. I go over and think, "you did a pretty good job eating; you only threw 2 pieces on the ground." When I started cleaning her up I realized that she had stuffed over half her nuggets in her Cheerios cup. Silly girl! It's been an exciting year watching our baby grow up.
We all had fun at her party, you can see 2 pics below. Thank you to Aunt Cindy and Granddad for coming over and my sisters for being here too! Thank you all for loving us and our daughter!

Happy Birthday!