Another Update

I am doing well. Definitely getting big now. Roxy is still breech, and I am really hoping that she flips before 37 weeks. I have another doctor's appointment on the 15th to check for dilation. We wil see!!

June is doing great. I swear she knows something is up, because just like Lincoln did, she is going through a really clingy phase. She is walking & running all over the house and climbing on anything she can. She has so muc personality packed into such a little body. It is adorable & exasperating all at the same time. But we love her to death!

Lincoln is doing well. We have been on the ketogenic diet for a week and a half now. We haven't really noticed any huge changes in seizure activity or behavior either. Maybe slight differences here and there, but we are giving it the full month before really assessing. The diet itself is easy in some way, and hard in others. The meals are very small, so he is pretty hungry by the time it is time to eat again. We usually have no problems getting the food in him within our alloted 30 min meal time. We have really been struggling getting his meds into him though. We had to change the syrup that he was tolerating before to a capsule. So basically the sweet cough syrup flavor we were giving him as his meds is now a chalky dead bug flavor. So of course he won't swallow it. He holds it in him mouth, until we stick our fingers in there and force him to choke on it until he swallows. Not a great solution, but for now, it is working. The other problem we have been having is keeping him hydrated. You never realize how much water is in our meals until you stop eating such large meals. There have been times in the past week where he hasn't peed for a whole 24 hours. So that is really stressful and we have been forcing a sippy cup of water on him everytime he stops moving it seems. Today has been better, and he has peed 2 times already (which is not as much as before starting the diet, but loads better than the past week).

Andy and I have been burning the candle at both ends these past few weeks. With being busy at work or with the kids, then spending our weekends house hunting and trying to make decisions about where to live and how much to spend. We are following two paths currently, and we would like to see which one can get us the better deal. We have put in some low-ball offers on several houses (some of which are bank-owned or shortsales). And we are also pursuing the option of building our own home. We have been looking at lots and floorplans, and speaking with a trusted builder here in town. Things should be getting closer to being figured out here within the next month or so.

All I can say is that I am looking forward to my mom coming so that she can help me get some stuff done around the house, and maybe do some babysitting before Roxy comes so that Andy & I can meet with builders & bankers w/o juggling babies as well.

Busy, busy, busy... :)