Thanksgiving (part 1)

I know, I know, way far behind. Sorry. I'm going to break down Thanksgiving into a few posts, so bare with me.

This was actually taken the Monday before Thanksgiving. Al (Scott's step-father)'s daughter, Jennifer, was visiting from FL with her 3 adorable youngins!

Here's all of Annanna & Grandfather's grandbabies: Grace, Hunter, Aleeyah, & Jordan.

Halloween or Christmas?

Their outfits may leave you a little confused! :) Even though it was just a few days away from Halloween, Miss Lilley was decked out in her beautiful Christmas dress so I could do a quick photo session of her before the holiday rush! We laid the girls in the floor while Jenn and I moved furniture all over the place (even outside), and it was too funny to watch them interact.

And of course I don't have the last shot in this series, but Lilley would then put Grace's passy in her mouth! It was too funny.

*Double our Birth Weight*

In between the hussle of my Christmas shopping, last minute photography sessions, photos to edit, Christmas cards to design, and getting the house ready for a realtor to come and look at so we can put it on the market, (and many other things) I've neglected our blog. I have so much to blog about including our wonderful Thanksgiving as well as Grace's Christening.

I am thankful that blogs were invented because I can quickly type what's on the brain and add a few images here and there. I dont have to stress about my handwriting being just so or misspelling something b/c I hate mistakes in my scrapbook, I know, I'm silly. If you saw Grace's scrapbook, you'd be shocked. I swore I would keep it updated, but I'm pretty far behind, which is why I'm thankful that this blog is keeping me on track. So, before I forgot a few things, I decided to take a break from the above tasks to just take a few minutes and *twitter-blog*, as Scott likes to call it.


There's my baby girl! She looks thrilled huh? No, she just feels bad, my poor baby is sick! I took this picture this afternoon when we got back from the pediatrician. Yep, we went in for a sick visit. Grace has been very congested since last Wednesday evening and has ran a slight fever here and there, but nothing major. I can tell she isn't sleeping as good and she has had a hard time eating because she can't breathe well with all of the congestion. This morning she just seemed worse so called first thing and took her in for a doctors visit. (Out in the rain. Pouring. Down. Rain.) The verdict: Grace has lots of congestion (duh!) and the beginnings of an ear infection. So we have some antibiotics to help clear that up and we'll be back at the doctors in 2 weeks for a follow-up. The doctor also prescribed a Vick's Plug-in and lots of TLC! :) The doctor also said we needed to fatten her up some and recommended that I give her cereal in another bottle during the day, not just at night. So we're going to try adding that into our routine tomorrow!

HEMANGIOMA UPDATE: The day before Thanksgiving we went to Duke for a follow-up dermatologist appointment. We hadn't been in two months so our nurse, Roseanne, and Dr. Bellet were excited to see Grace and how much she'd grown and developed! Both were extremely happy to see how well Grace's hemangioma looked! They increased her dosage of propranolol to 1.01ml (from .09ml) because they hadn't changed the dosage since she started the medication back when she was just 8lbs. On this particular day (11.25.09) she weighed 14lbs. 2oz. (just 2oz. shy of doubling her birth weight). Dr. Bellet said that we'll continue Grace on the medication until she's 9mo. to a year of age and then we'll gradually take her off the medication. Once she's off the medication we'll assess if we need to do more laser of the hemangioma as a whole, or what, if anything, will be our next step.

I hope you all are staying dry today, it sure is nasty out!
xoxo- Meg

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing you all a fun, safe, & relaxing Thanksgiving!

Love to all,
Scott, Meg & Grace

ADORABLE!

... if I must say so myself! You may have seen the first image below that I posted to the Megan Lane Photography blog, but I wanted to share a few others here as well!

This is Grace's new face she makes. She closes her eyes, smiles a big smile, and scrunches up her nose, its so funny!

Happy Birthday, Big Daddy!

Today is my Dad's birthday! He is the best Dad & Big Daddy anyone could ask for! Happy Birthday!!

...with Dawson...

...and Crewe...

...and the day Grace was born...

5 Random Facts about my Dad...

1- He has 3 grandchildren.
2- Other nicknames are CJ & CI.
3- He loves fried chicken.
4- Bulls Bay is his favorite place!
5- He's a real estate agent!

We love you to the moon & back, Big Daddy!! Hope you had a fabulous birthday! :)

Before & After

On August 9th, we started Grace on the propranolol, her medication to help her hemangioma. I knew it was getting better but I didn't realize how much better until I looked at the picture that I took today compared to the picture that I took the day we started the medication! So, I thought I would share with you her progress within the past 3 months on this medication.

BEFORE: (August 9, 2009)

In the above image you can also see the first round of ulcers we were battling at the time (closer in toward her neck). I'm very thankful that after that battle and one other battle we have been ulcer free since the end of October.

NOW: (November 18, 2009)

Doesn't that look so much better? My oh my! :) This makes my heart happy. You can see scarring from her 2nd round of ulcers here too. They say even once the hemangioma goes away we will still know that something was there and we will be able to tell just were her scarring from the ulcers were.

Just had to share a before and after shot for you today! God is good! Thank you all for your prayers. Please continue to pray for her as she's still on the propranolol and will be for a few more months!

Hugs to All!