Doctor's Appointments

We've had a few of these this month. Mason and I headed off to the dentist at the beginning of the month for cleanings. Almost everything looked good. I have a small cavity but we are waiting until after the baby is born to fix it. And Mason needs his 6 year molars sealed. Then Dr. Dave proceeded to tell me that Mason needed to be seen by the orthodontist since his bottom teeth stick out over his top teeth on one side in the back of his mouth. So, we scheduled that appointment....

Montana needed to have a follow up with the orthodontist so we decided to take both of them at the same time. Montana's teeth looked really good and he doesn't go back for 6 months! Mason had his consultation done. They decided that he needs an expander on the roof of his mouth to push the teeth out so they are even with the bottom teeth. They also want to brace his four front teeth together so the expander doesn't push them apart. This will also create a little more space for Mason's adult teeth to come in. The orthodontist wants to see Mason again in 6 months and see what his mouth is looking like then. At that point, we might start with the expander. Mason wasn't thrilled about it but he's okay with waiting 6 more months!

Peyton also had a cardiology appointment this month! They didn't do an ECHO so we were in and out in about an hour which is record time. They did an EKG which looked great. And then the Cardiologist talked to us. She said he is looking and sounding great. She said his heart almost sounds normal! We decided to slow down on his Lasix in hopes of one day being off of it completely. Since we are doing a slight med change, we will go back in 6 months and see how he is handling the change. We will also do an ECHO at that appointment. We are so blessed that Peyton is doing so well. He is such a joy to have around!

As for me, I am 31 weeks pregnant and my iron is low! My iron is always low when I'm pregnant so I just have to try to get more in me. All in all, I'm feeling good and hanging in there!

Doctor's Visits

Monday was a day of doctor's appointments. We started the morning out with Tanner's 18 month check-up. His stats are:

Weight: 20.33 lbs (0.98%)
Height: 31.25 in (16.77%)
Head Circumference: 18.25 in (12.79%)

He is definitely my small fry! We turned him around in his car seat in Florida since his legs were getting too long. He just couldn't stretch them out anymore. He enjoys looking forward and seeing everything else there is to see.

Tanner also had therapy yesterday. He will be tested again in December and his therapist doesn't think he will qualify anymore. We will be grateful to be done with this milestone but we will miss our therapist!

Monday also involved dentist appointments for Mason and I. Neither of us really enjoy the dentist but we both survived. I came out with wonderful, healthy teeth and Mason came out with pretty good teeth... He has one small cavity that they will fill next Tuesday. (It's his first cavity!) He's not excited about it at all. If he wouldn't have had this one cavity, he could have been put into a drawing for a Toys R Us gift card. I think he was more disappointed about that then he was about having a cavity.

And I've taken a break from taking pictures since we took so many on our trip. So, no pictures for this post but hopefully I'll have a post with pictures soon. Halloween is coming....as well as costumes!

What We've Been Up To...

I just realized that my camera has so many pictures on it so this is pretty much a picture post! Enjoy!

Peyton being silly!

Peyton in his Halloween costume...Mario!


Mason in his Halloween costume...Superman!


The boys...minus Tanner!

Peyton painting his pumpkin.


Mason painting his pumpkin.


Cute Tanner!


Check out those dimples!


Peyton and his finished pumpkin.


Mason and his finished pumpkin.


The first snow!


Mason received an award at school for academic achievement. He got two coupons with his award...one for a drink at Sonic and one for a free hamburger from Burger King! We are so proud of him!


His award.


His name on the marquee thing at the school!



Peyton reading a book to Tanner.


Two days before Halloween, Mason's school let the kids dress up and than they did a parade. We even dyed his hair for the school dress up day!


Walking in the parade.


His Kindergarten Class.


From Left to Right: Peyton, Skyler (Stephen's brother), William, Stephen, Mason


Ashley ran in the Halloween Half Marathon down Provo Canyon on the 30th of October. Here's a picture of her crossing the finish line! She ran it in 2 hours and 9 minutes!



All of the boys have worn the pumpkin costume so we had to at least put it on Tanner. It was a little tight but we had to get a picture.


Peyton went to the dentist for the first time. He was so excited to sit in the chair and have Dr. Dave count his teeth!


Here's just a fun picture of Tanner. We tried the mohawk thing since his hair is getting pretty long.


And as I finish this, I realized that I never took a picture of Tanner in his Bumblebee costume. Looks like I'll have to pull it out one more time and take a picture. (Is he the third child or what?!?)