MP turns ONE

We just got back from Crockett for MP's birthday and dedication. It really was a great weekend, and so less stressful than putting a big party together. We did a milk and cookie themed family birthday party. Mom/Fred, Dad, Nat/Wyatt, Jim/Sabrina/Chayse and Jude; Mr/Mrs Driskell; sabrinas parents were all there. We made burgers and baked beans and also had chips. We got her the cutest milk and cookie cakes with a matching smash cake- chocolate of course and yellow cake. we started the party around 4 which would have given MP plenty of time for naps etc and she had all of her naps that day but she was sooooo tired most of her party but then perked up towards the end. She is so precious, she has been walking since the end of her tenth month and has gotten quite good. She falls but then gets right back up. She loves to nod her head up and down and side to side. She still dances some by moving her face back and forth and bouncing. She loves to scream at you if you are not giving her what she wants. We have been calling MP the chunkinator, haha she loves her food, but now we are calling her the cakinator- cake in ator.... bc she at first was wondering what the smash cake was about and very dainty would put her finger in it and eat some of the icing but once we smashed her hand in the cake she went after it and after it kept eating over and over. it was hilarious... she very much enjoyed her cake. we put her down soon after the party as she was one tired girl and chocolaty!! don't think that is a word but I don't care. For the desert table we had the two cakes and then had a platter full of cookies and old vintage milk bottles. It was cute. Today we had MP dedication. She didn't have a nap all morning-service started at 1030 and her dedication wasn't until 1130 so she was wild woman. I thought she was going to fall asleep like Allison but not the girl was a hit, talking screaming squirming out of the Tim (preacher)'s hands. She even wore her bonnet. Will didn't care for the bonnet but I thought she looked precious in her smocked outfit with cross bib and bonnet. Lovely :) MP loves to pick up random objects around the apartment (Which they are everywhere) because its pretty small and gets unkept very quickly. But she will just walk around with markers shoes etc in her hands until someone notices and then she wants to give it to you but if you take it she wants you to give it right back to her. She is obsessed with phones and computers and if you have one out she goes straight for it and will cry if you do not give it to her. She hates getting dressed or diaper changes, where she bucks back and screams so that is a real treat. But she is so smiling and funny most of the time. She loves her bath times and meal times for the most part although lately she has gotten bored with them much quicker than she used to. She loves italian food the most I think. She eats yogurt,sweet potatoes, chicken. Pretty much all food she will eat. She is still going to Mindys 2-3 times per week. I quit my job at the hospital and tomorrow is my last day. YIPEE!!!! anyway trying to think of other stuff to remember, MP is about 21-22 lbs but not sure height, we go to doc next week. She still take a bottle when she gets up in the morning before her naps and at night time but I give her lots of snacks. This week I will transition to giving her three meals per week with milk in her sippy. she still loves her paci and I don't feel like taking it away yet. I know now is probably the time but nope not going to do it. Not sure when I will switch her to her new car seat, she is still in her carrier. She is wearing 12-18 month clothes. She loves to follow Allison. Allison calls her sissy and Allison's name is sister, Allison is very particular if you do not call them by those names. We still put the sound machine on some, but not as much as we did for Allie, we don't travel with the sound machine when we go out of town. Its so interesting on your second child as you just aren't as stressed or at least I am not. For example with Allison's dedication I was freaking out because she hadn't taken a nap before the service. But with MP I just kept her up and went with it and did not worry if she acted a fool, fell asleep, whatever. They are breaking ground on our house tomorrow. They still think we will be in by the end of July. MP's words are daddy, da da, da for dog. she is probably saying more but i can't translate yet. She loves to take things in and out of things, like a drawer, she takes everything out of the living room coffee table.

