Derrick's Followup

Derrick had his second CT scan of his abdomen so that they could compare pictures from the last one and see if the spot on his adrenal gland has changed. This time around was not as pleasant as the last. Last time he smiled through the IV. This time I over heard the nurse say that they didn't have anymore of the really small needles so they had to use a slightly larger one. I'm not sure if that is what made the difference or not, but he screamed and cried the whole time. He has to hold really still so that they can get a good picture and that was just not going to happen with how upset he was. I was worried that they were going to have to sedate him, but then the nurse told me that I could finally give him a bottle ( he hadn't had food since 5am his apt was at 11). The bottle made it so he wasn't crying but he was still sniffing and trying to calm down. But the guy was really good and positioned the machine to that he could still get a good picture.

I just have to say that I really LOVE our pediatrician. He called us later (the same day!) and let us know that everything looked good. He said that they think it might have even shrunk a little. But it could also be the angle of the picture. But the size hasn't increased so that's all they really cared about. They already did the test for cancer and it came back negative. It is looking like it might just be an old bleed. D's Dr. said that he didn't think we needed to do anymore CT scans and that we kind of went the extra mile to make sure everything was ok (which I'm fine with!) We went in looking for something and came out empty handed! Yay!! We are so happy!!! So in a few months he will be back on just the regular screenings. Thank you for all of your prayers and support. It means a lot to our family.

Christmas

Christmas was just full of fun and family. Both of our families live close, so we are usually pretty busy on christmas eve and christmas day. We hit up the Crockett Christmas party where we saw Santa again, and ate some wonderful mexican food. Then we went to my parents and had some tamales! Christmas morning we stayed home and had our own little christmas before we went to the families houses again for even more presents!! Our babies really are spoiled :) although this christmas I felt like I was spoiled too!

Its finally Christmas time!!!

Santa came to our house Monday night! Brother Adams plays an awesome Santa! The boys have never really seen Santa so I was nervous about how they would react when they saw him, let alone how they would do if we tried to put them on his lap, but they did just wonderful! Brent was getting tired so he isn't the happiest in the pictures, but at least he wasn't screaming or crying (which is what I thought would happen)!

I started decorating for Christmas just after Halloween! I know some people really disagree with that. But it always feels like Christmas goes so fast for me. Its my favorite Holiday and I guess by starting super early I feel like I get to enjoy it just that much longer. But now its finally Christmas time and my family can stop giving me a hard time about having Christmas stuff up too early. Josh did say that we should wait for the tree until after Turkey day, but on everything else he was fine with :)

Some Christmas Card Photos