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What am I doing to you people?!? No posts again!!

So Ansley went to have her VCUG and Renal Scan done on Friday 6/12 and it was hard.....I have a picture of her IV but it is on my cell phone so I will have to figure out how to get it to here.

So the short story is that the tests showed that her urinary tract reflux is not any better (don't know if it is worse); it is rated on a scale of 1-5 and she is a 3.

For the renal scan they had to put a small amount of radioactive material into her body and then take pictures for 1 hour. Due to the need for her to be entirely still during the procedure, they had to put her to sleep. I have read of this procedure being done with the child awake and I can say that I was glad she was under for it.

The pediatrician called yesterday with the results and basically said that she is not getting any better, meaning she is not growing out of it, and that we need to go see a pediatric urologist. The reflux is only on her left side but it is causing scarring on her left kidney and her left kidney is now smaller than her right kidney, so we need to get it checked out by the urologist. So we have a call into the urologist and are waiting to schedule an appointment once they have all of the information they need.

We hope to hear something soon.....

On a good note, the urologist we are going to see has developed a non-surgical, non-invasive procedure for urinary tract reflux that is successful in treating 90% of the cases where it is used, so we are optimistic.

We also know that Ansley will most likely be put on prophylactic antibiotics to help prevent future urinary tract infections.

Anywho, that is all the news that is fit to print....we are headed to Florida for a few days of rest & relaxation & Austin's 3rd birthday, and our cousin Amanda's wedding, and Father's Day......so we will be getting some sun!!

Have a great weekend and I promise beach pics!!!

Birthday pics part 2

Austin is excited for Ansley's birthday - he is on the side of the picture
Ansley loved the candle

"Yeah for me!"

These were from her Georgia birthday party

More tests

We just heard from the pediatrician that we need to take Ansley in for some more tests, so we will go to the Scottish Rite Hospital here in Atlanta next Friday and have a VCUG and a Renal Scan done to see what her urinary tract looks like and to have updated scans for when we go to see the pediatric urologist. Our pediatrician thinks that the urologist will put her on prophylactic antibiotics.

Ansley is responding to her latest round of antibiotics, so she is great. But these scans will probably be uncomfortable for her; we will try to cheer her up with Spam - kidding!!

Have a great weekend - I will put up some more pictures soon!!

1 year checkup

Well, we went for our one year check up today for Ansley, and guess what??? That's right, she has another UTI - for those of you keeping count (obviously impared due to my poor blogging skills of late) that is UTI #5. So, she is back on anti-biotics and we are set to go for a renal scan and to see a pediatric urologist.

Otherwise, her stats were:
Weight: 16.0 lbs (>3 %)
Height: 27.5 in. (7%)
Head Circumference: 46 cm (74%)
Okay seriously, what is up with my kids and their head size????? Blaming it on Eric......you would think she would weigh more given her ginormous head!!!! A friend of ours is a pediatric neurologist and he assures us that we should be proud, as he gets the other end of the spectrum and it "ain't pretty."

So....Ansley is VERY clingy right now, just wants to be held, but no, she wants to crawl, no walk, no crawl, no be held, no walk, no be held..........basically she is VERY fussy and confused!! She is not really walking but she can stand un-assisted and then take steps while someone holds her hands, etc....so it won't be long ;)

I do have pictures to post from her b-day party, but again having computer issues.......cry me a river!!

Have a good week!!

Trailer Trash

It's almost official, we must move from our house in the suburbs to a trailer on Fulton Industrial Blvd. (equivalent to Harry Hines in Dallas, TX). Why you ask? That's a bit of a tale....

While unsupervised at the grocery store, Eric bought SPAM. For those of you who knew my mother well, you know she would not approve. Then as if buying Spam was not bad enough, he then had to go off and feed it to our daughter. Then as if feeding her Spam was not bad enough, she had to go off and LIKE IT!! Why is this such a problem, because Ansley doesn't seem to like any meat - at all. But now all of a sudden she will eat meat, or at least a meat bi-product. UGH!!

So why are we moving to a trailer? Because today, for lunch, Ansley had Spam, Cheetos, green olives and milk. I know it does not get any more redneck than that.....PLUS she doesn't even have all of her teeth yet, so she is perfect for a trailer.....I can just see us now, next tornado that comes through town, there we will be with Ansley on the front porch eating Spam saying "I heard a noise, sounded like ......" you have the CNN visual now huh?!?

Stay tuned....pictures later from her Georgia birthday party to be held later this afternoon. With or without all of our teeth.

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She's almost the big "1" so we decided to take pictures to celebrate

Austin is trying to understand why he has to sing Happy Birthday to Ansley

Austin's sheer disbelief that he has been a big brother for 1 year

Ansley's sheer disbelief that she will be strictly on cow milk starting tomorrow

Ansley begging momma to keep nursing for a little longer - NOT going to happen!!

Ansley riding Austin's "mow grass" to show that she is a big girl now

Austin & Ansley riding on Austin's Thomas the Train train set.....again thanks to Grandma B. She spoils these kids rotten!!! Can you all in Texas smell them?!?

Seriously where have I been?

Okay, I could make 1,000 excuses....but who really cares, all you want are pictures from the last 3 months!!!!

We just got back from Texas from a quick little visit!

Here you have Nanny, Aunt Net, Austin in the wagon & Uncle "Boy" going for a ride

What you may not know is that in West Texas you fly a kite with a fishing pole....

Uncle Roy, Ansley, Aunt Net & Aunt Natalie watching the boys fly a kite on a fishing line

Old picture - note long sleeve shirt - from one of the first few times Ansley stood up - she was so excited!!

Austin and Ansley just hanging out!!

Ansley says "oh, my gosh I am standing up!"

Austin got some Texas boots in Georgia - he LOVES the boots!!! Thanks grandma!!

A & A hanging out - again old picture....

Oh the birthday cake!! These are the shots from Ansley's Texas birthday cake!! So she is not 1 until next week but she needed to eat cake in Texas too!!

So the long story short, she would not eat the cake by hand - she didn't really seem that into it, but when I used a spoon, she was SO EXCITED and she ate her cake.

See Aunt Natalie in the background on the left, she is celebrating Ansley eating by spoon!! Oh how my child is already high maintenance!!

Ansley post-candle blow out by Big Cousin Carter!!

Ansley excited that Uncle Scott gave her a candle to blow out!!

Granddad & Ansley - Ansley LOVES to have her forehead kissed, thanks to Daddy. She leans in and says mmmmmmm and then she wants her forehead kissed. It is adorable!!

Granddad, A & A on the river

Granddad and Cousin Carter and Austin - thanks Cousin Carter for sharing your "mow grass"

Ansley eating the grass

and of course, a parting shot of Austin driving the "mow grass"

So, we are back! No excuses, but keep coming back to see us again, we'll be here.