MP 10 months and Allie 3.5

Well lets see, Christmas has come and gone. It was a great Christmas but will admit I get stressed out over the holidays lots going on. We hosted everyone at our house Christmas Day and we went to Natalie's place for Christmas Eve. Nat/Wyatt/baby Scarlett, our family, Dad, and Mom/Fred. It went pretty well, everyone on their best behavior. We enjoyed getting everything ready for Santa. Allie got the princess barbies, a double stroller with twin baby dolls, big blocks, games, sofia, trying to think what else. MP got a kitchen, a play house that sings (allie had one like it :) ) a play phone etc. Will post pictures. I will say we were so excited to wake up and see how excited Allison was for Christmas. In her defense or my disclaimer she was sick-took her to doc on xmas eve and she had the beginning stages of walking pneumonia. She also didn't go to bed early the entire time that Christmas break started. Well she was in a terrible mood I'm not sure if she was overwhelmed by the amount of stuff or how excited we all were just staring at her to see how excited she was... who knows but she reverted back to acting like she was 2 or when MP was born. She went to her room probably 10 times and cried multiple times. She watched movies too as she didn't want to come outside. It was hard and disappointing at times because you wanted everyone to be excited and happy. But at times she was great!!! Things have been going well. WE SOLD OUR HOME, and we are now living in an apartment. We decided to move to Prosper and to build a home. We wanted a one story home with 4 bedrooms, and office and a playroom. We didn't really find anything we liked too well so now we are waiting to get into our room which is supposed to take 7 months. We will see. MP started walking. She has been taking steps at the beginning of her 10mo but not full on walking until last Friday which was Jan 31st. She is still crawling at times and is still pretty wobbly but its so cute. She loves to dance too. Loves to move her head back and forth... just precious. She still loves to eat which is great. She pretty much will eat most things esp loves spaghetti and pizza. But also black beans, corn, potatoes, mac cheese etc. Honestly haven't had something she refused. Not a huge fan of avocados though. Her schedule is still about the same. She wakes up about 645-7 has a bottle (drinks about 5oz) and then plays until about 9-930. She loves to put balls into things or take things in and out of something. She is also in the in between stage where she cries at you b/c she wants u to pick her up. She just will sit there at your leg crying until you pick her up, gets quite annoying as you are trying to get different things done but thats the age. I will say she is incredibly cute and sweet. She is still so squishy!! i love to hug on her and she gives the best kisses. Open mouthed and all. She loves giving Will kisses. She still has not really said mama. She has said dada and I think she has said dog. But other than that I can't make out the words. She usually naps from 930-1045/11. She then eats lunch which I usually give her leftovers as to what we had to eat, pizza, rotisserie chicken, yogurt, apple sauce, etc. Then we play some more or go on errands and then she naps around 1-130. She will sleep to about 3/330 then I give her a snack and then we go get Allison about 4. From there we get home and we play a bit and/or if not enough time I get stuff ready for dinner and we eat play a little then bath time about 630. then I give her a bottle at about 7 and she goes to bed. She drinks bottles before she goes down for her naps. She still is in her car seat with base not her forward facing one. She is wearing 6-12 but now I am putting her in 12-18. She has four teeth on the bottom and 4 teeth on the top. She is a mess. INTO everything. Loves to put everything in her mouth. We taped up things on the wall as she has already tried to put her hand in the holes. She puts anything on the floor in her mouth. KEEPS ME ON MY TOES. Allie doing well. She still has her attitude but when she is in a good mood she is precious! She is really into playing school, or babies. Often at times she has me be a teacher and she is a teacher and we take turns reading to the stuffed animals. She also likes to play with blocks and build things. She loves legos. She also loves to play with the farm animals and the farm that Mel Mel and poppy got MP for Christmas. Allie also got all sorts of stuff for xmas lile her grocery store register along with lots of groceries. They are all in storage now but before we moved she set up store all the time and we would go shopping b/c she got a really cool grocery cart from them too. Papa D got her some great cowboy boots. Grandmother/Grandaddy got her a frozen doll, minnie mouse umbrella. Allie does so much cute stuff. She loves to dance still and listen to music. She loves quesadillas, queso, hamboogers haha instead of hamburgers, loves pizza, idea cream, only velveta mac and cheese, corn, peas, etc. We try to get allie in bed by 830 but its hard. allie still fights us to sleep with us every night, she doesn't like sleeping by herself. when we do get her in her bed we read stories usually 4- she picks out bernstein bears, poodalena, lady and the tramp, goodnight moon etc. She usually gets up at about 745 eats her usual honey nut cherrios watches a show usually jake and the never land pirates gets ready for school in her uniform then off to school. then i get her depending on if i am at the hospital or not about 430. then we play eat dinner take bath at 630 with siwster is how allison calls her, and then she watches a tv show before we try to start reading at like 8. We got her hair cut recently, She looks so old, cannot believe she is 3.5. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE.

