Yesterday we carved the pumpkin that we got from the pumpkin patch. At first Everett was very curious about what was inside this pumpkin.

Then, he decided he loved the pumpkin.

We roasted the seeds and he liked those, too!

On a sad note today would have been Everett's Mammie's 56th birthday. We miss her very much.

Pumpkin Patch

Today Chance and I took Everett to the pumpkin patch in Mayflower. We skipped nap time for this adventure, and that made for a cranky Everett. Before we left we took a Everett and Mommy picture.

He's not smiling, but at least he's not crying.

He checked out the play area and the hay maze first, but then he saw the animals!
Then, he took a ride in the car of a John Deere tractor.

We tried for a cute Daddy and Everett picture.

This did not please Everett.
Taking a picture with Mommy made matters worse.....


We took a family picture, and then we got down to business.

Everett was determined to take home this huge pumpkin, but later decided on a normal sized one, and this small one.

Everett is two!!

On September 13th my sweet little boy turned two. We celebrated in Honey Grove at Grandmommy and DaddyBill's house with tons of family and friends. The party was supposed to be a the park, but the weather decided not to cooperate. Grandmommy and DaddyBill graciously let us use their house eventhough they were out of town until the morning of the party. His party was Mickey Mouse themed or "toodles" as he calls it. We had hot dogs, chips, and cake, and Everett had a really great time. He received lots of gifts from toys to clothes to money and everything in between. We are very blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends who helped make his second birthday special!

In other news, we FINALLY have a home pulse ox. Everett's pediatrician wrote us a Rx and our insurance company agreed to cover it. This has been two years in the making. We just use it for spot checks, but it is such a weight off of my shoulders knowning that if I think something isn't right I can easily check his oxygen levels.
At his two year well check at the pediatrician we were told what we already knew. He's close to average height, skinny, and has a good sized head. lol He weighed in at 22 pounds 1.2 ounces which is lower than the 5%, he was 33 1/2" tall which is the 25%, and his head circumference came in at 19 1/4% which is in the 50% completely normal for his age. He can form simple sentences, has tee teed in the potty several times, but not consistently, and is every bit of the little ball of energy he has always been.

Cardiology Appointment

Today we took Everett to his 2nd Cardiology appointment at ACH. His oxygen saturations were at 93% which is fantastic for him, his blood pressure was good, and he weighs a little over 22 lbs so he's still a tiny guy. He had an echocardiogram, and Dr. F said that his heart function looks good and that his fenstration is very small so we are hoping that it spontaneously closes on it's own sometime in the future. Dr. F examined him and said that everything sounds good and looks good based on appearance and the echocardiogram. He told us to take him off of the Lasix (a diuretic) after just giving him doses M, W, F next week, so he'll be on one less medication-woohoo!! He'll remain on Enalapril and Aspirin indefinitely. We go back in 3 months, and we couldn't be happier with the report he received!

Texas and Glasses

Chance, Everett, and I spent the last week and a half in Texas. We left on the 1st and drove to Bedford where we stayed the night with Katie and her family. We woke up the next morning and went to Santa Anna where Grams, Grammy, and other family live. We had a very good visit there with grandmothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. We spent one day in Abilene and reconnected with old friends and co-workers.

On Thursday the 6th (Happy Birthday Bigmama!) we drove up to Honey Grove. We got to spend time with our families and friends, and Chance and I even got to go out to dinner and a movie since Everett had a sleepover with Nana. We left yesterday evening and came home. I always feel so stretched thin in Honey Grove. We have so many people to visit and so little time to do it. I feel like we don't get to spend enough time with anyone. We had a good time, but it's always nice to be home.

Today we took Everett to the optical to pick up his glasses. He looks absolutely adorable, but we have had some difficulty keeping them on. I know that this will get easier in time (at least I hope so!).

Everett's getting glasses

We went to Arkansas Children's today for Everett's eye appointment with the surgeon, and we got good news!!! We were dreading today's appointment thinking that if E was referred to a surgeon that it meant he was going to have surgery, but we're in the clear for now. Dr. L said that the measurement of his strabismus is 12-14. He said that below 12 surgery isn't neccessary and over 14 it is, so Everett is right in the middle. For now, we'll continue patching and Everett will get glasses. We'll try this for 3 months and re-evaluate to see where we're at. We are so glad that he doesn't have to have surgery right now, hopefully the glasses and patching will work and he will never need surgery. After we left Children's we went to UAMS to the optical to have him fitted for glasses. We found a really cute nicer pair and a play pair. He's SUPER cute in them!! They'll be here in 2 weeks. I'll make sure I post pictures when the glasses come it.

Eye Strabismus

On May 5th Everett had an opthamology appointment at Arkansas Children's Hospital because his pediatrician referred him after she noticed he has an eye strabismus. The ophthamologist dilated Everett's eyes and did a full exam. He told us to patch Everett's strong eye (the left one) 3 times a week and wants us to meet with an eye surgeon. It wasn't exactly what we wanted to hear. We were prepared to patch his eye, but were hoping that surgery would not be neccesary. We were told it would take about a month to get in to see the surgeon, so I guess we'll know more after that. I hate for him to have another surgery. He has already been through so much. Otherwise, he's doing great. He loves going to the park when it's nice outside which hasn't happened much lately.

It's hard to look cute wearing an eye patch, but he does it!