All Good!

Thanks for all your prayers for Liza Baker. We met with the pediatric urologist from Jacksonville yesterday and he feels confident that her condition, VUR, is one that she will grow out of over time. We will have her checked each year and keep her medication to prevent infection but he was so kind and so sweet with her and said he wouldn't be surprised if it is gone by the time she is 18mths old. She has her 4mth well baby check friday but yesterday she weighed 15lbs 6oz! Whew! Gran (my mom) will be here today to stay for a week and help take care of all of us. I go tomorrow to have lithotrypsy to get rid of (hopefully) kidney stones and check everything out on my end. Wish me luck!!

Cupcakes and Cereal

Here are a few pics from the last couple of days! Owen and mommy made cupcakes and he is so serious about it! He concentrates so hard on mixing and getting the batter into the cupcake pan...so cute!! Also, Liza Baker has decided that she is ready for cereal now:) We tried it just to see what would happen...making sure she knew what do with it. Shouldn't surprise anyone that she ate the ENTIRE bowl of rice cereal on the first try!!

Family Pics

After about an hour and a half with a crabby 2 year old and an infant in the HEAT...we did it! Betsy Booten took some great photos of our family!! Thank you Betsy!! She posted some on her blog...


I am also happy to report that we are all well!! Liza Baker sees the urologist next week. Mom is coming down to help take care of us. Thanks for all of your prayers!!!
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TGIF...I think??

Before I vent about all the not-so-good things that have been going on, I must say that I do know GOD is good and he is ever present in our lives! I am blessed beyond explanation with such a great husband (who has gone above and beyond this week) and my beautiful kids and such a wonderful family and our friends that are family!

Well I guess it all kinda started when Liza Baker got a bladder infection (I wrote about that earlier) and then Owen got Pink eye and I had been feeling kind of cruddy. Well my crud turned into a bad sinus infection and bronchitis - YUK!! That, of course is easily remedied with good strong antibiotics (which will probably make me kind of crazy for 10 days but whatever...bring it on). My biggest prayer request if for my baby girl. Today we took Liza Baker in to have further testing to follow up with her bladder infection (babies typically shouldn't get those.) We learned that she has renal reflux (where due to some valve/ureter malformation, her urine goes back up into her kidneys....that's a no-no. So we will have to follow up with a pediatric urologist to decide the best way to treat it. She was so brave during the procedures!! Please pray that her doctors will guide us down the right, best path of treatment for our little gal. We found this early so with treatment she is going to be just fine.

We are attending a memorial service for a friend tomorrow. Our dear friend Mike tragically lost his sister. Mike and Lucy Clay have been such good friends to us so we only hope that we can offer them enough support through this rough time.

Hoping that the weekend will bring us lots of sunshine and positive things!! Lord knows, I need a reprieve!

Guess it's my turn...

Well Liza Baker got a bladder infection, then Owen got pink eye, so I guess it's my turn to get something. I felt pretty yucky today...sinus headache and cough and head congestion. So for Owen and LB that means "Movie Day" (did I mention it was pouring rain outside all day as well??) Here are my babies playing on the floor watching Elmo in Grouchland....a classic:) We will all get a good night's sleep because it's play date at our house tomorrow with Asher and Jack. Owen is SO excited that his pals are coming over!!!

Another Rainy Day = ZOINKS

After the week we have had, this mommy couldn't take another day inside with the rain and poor Owen needed some exercise so off to Zoinks we went! (Note this was on Friday July 2nd, not today...just posting today)

Say a prayer for my sunshine

My little sunshine is getting over a bladder infection (as if pink eye wasn't enough). Last week we took her in because we noticed some symptoms and high fevers. My brave girl had to have a catheter and injections ....it was rough! However after getting some good antibiotics in her system she is much better. Please keep her in your prayers as she as to go Thursday for some ultrasounds and other tests to make sure all of her urinary "plumbing" is where is should be since she is so little....or young rather. Speaking of which. When we went to the doc last at 13weeks she was 13.2 lbs and 23 in. Still 50% for length and Yes 80%til for weight. I love my plump princess! By the looks of this pic, she is healthy to me!!

