Poor Guy

This is what I woke up to the other day. To say the least it was not a good day. I felt so bad for him. I held him for a good part of the day.
On a side note he had his 18 month appointment and weighed in at a hole whopping 20 lbs. Putting him in the less than 3% for his weight and 29 3/4 inches for height-3%.
I just realized I never have mentioned the name of his condition, because I could never pernounce it. It is called visceral hyperalgesia.
What is painless to most children feels excruciatingly painful to children with Visceral Hyperalgesia.
It is when an individual has increased sensitivity to pain in the visceral system of internal organs like the stomach, intestines, or pancreas. Normally, when one eats or drinks, the stomach and intestines stretch to accommodate the meal with no discomfort whatsoever. But in a child with Visceral Hyperalgesia, the mere act of filling the stomach or intestine with a small amount of fluid or food triggers the nerves in the gut to respond as if a painful stimulus has been introduced.
The good news is that most children grow out of it within 6-18 months. He has been on the medicine Neurontin for 6 months now and we are slowing taking him off of it. In hopes that he has grown out of it.

Easter Pics

This is my attempt to get pictures of the kids on Easter.

The sun was in her eyes, but at least I tried.

Ben's Gardening

Ben is obsessed with gardening and now he finally has his own place to garden. This is him planting broccoli in the front yard by the flowers. He has much more garden space in the backyard.He has planted tons of heirloom seeds. This means he will be able to use the seed from the plants he grows. Resulting in never having to buy seeds again. He started over a month ago planting in our basement. He rigged this light to hang from the ceiling. He has already planted lots of his starts outside. So this is only about half of what he started with. I don't know what he thinks we are going to do with all the vegetables. He thinks I'm going to start canning. We will have to see about that.

2nd Easter Egg Hunt (Jeppsen Family)

After a good long nap. Sawyer was ready for some egg hunting.

All the fun cousins.Sadie has been waiting all winter to ride the airplane. She finally got her chance and she loved being the pilot.

1st Easter Egg Hunt (Dad and Kathy's)

Sawyer was not in the mood for Easter. He cried the whole time at this Easter egg hunt. Ben took him home early for a nap.Sadie out on the hunt.

Dad and Kathy rented a cotton candy machine and Sadie ate it like an ice cream cone. She really enjoyed it as you can see.

Petting Zoo

I took Sadie to the petting zoo with her cousins pre-school. She had so much fun petting all the animals. Brushing the horse.

Sadie and her two cousins Daylon and Brycen hanging out in the pig pen. Look at that attitude from that sweet little girl. A couple weeks ago Sadie told me "Mom, I am attitude". What have a taught this girl?

Sawyer's First Hair Cut

I finally got sick of the mullet Sawyer was sporting. So I talked Ben into cutting his hair. I thought it was going to be a horrible experience. Sawyer hates loud noises and I was sure he would scream the whole time, but to my surprise it tickled him and he laughed the whole time.
Daddy getting serious!

Sawyer laughing

Mullet free and handsome as can be!

Sadie getting her ears pierced

I was so proud of this little one. She did have a look of shock on her face "like what did they just do to me?"
It broke my heart to watch them do it, but she didn't even shed a tear.

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Sadie getting her ears pierced

Mom and Sadie gearing up for the event!

Getting prepped

She did such a great job. She didn't even cry. Her reward was riding on the train with her cousins Kaylee and KaLaya.

Mass Destruction

Sawyer likes to make lots of messes for mom. After he hits all the blocks out he proceeds to go to each block and scatter them more. So most of the day I have blocks scattered all over the floor. I guess kids have to be kids and you have to let them play. So much for a clean living room.

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Big Helper

I asked Sadie yesterday if she wanted to feed Sawyer and of course being the helper she is she wanted to. She did awesome. I can definitely get used to this!

Sadie's Hair Cut

Sadie got her first professional hair cut the other day. I love it! Her hair has been so uneven and just not working for her. So I finally broke down and got the little hair she did have cut off. She did a great job at letting Natalie cut her hair.
Also she went to the dentist for the first time yesterday. She let them do all the x-rays and clean her teeth. The best thing about it was NO CAVITIES! I guess all that brushing pays off.

My little princess and her creativity

Sadie went to her first princess party. Her friend Kambree turned four. They all looked so cute in their princess dress up. Of course we had to borrow a dress from our neighbor, because Sadie dress up is spiderman not princess.

My little princess in her Cinderella dress. She actually enjoyed dressing up. After I put the dress on she danced around and she even asked to watch Cinderella. I think it is time I get some princess stuff and let my girl be a girly girl.
Sadie made this flower all by herself. She has become very creative lately. She has imaginary friends. The tiger is the most popular. She plays with him all the time and he fits in her hand. I love that she has such a big imagination. It entertains her for a good part of the day. She has also starting writing several letters. I am going to start teaching her how to read this coming fall. I have a great book that I will be using to teach her.

Hard Working Man

Ben volunteered to replace the engine in my step brothers car. He has been working on this off and on for a few months now. The other day he finally got the engine out. I'm so glad he is getting close to being done. I know he likes to do this kind of stuff, so I have been really patient about not having a place to put both cars in the garage.

Sawyer Crawling

He finally moves! Sawyer finally decided to crawl one day before his 16 month birthday. We have been working with him a lot. We have a physical therapist come once a month and we go to baby yoga once a week to help build his muscle strength. After all he has gone through it is so nice to finally see him enjoying life and progressing in his development. I love this little boy so much!

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