Halloween!

My iPhone is now upgraded to the iOS 5, but the blogpress app I use to make posts on it is having some compatibility issues... Ugh! I've tried to make several posts, but none have worked. So, it's just going to be a picture bomb, because I can't go back and rewrite everything...

If you Click HERE you can read the update I made on the guest blog.


Check Up at the pediatricians:










Wiggly worm made it hard to take pictures...




Early morning breakfast!







Making more messes!


Birthday/Halloween Party!















We used an entire bottle of germ x afterwards in the car and took a bath when we got home:) mom's not paranoid or anything...








Happy Halloween from the cutest kitty I've ever seen!!!



























No trick-or-treaters came by while Ro was in costume... Turned into a picnic in the front yard!

Teeth and Tottering

Teething makes this princess grumpy:





Thank goodness for the beautiful weather outside!


We can get some walking in...


Look Mom, No Hands!




And speaking of T's we've got to throw a shout out to those Texas Tech Red Raiders for beating OU!
Also, rooting for those Texas Rangers!!!

Tomorrow Rowan has a check up with her pediatrician... Ht/wt stats to follow :)

Fall Festivities

We took Rowan to the same pumpkin patch as last year...





Look how much she grew :D









Such a big, beautiful, happy girl this year!








Self shot.


Rowan experienced her first fall festival:


The snow cone was great...


The people watching was even better! Our little nosey nancy...

We've also taken flight with the walking situation. Watch out world!


This child is on the move!

And with that mobility comes oh so much more mischief:






Yeah! We can open the storage cabinet and pull out all of the old medical supplies...

This girl is too much fun! We absolutely love every single second with her!!!

More Paparazzi

I just loooove taking pictures of this girl:


Monday we had labs drawn. It was SO early, as usual. We rode in pitch black until we were practically in Austin. Of course Rowan was awake and wanting to be entertained... She's so like me. I can rarely go back to sleep after I'm awake, and I can't sleep in the car.

We had a new guy draw labs. He passed with flying colors.
Rowan sat in my lap, like a big girl and watched the needle go in without a word. So well behaved- what a dream patient.

Our reward was going to meet baby Nathalee!


So beautiful and precious!


Later that night at dinner we were practicing our Halloween faces ;) Actually, she just didn't like the flash!


More disturbing flash:


This one, I have no excuse:


She's crazy:)


And just loooooves to make a mess!



For the past 4 days Rowan has only been taking prograf! Back to one medicine:) Her blood pressure is coming down on it's own after stopping the steroids.

Plan is no labs until November 9th! Amen! Another round of IVIG then too...

Incredible Shrinking Baby

Chance and I were looking through our phones and couldn't believe how big Rowan was while she was on high dose steroids.

I mean, we knew she was big... But looking back at the pictures we just didn't realize how big!

End of July:



August:





Poor darling.

Here's today:






She has a neck again!

Girlfriend weighs 9.3kg (20.5lbs) now. When we left the hospital back in July she was 10.2kg (22.4lbs).
That means over three months she's lost about 2lbs!

It's funny how we go up sizes and then come down sizes.... Her closet is a revolving door. She can still wear some of the clothes from this time last year! (what 6month old and 16month old can share clothes?!)

Either way she's precious, but it sure does feel good to have her looking back to normal and healthy!

Love, love, love this baby girl!