Holiday Season

Well we went to Thanksgiving this year in Crockett. We had a great time. We went to the Christmas Tree Farm on Saturday and then the Polar express that evening. Thanksgiving was great. We really enjoyed Crockett, we hung out quite a bit at the house but it was really nice. MP was quite cranky b/c her two front teeth were coming in and then Allison had fever the morning of thanksgiving so needless to say that morning 12am-6am of thanksgiving was almost every hour we were up with the girls. It had been quite a while when we have had a night like that. But luckily it was nothing more serious than a cold and teething so they were able to enjoy their cousins and crockett as well. I made a corn casserole and a millionaires delight. Allison really enjoys her cousins its so cute, Josh helps take care of her. Maegan and Chayse were great with MP and helped just walk her around b/c she was very cranky. I gave her ibuprofen every 4 hours, you could just tell she was in so much pain. As for the xmas tree farm we had a great time, didn't stay too long which was good. MP and Allison both were terrified of santa. Will and I are going to take the girls again so we will see if they do better. WE found a great tree, rode on a trailer to go saw it down and all. 9 Months: MP started more solid foods-table food. Her first meal was spaghetti. SHE LOVED IT!!!! couldn't get enough in her, she has also been eating rotisserie chicken, corn, green beans, mac/cheese, yogurt. She is so cute right now. She weighs about 19 lbs and is wearing 9-12 mo clothes. She is so funny. She stands on her own for a while but hasn't yet taken a step. She is clapping and just started waving. She has said da da and maybe mama but nothing too definite. She LOVES climbing the stairs. WE start her on one side of the house and then it gives us a minute or two to do something before she is at the bottom of the stairs. She is very difficult trying to get dressed as she just wants to roll over and crawl away. She makes the funniest noises and her laugh is just the cutest thing ever. She still at times will get up in the middle of the night but its def not the norm. she goes to bed around 7pm and we go get her around 645-7. She naps around 9 for either 1.5 hours or 2 and then sleeps again around 1 for 1.5-2. She drinks about 5oz of formula although still getting some breastmilk b/c I still have some frozen. We took Allison to see her first movie at the movie theatre. We saw Frozen. She loved it, her eyes were so big. We got popcorn and she wanted skittles. She has gotten into christmas a lot more this year and loves to sing the Christmas songs. Anytime we are out and about she screams I SEE SANTA!!! She has an elf named Revelie (Will swears he didn't tell her to name it that, but I'm still skeptical). We wake up every morning to see where he has moved to again. The only crazy thing he has done is toilet paper the stair well. (Its nice that Allison gets up later these days as one of us is always up with MP before Allie gets up). I see Revelie move quite often in those hours of the morning. :) Allie doesn't know yet what to really ask for from Santa, she seems to still be figuring it out in how this all works. But for now she wants a doll. We went to American girl for the first time, what an amazing and crazy place. THE DOLLS CLOTHES WERE AS MUCH AS THE AMT I SPEND ON THE GIRLS CLOTHES. But she found a double stroller that she pushed around the store the entire time. SHE LOVED IT, so I found a cheaper on on amazon. SO got other stuff we are going to get and I am having fun figuring out what to give. She is still a picky eater, and has been sleeping with us for quite a while so our next goal is to get the bedtime routine figured out again. Its just so much easier throwing her in our bed and all just sleeping vs going upstairs for 1 hour or more to just try and get her down. She is really into drawing, blocks-building things, Sofia, princesses, and books lately. She likes playing school where I am on of her teachers and she is the other. She lines all the stuffed animals around or asks me and will to sit down on the floor while she reads to us. She loves eating at mexican food restaurants (queso) she is my child, loves cheese quesadillas, she states she doesn't like chicken anymore loves PB, honey nut cherrios, spaghetti, PIZZA is her favorite- cheese at the moment. Here are some pics from the past holiday:

MP 8 Months and Allison 3yrs

