March of Dimes

The March of Dimes walk for babies is just a couple weeks away. So please, help us out... your donation will be used by the March of Dimes to help fund research targeted at prevention of premature birth, and toward improving the care and long term outcomes for premature babies in the future. Research done in the past helped us bring our little miracle home. To donate, go to the website at http://www.marchforbabies.org/TeamMacey or contact us.

If you are interested in joining us, you can also sign up at http://www.marchforbabies.org/TeamMacey. Details are available there as well, in regards to date, time, and place.

Thank you! This is a cause that is obviously close to our heart.

Obsession

For those of you who are around me a lot, you know I am somewhat of an addict. For those who aren't, I have the proof to share with you. I will come out of my bargain stash closet (no room left in there anyway) and say I am a bargain/coupon shopper addict. This is good for the pocket book, but at times scares people. I will warn you, if you shop with me, you will not leave the store without me saying "I have a coupon for that" while digging through my giant coupon bag. My coupon bag is bigger than my diaper bag... and I have two in diapers!

I have to laugh at myself and this time, I feel I may have gone a bit overboard... but it was free!!! Anyway, here is my latest shopping binge. In all, I had 41 cookie mixes. They were all free after coupon at Kroger, so I could not help myself. I had to laugh when my bagger looked over at the other bagger as I was leaving and said "she paid $1.18 for all that stuff"... I must admit that was my fourth trip to Kroger and cookie mix was not the only thing I got for free... just the most exciting for Jerry.

Jerry looked at all the cookie mixes and said "OH MY GOSH!!!" and proceeded to tell me that we were going to make cookies whenever he wanted to. The good thing is that they don't expire until next year, so if you want to have a bake sale, I'll bring the cookies!!!

Back from the Doctor

Went to the immunologist today. Apparently Macey is not protected against pneumonia at all from the vaccine she received. The immunologist said more of the vaccine should do the trick. She will get a shot in the next few days, another shot in a month, then tested again in August. Hopefully this will work and she will not get pneumonia anymore. It is nice to have answers.

Pneumonia again??

Macey got really sick in March. She had a double ear infection and what they thought was pneumonia. We were in the Emergency room two times and our doctor's office two times. We avoided admitting her to the hospital this time!! After going to the pulminologist (lung doctor), we found out that the pneumonia diagnosis may have been wrong and she may have a partially collapsed lung. UGH!!! We will go back in a few months and get a new x-ray and see what it looks like, then she MAY have to have a CT scan to find out what is going on. They are trying to be careful with the amount of radiation she is receiving because she has had a lot of x-rays!!!

On another note, tomorrow we are taking her to an immunologist to find out why she gets SO sick. Every time she gets sick, it sets her back in weight and delays her development. She can't really afford either!! They were worried she may have a problem with her immune system and need monthly shots. I THINK her tests for that came back okay, but we are still going to see the new doctor. Hopefully we will get some answers.

Jerry is going to kindergarten round up in a couple of weeks. I can't believe my little guy will be in school soon! I think he will do really well. He is already getting the hang of spelling and reading simple words and he is really good at math. He amazes me. He may have a problem keeping his mouth shut in class though. Mr. Social butterfly.

Laney is getting her teeth, which makes her miserable. There has been a large amount of tylenol dispensed at our house lately. Otherwise, she is growing (same weight as macey) and eating lots of different things and sitting up on her own. She has changed quite a bit in the last few months. She hasn't really shown interest in crawling though. We will see. She may be a lazy one!!!

Baptism

Here are a few pictures from Laney's baptism and Macey's affirmation of baptism. Laney's godparents are Adam and Jenny (friends of ours) and Macey's godparents are Grandma & Grandpa Q. Macey was baptized in the NICU when she was born, so we wanted to have an official recognition with the adorable white dress and all!!! The other pictures are from February, but I thought they were cute. I need to get my newer pictures off my camera.