More Video of the Fam

Watch Me Roll!

See us play!

Eliot had a great check up today...he is 16 lbs 0.4 oz (74%), 28" long (99%). He is a tall boy! He did really well with his shots & is growing & developing so much & so well. Enjoy the cute video I took this afternoon of the kids & turn up the volume so you can hear the kids talking & laughing!!:)

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Eliot is 4 mos old today and he is fully rolling...it is so cute!! He rolled from back to front to back at Auntie Amy's this morning and was trying to keep going. He is growing and changing so much...my kids are such a joy to watch. Tomorrow is his 4 mos check up but I took some totally cute photos of him today so I thought I would post a few of them.

What a handsome boy!!

I found my toes and like them a lot...

Back to Glasses

So, the other nite Nate & I noticed that Chloe began turning in her right eye just a very little. She would quickly self correct this, but, Nate & I were concerned that this meant that her eyes were reverting to crossing again. Fortunately, she had an eye doc app the very next morning. The doc was still very pleased with her eye alignment, but, said we should go back to having her wear the glasses because they can keep her right eye completely aligned. He also said that this slight turning in is not to be unexpected because of how severe her eyes crossed & flipped upwards before the surgery. Her eyes are so much better than before that we are still very pleased with the outcome, as well. It would have been nice to not need the glasses anymore, but, she looks so cute in them & likes wearing them so these are pluses. So, we were relieved to hear that the doc did not think another surgery was necessary & very relieved to hear that he was still very pleased with her eye alignment. He said that she will more than likely grow out of the need for glasses probably in the next few years at most. We will see, one day at a time, & we continually pray for the health of our children. We are so blessed.

Tootsie Roll

I went in to get Eliot up from his nap yesterday afternoon & found that he had rolled from his back to his belly. I can't believe that he is already rolling at 3 1/2 mos old. The above photo is a cute photo of him performing one of his new tricks...the spitting...:)

This outfit was Nate's when he was 2 (it was homemade by his mom & I love it & so does Chloe...she says "daddy's outfit" & is so proud to wear it...so cute). It has finally been cool enough for her to wear pants for her outside playtime so when she wore this for the first time I took a bunch of cute photos of her.

Still Lookin' So Good!

Chloe's post-op app went really well. Doc confirmed no more glasses for the time being. He was very pleased with how straight her eyes are now. He said her eyes are slightly over corrected but he said it was very minor with no more correction needed. We keep looking at her & think she looks so different (it has been almost a year that she has been wearing glasses & she has crossed her eyes since birth so to see her without her glasses on & not crossing her eyes is different for us but we love it!) God is so GOOD! We can not thank Him enough. Her eyes are no longer puffy & red, just a little pink still but she is healing beautifully. Eliot is doing very good, too. He is so close to rolling over & his newest ability is spitting (& it is pretty cute but not so cute when he does this in the middle of the pastors sermon in church...he, he, he). I snapped a few more cute photos of the kids today that I posted below.

I am not sure if you all can see how straight her eyes are but this is a pretty good photo of her eyes & how well they are healing. If you wish to see them better you can just click on the photos.

Our Pretty Princess

Papa D & Mawma Julie (Gpa & Gma Traxler) gave Chloe this dress & crown (& even some light up Cinderella shoes) as a post surgery present. She loves it! Auntie Amy gave her the tinker bell necklace (it lights up, too)...so cute!! I took this photo the day after her surgery so I know she is feeling better (her eyes were too sensitive on the day of the surgery to take any photos of her straight on). She is doing great & her eyes are so straight (so far no glasses needed). We have the post op app on Thursday so I am very interested to hear what her doc says. Her eyes are still a little red but the swelling is gone. Thanks again for all of your prayers.

Post Surgery

So, here is our baby girl after her eye surgery. This photo I took when we were back home again & she was sitting with daddy. The nurses let Chloe take her hospital gown home. I forgot my camera & so I did not get any photos of her at the eye surgery center (& I could have snapped some cute ones of her in the hospital bed all prepped & ready for surgery...:(...oh well). The doc said the surgery went really well. Chloe was very sad when she came out of the anesthesia & had a few bloody tears (completely normal but very sad to see). The photo of her above may look like it is camera red eye, but, it is just red & swollen eyes from the surgery (again completely normal). She slept really good last nite & is eating good. Her eyes look to be completely straight, but, we won't know how good they really are for awhile yet. It may be that she will not have to wear glasses anymore. Again this is something we won't know for awhile. But it looks really good even though she is still red and puffy (but oh so cute!!) She would not let me take a photo of her straight on...I think the flash hurt her little eyes so I did not want to push it, so this is the best photo I could get of her eyes. You can see her eyes a little bit better if you click on the photo to enlarge it. Thanks for all your prayers, we appreciate it so much.