My My My, nothing to say for myself. I have to give myself a deadline or I wont post, which was 4 months ago. Things are busy around the Driskell home. MP is crazy active, started crawling at 6 1/2 months. She sat up at 5 months and I thought she was going to crazy earlier than she did b/c she was constantly on her hands and knees rocking back and forth. As well as her downward dog yoga pose. haha. She is a mess. Very cute and so smiley. She has a cute personality and PUTS EVERYTHING I MEAN EVERYTHING IN HER MOUTH. She loves to eat too, which the only thing so far she does not like are green beans! Mixed veggies are not her favorite. She likes squash but wants it mixed with pears or something, sweet potatoes, loves sweet peas, of course all fruits. She is also a big fan of oatemal and fruit. She likes cereal too. We havent started table food which I feel she is ready so we may start that a little earlier than what doc thinks which she said we need to start it at 9 months. Allison is doing great, she is growing and its so cool to have such grown up conversations with her. She still has the cute proununciation of all words its quite endearing. She is really into jake and the never land pirates while she eats breakfast in the mornings. She loves the movies annie, littler mermaid, finding nemo (Honestly all disney), love real kids movies like pippy longstocking. She plays with blocks a lot and leggos, loves to build things. Still not too into dress up unless Kynleigh comes over. She is still a very picky eater, loves quesedillas, pizza, not a big fan of chicken these days, spaghetti, loves most fruits, only eats honey nut cherrios for breakfast, loves croissants. I give her daily vitamins (gummies) and 1 claritin per day which I really think helps her. She is very independent and wants to do things by herself, get dressed, bathe, etc. She wears 3t and size 6-7 shoe. she loves MP, but complains when she pulls her hair. She tries to carry her a lot but I have to obviously intervene. MP is obsessed with remotes and cell phones. SHE LOVES BABY mum mums. She prefers store bought baby food-which I get the organic and try different flavors hoping she will not be picky. She goes down about 7pm and sleeps until 6-630. We put a paci clip on her clothes and she listens to music all night long. She is still getting some breastmilk but prefers the taste of forumla as the BM is frozen. I quit breastfeeding at about 5 months but had enough saved to make it to 6 months exclusively but had enough to last until probably 9 months with 1/2 formula too. She loves her jumper but then gets mad if she is in it and no-one else is in the room. SHE IS crazy trying to get dressed these days as she turns over and crawls away, kindof a beating trying to get her to sit still. SHE LOVES TO GET BAILEYS dog food. She is talking quite a bit, and I think I have heard both dada and mama, but its not distinct enough. She also started at about 7 months holding her arms up so that you can pick her up. She is so cute in her crib when its night night time in that she pulls up (7mo) and sits there and giggles if your still in the room. I play a game where I sneak up by the crib where she is standing and play peek a boo, she just squeals with laughter. She is wearing 6-12 and pretty much in 9mo clothing. She is a good baby but dramatic at times :).Having a lot of fun with both, its just crazy how fast time is going by. I cant believe we are in the holiday season.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Beginning of Christmas 2012

OH the holidays!!! Its been a good couple of months, busy for sure but a lot of fun. Things are about the same working on potty training, UGH :) although she has done quite well we are going through a small regression at this time. About a month ago she started wearing big girl panties all the time which for the most part we were no having a lot of accidents although she has a harder time with #2, which is to be expected I guess. But this past week it has been every day there seems to have been an accident, but Im going to try and bribe harder :) Terrible I know. anyways Halloween was a lot of fun, we went over to Sara and Jt's and they had her brother and wife over there with their child. The girls had a lot of fun, Allison was a pink pig this year for halloween and the McCarroll girls were princesses. OH I FOGROT to say we found out we are having another girl. We found out October 22nd. We werent that shocked, I felt for sure that it was a girl and Will at the appointment said he was 99% sure it was a girl, but it was indeed confirmed. We are excited. I am glad Allison will have a sister. We are still trying to decide on a name. Its SO HARD on the second girl, Allison we knew right away but we cannot decide and are quite picky. But back to Halloween, we went over to their house ate hot dogs and chili and then took the kiddos. It actually got dark quite quickly so it was hard to take a lot of pictures, which I was sick about. But I got quite a few at our work halloween party and her primrose party. For thanksgiving we went to Mama Mel and Poppy's. Nat and Wyatt were there, they have moved back from NY. We had a great time. Mama Mel made cookies with Allie, and Allison played with all of the toys Mama mel has at her house not to mention the new ones she had bought for her. She also watched Finding Nemo all of the time as well as that has been her new obsession and will often watch it 2 times per day not all the way of course. I need to get her some new movies as she really has gotten into them vs. Elmo/Mickey Mouse etc. Aww she is getting older. She is also talking so much, its precious.