Pink Eye Yuk

This is my precious Owen after we got done at he doctor. He had pink eye in his left eye. When he woke that morning it was swollen shut and the first thing of his mouth was "Eye hurts Mommy, THIS one." He was a big brave boy at that visit and the drops have cleared it right up! He threw the eye drops in the trash can this morning and when I went to get them and said it was time for his eye medicine he said "Nope, we don't have eye medicine anymore!! All done eye medicine."

BOYS NIGHT...Happy Father's Day!

For Father's Day, Owen gave Daddy a Boys Night...camping gear! I set it all up and they had a camp out in the back yard. It was so cute!!! I had so much fun getting it ready and they had a great father/son night. Now they didn't last too long because it's SO HOT but there will be many more back-yard camp out's to come. I love that Baker and Owen are best friends! (NOTE Liza Baker had a great gift for daddy too..some cool new shorts and some other great gifts:)

The Wrath of 80's Prom

The pics say it all....

Blessed

I am taking a minute to stop and thank God for my family and for good health. Yes, we have had a rough week with sick kids and other minor things but it's nothing compared to the hard times that others that we know and even people we don't know have gone through. I am so blessed to have such a great family and such wonderful friends.

travel pics cont'd....

Travel and Summer Fun Pics

I am SO bad at this!!

Ok...time to play catch up! It's been so long since I have posted! Let's see...what have we been up to?? EVERYTHING! Since I last posted we have been to South Carolina, see all the GRANDS, to Texas, back to SC, to Rome (Georgia), to Nashville, back to Atlanta.... Whew! Owen had his first visit to Roxboro for 9 DAYS by himself for a week with my family and he had a GREAT time and I missed him like crazy!!! I drove him to SC where his Mimi lives (Baker's Mom). We met my mother there and she took him to NC where he spent a week there with my family. I did good but I missed him so much it hurt!!! He had a ball!! Baker, Liza Baker and I went to San Antonio where Baker had a conference. LB did GREAT on that trip...she was an angel! San Antonio was fun by not my favorite place I have ever visited. We came back then drove to SC to pick up Owen. My dad, Aunt Mary Liz and my Grandmother drove him back down. Baker's mother's house is a great half-way point from here to my family. I still can't believe I went that long without my Peanut! We came back to Tally for a couple of days then it was time for what would be a long, but FUN road trip to Nashville. Joe and Elaine just moved there and their little angel, Addie, turned a year old and we went to visit. Lisa, the BEST Godmother EVER went with me and the kids. We left on a Thursday and stopped for a night in Rome and visited with Big Daddy (Baker's dad) then headed to Nashville. We were there until Sunday, then headed back via Atlanta where we stayed the night with our good friends Amanda and Johnny. We were finally back in town that following Monday.
With a 28 month old and at the time, an 11 week old these are the lessons I have learned...
1. Just can't do road trips longer than about 3-4 hours alone!
2. Walmarts are GREAT stops on road trips! There is a Subway in them and
Owen can play and run around in toy section and i can sit and feed LB.
3. Do EXTENSIVE, better research on hotels...the hotel we originally reserved in Nashville was SO GROSS!!!! We had to re-load car and move to another one!!! (also, the new hotel messed up and only had us down for one night instead of 2 so we had to move down the hall the second night. Between that and the stops in Rome and Atlanta, we slept in 4 different beds in 4 nights!
4. Take Lisa on trips with you...she is the BEST!!! buy her lots of pancakes!!!

We were able, while on that trip, so see so many great people! We saw Big Daddy and the friends at his work. We saw Elaine, Joe and Addie and their family. We saw our friends, Brent and Chaisty and their boys. We say Baker's Cousin Mary Elizabeth and then Amanda and Johnny.

NOW we are potty training Owen...harder than I thought:) He is doing GREAT it's just going slow. I am sure I have missed a million things but as it comes to me I will post.

Girls Trip/ Boys Trip

Liza Baker, Lisa, Lucy Clay and I took a fantastic trip to Destin recently. It was so nice to get out of Tallahassee for a few days and relax, sit by the pool, eat delicious beach food and SHOP!! It was Liza Baker's first "Girls Weekend" - the first of many, I am sure. We had no agenda and no concept of time....it was perfect! LB is a great shopping partner and of course, her Godmother Aunt Li is the EXPERT and is teaching her to master the art of outlet mall shopping and retail therapy at a very early age. Liza Baker got to wear her tutu swimsuit...love it! I am so grateful to Lisa and Lucy Clay for a WONDERFUL get-a-way!