Mary Peyton Driskell

Mary Peyton Driskell, Born March 8th at 732 am, 8lbs 1 oz, 20.25 inches. WOW what another amazing event in our lives. I cant describe the feeling when you go through the entire labor experience and the delivery of a beautiful baby girl. The moment they place her on your body its like nothing you have ever experienced, its an out of body moment. I am always in the most shocking state that it truly is a baby inside, an overwhelming amount of pride and extreme joy/happiness flushes over you. My labor story was very similar to Allison birth story except everyone had not partied the night before :) My water broke at 830pm, I was in bed, Will was upstairs putting Allie to sleep and I felt this terrible pain that lasted for two minutes, I couldnt tell if it was yet another contraction but it was different in that it hurt so bad. Five minutes later I had a flood of water and I immediately knew it was time. I was so calm, and like here we go vs. before when i was like oh sh** its time. I cannot explain how easy this was the second time around, I was not nervous and was so ready to meet Mary Peyton. Labor wasnt terrible, they started the pitocin at 1130, my contractions were still not regular. I called everyone and everyone headed our way. Natalie and Wyatt came from Wimberley, dad from Longview, Mom from Houston, and the Driskells had just settled down in their hotel room in monroe LA. My family got there around 130am in the morning and the driskells got there about 4, they had to drive 8 hours starting at 9 that night. Everyone was very tired but anxiously awaited the new arrival. MY DELIVERY was the easiest thing in the world, I pushed three times and she was here in less than five minutes. I thought she was maybe 7lbs but when they said she was 8.1 I was in shock, and then in my head realized that was why I was so uncomfortable the last weeks of my pregnancy. WHAT a wonderful day. Even the labor part was easy, my epidural worked great and really wasnt even that numb or at least it didnt bother me that much. I will say the part that is hard on both of my deliveries is that I never get to sleep the night b/c I labor that night and that morning. so it sets you up to not having sleep but hey who is counting these days, sleeps isnt at the top of the list. Also because it was in the middle of the night it was another doctor that was on call not Dr Harms. So I labored all night and pretty much knew I wasnt going to get Dr Harms as my doc but around 630am the on call doc came in and said i was almost ready for delivery and that dr harms was the on call doc that switched at 730 and she was hurrying to my room to make the delivery as she was scheduled for a csection that morning but instead got to deliver Mary Peyton. She is such a great doctor and was so encouraging. She also rounded on me the entire weekend which was great. It was such an easy and smooth process couldnt have asked God to have done it any better. I pushed for maybe two minutes (3 times) and she was here. It was again the most amazing indescribable feeling in the world even have been through it once before but when she came out out and was placed on me it is so surreal and unbelievable that a human being was just born. Its complete elation and joy. I couldnt wipe the smile off my face, I was so calm during the entire labor and delivery, I wasnt scared, I was so excited to meet this little miss. When they said she was 8lbs 1oz I was in shock that she was that big of size (for me) as I was used to Allison who weighed 6lbs 9oz, I guess that explains why I was quite uncomfortable during the last of my pregnancy not to mention chasing after a toddler. What an amazing day yet again, what an amazing experience. The rest of the hospital stay was great, breastfeeding went great, MP nursed like a champ and my milk actually came in the next day after delivery which made it nice. I had great nurses except for the first day and they truly helped me. Will stayed with ALlison at night as she was clearly having a hard time so we felt more normalcy was better and I hated for him to be on the couch. MP went to the nursery at night. The hospital stay was actually kindof nice, although annoying too b/c they would wake you up for vitals etc, but they would also bring you graham crackers juice water :) and your baby to feed and then take her back so that I could sleep some. We discharged from the hospital on Sunday March 10th and headed home where mom/fred nat/wyatt and allison were at. It was great going home but I did get a little emotional I think out of tiredness and fear as to how it was going to be. When Allison first met Peyton in the hospital I wasnt holding her, I think Aunt Sabrina was but nonetheless she was terrified of me in the hospital bed and did not want to come near me. I of course felt guilty in a way but completely understood too. I just wanted Allie to be okay, not to mention the night before I went into labor she was sick throwing up all night and also threw up at Uncle Jim and Aunt Brinas as well. You could tell she didnt feel well and was completely freaked out with this new thing in our lives :) The next day she was better although still took a while to warm up to me but I was walking around more so I think that helped. She got in bed with me and watched movies which was good. Aunt Natty and MeMel took great care of her and unlce wyatt and poppy. When we got into the next days at home it was apparant Allie was having a difficult time, she was nice to the baby but did not like it when I was breastfeeding. She would look at us and make this grunting noise like she wasnt going to talk and just be mad. She would sit in the corner etc. She also started throwing up nightly at this point so Will had to be upstairs with her while I was downstairs with the baby, we were afraid it was a virus. It had gone on this point for more than a week so when i called the doc they said that she must have gotten a second wave of the stomach bug. but it was weird as it would only come at night she would throw up once and then act fine the next day. She would eat play etc. Finally after about three weeks of off and on throwing up we took her back to the doctor and they did bloodwork and stool sample tests. COME to find out she has a peanut allergy, which is awful as baby girl loves peanut butter. the only thing she would eat at that point were waffles and peanut butter, but according to the doctor overexposure can cause allergies and im ashamed to say we def overexposed her for sure. we are now peanut free, I am still a little skeptical that it is that but it hasnt come back since we took peanuts out of her diet and she has an appetite now things have really turned around. SO needless to say the first two weeks were kindof brutal because we were dealing with Allie not only being sick and us afraid it was something really wrong with her and her having a hard time adjusting with all the new changes. ALthough she did pretty well as to be expected I just wanted her to be okay. I still had to discipline her as she would throw tantrums and I understood why but there were things she just couldnt do. But we gave her some slack as well.