While we were in Destin, the men took off to the beach at St.Theresa and had a great time as well. Owen went sailing for the first time and I have to tell you, I was a nervous wreck about him being on the boat at first!! I was so excited, though, to hear that he had an awesome time! Baker said he had so much fun! There were even dolphins within arms reach of the boat (BIG Fish he says) and I can just see Owen now loving it! They even taught him to say "I'm on a Boat!" I think that the dads had a good time out on the beach by the fire when the kiddos went to bed. I wish they had taken a camera!!

I am sure this will be the first of many girls/boys weekends!

Very Big Day!

I was a big day in the Wright house yesterday (Well, evening I should say). First off - Owen peed in the potty!!!! I am not going to start formally potty training him until about 2 weeks. We have a bit of traveling to do and I want to wait until he is at home with me everyday.We have been putting him on the potty periodically before bath just to get him acclimated to it. Last night, when Baker was running his bath, he did it!!! He was SO PROUD! I was in the kitchen and I heard lots of noise and clapping and praise in the bathroom so I knew he had been successful! He immediately said "YEAH! Good boy, Owen! I want Jelly Beans please!"

Also, Liza Baker slept through the night - well, over 7 hours. I fed her at almost midnight and Baker had to wake her after 7am to feed her. After he fed her she went right back to sleep. I am so proud of her!! She didn't ask for Jelly Beans :-)

Boys will be boys!

I think it's so cool that Owen is ALL BOY!! Sometimes, it's gross but funny! This is how I found him outside the other day when I was getting our things and Liza Baker out of the car and into the house....


He was leaning over like a dog drinking the water from the rain puddle in the driveway...YUK!

My Litte Diva

Monday I took Liza Baker for her 8 week check up....8weeks WOW!!! I actually took her a few days early because I was concerned about reflux...which she has. However the spitting up IS NOT affecting her ability to thrive! She was 11 pounds and 21.5 inches. Even Diva's like to overeat! Her pediatrician told me "...and it's fine if you want to cut back on her feedings some." Was she trying to tell me my angel is PLUMP??? Everybody loves cheeky baby right? I know we could eat her up!

Peanuts and Dumplings

A good friend posed a great question today....

Why do we nickname our kids after foods?? Owen is my Peanut and always will be. He is going to HATE me one day for it! Liza Baker has been called everything from a Peanut Girl to a Dumplin'. Why do we do this??

Photos of our little gal

Here are some photos of Liza Baker since she arrived to bless our family.

And then there were four...

Maridith - I hope you are proud of me! I have FINALLY gotten around to updating our blogspot! It's been FOREVER since I updated our page and so much has happened! Our family has grown. Our daughter, Elizabeth Baker Wright "Liza Baker" was born March 25 of this year and she is amazing! Owen, now 27months old, is the coolest big brother. Liza Baker weighed 6lbs, 13oz and was 19inches long. She came early, in my 37th week, just like Owen did. I am so blessed to have such a beautiful family! Baker continues to work very hard with BMC and I am very fortunate to be a stay-at-home mom/wife now. I am still on maternity leave with Liza Baker but after next week will have both of my babies at home with me. Owen has been attending an amazing pre-school this past year, which we will miss, and after the summer will start a 3-day a week morning program. Owen calls his sister "Isa." I love it when he wakes up or comes home and immediately looks for her saying things like "Where's Isa? There she is...there's my sister!"

My goal with this blog is to journal and document some of the fun and interesting moments in our lives and to help keep in touch with our family and friends. My girlfriends have been very good at keeping up with their blogs and I was GREAT at it with Owen. NOW the test is to keep up with it. Wish me luck....

Ginger

A while back I wrote asking for prayers for our friend Ginger. It is with great sadness that let you know that Ginger lost her battle with Cancer a couple of weeks ago. Please continue to pray for her family! Ginger was and still is so loved and will be missed and will always be in our hearts!

Loving the fall!

It's has been so nice to have a taste of FALL down here! One of the things I really miss from North Carolina is the fall weather. However, we've actually gotten a taste of fall this season in Tallahassee. Here are a few fall photos. We had our first trip to the pumpkin patch with Owen ( and it was a game day as well). Owen has also been "helping" daddy work on a blind for the boat and he loves to sit in the boat and play while Baker works on this project.