July 2013-- 4 months, 3 yrs old

Still been a while since I posted, just going to get over it and do it when I can. MP doing well although this past week she is back to her old symptoms of arching her back, screaming at the bottle. Called the pediatrician and they increased her medicine- she is taking 1 15mg solutab of prevacid in morning and 1/2 at night. our normal schedule has been feeding her oatmeal around 630 (she loves it btw) and would eat and eat some more but I tried not to give her as much last night b/c I am afraid its making her gassy. Nonetheless then I bathe her usually in kitchen sink with her bathtub but I also put the bumbo in the sink or her bathtub in the bathtubs upstairs. I put her in her long pjs and a blanket sack and feed her a bottle. she was eating like 6 oz at this feeding but lately she wont eat. Either overtired or her acid reflux I guess. From there she would sleep until about 230 (so 645-230) and then I would feed her and she would sleep again until about 530 where I would either then get her and bring her to bed with me or just put paci in her mouth. She is eating on average about 5 oz give or take, she is a little more used to the frozen Breast milk but of course prefers the fresh. She likes her jumper and exersaucer and she also plays on her activity mat. She has found her feet and today put them in her mouth. She loves her hands and lately she has started squealing. She is very strong, almost sitting up just supported. I am thinking I will start her on some veggies in a couple of weeks, we will see how she does. She is a great baby. Still giving her gas drops and as of yesterday moved her to size 3 diapers. She likes to jump on your legs and she gets lonely if by herself for longer than 10 minutes. She will start squealing or protesting until someone gets her :) She also enjoys tv, she used to sleep in the car but that is no more. Maybe an hour on the road trip but doesnt automatically go to sleep like she used to. I am working on her nap schedule it looked like she is waking up around 7-730 and then I put her down between 9-930am. She has slept for about 1.5 hrs and then eats at 11. then put her down about 1230-1 then sleeps about 1.5 hours then i feed her after the three hour mark. I recently started her on zegrid which seems to have really helped, I wasnt noticing any difference on adding on to her dosage like doc said. The zegrid is over the counter and when I asked doc they werent too fond of starting her on it, maybe because it is new not too sure but def have turned a corner, she still has her moments of gas pains but nothing like we were dealing with. the last so many night I have put her down around 630 and she slept until 430. she also loves to talk and has the sweetest smile. i love her so much. right now we are going through some scary stuff with allison. she has started throwing up again in the middle of the night around 3-4am and will usually throw up for an hour and not able to keep anything down. its a violent throwing up multiple times. its the saddest deal. we orignally thought it was peanut oil causing these recent episodes but the last two times she had no peanuts. so we are all confused. we took her to pediatrician monday and she scared us. she stated it was causing many red flags to go up b/c its only happening in the middle of the night, she is concerned it could be that the spinal fluid isnt draining properly in her head causing it to put pressure on the gag reflux causing it to only occur when she is laying flat. She wants us to do an MRI just with a three year old they have to go under anesthesia. so we decided to do a food diary for a week to see if we see any correlation btw food and any possible episodes, I went ahead and called a pediatric gastro doc which we are going tomorrow to see if they agree with our pediatrician or if there is another angle they think we should go. im scared, i pray its nothing serious. im worried about my little baby girl. i hate when she gets sick in the middle of the night. ALlie on another note has been doing so good in the pool, she took swimming lessons really only one week b/c the next week she was sick and baby scarlett was born. but now she is able to go under water and grab objects although still very new to swimming but is def getting it more. Allison right now is into lassie, monsters inc, jake and the neverland pirates, sofia, cinderella,b brave. she has also started going by herself to the potty without needing any help, its quite awesome. she is getting more used to going to school full time although still a fight many mornings but does seem to be getting better. SHe still enjoys sleeping with us the most and has a difficult time not wanting us to leave while she falls asleep in her room, she wants all lights on but we have compromised and did only two lamps. she still loves lamby and her thumb. she weighs about 29lbs still doesnt eat a ton but that is how she is. her normal schedule is to get up around 730- eat honey nut cherrios with milk and watch her tv shows. then if school day I will bring her clothes downstairs and we will get her dressed while she finishes watching tv. then ill pick her up around 430 and either do an errand or go home. lately she has been wanting to play critters, or paint. she also likes puzzles these days so we have been doing those. then i fix dinner she usually eats chicken with mac and cheese or cheese quesadillas, or turkey and cheese, pizza, then for desert if she eats she can have chocolate ice cream. she still loves goldfish, animal crackers, fruit roll ups, oreos, chips, fruit-grapes apples with no peels, watermelon, pineapple, bannanas, the only vegetables she likes are green beans and corn. she usually takes a bath and plays around 630 gets out and gets dressed- she still wears a pull up at night. then watches tv/movie until about 8 then we go upstairs and read and lay with her. lately though she has been sleeping with us in the bed as we are scared about what is going on with her. will and i went to hawaii july 12th-july 19th, we had such an awesome time. it was gorgeous, we missed the girls but sur enjoyed our free time. we rented a jeep and went snorkeling went to a luau went to a magic show all sorts of stuff. Scarlett was born on July 29th, such a cutie!!!! nat and wyatt are hanging in there, just dealing with the throws of a newborn.