Finally smiling :-)

Waiting on daddy to take her to school...very patiently I might add :-)

Nap, what do you mean I have to take a nap, I don't want to take a nap right now...

Mommy, please don't make me take a nap.

Mommy finally got a good smile. I know the picture is kind of fuzzy, but she wouldn't smile at the camara only at mommy's face so the camara was over to the side.

MRI update

Well, we had the pediatric radiologist look at Mackenzie's MRI and come to find out she does not even have a cyst or an infarct. She has what is called a PVL (periventricular leukomalacia). Basically, she has a small area of her brain (about 1cm in diameter) that was deprived of oxygen and is know swollen. There is no treatment and as long as she continues to meet her age appropriate milestones, she will be fine. There is a small chance that she will have some developemental delays, but the Dr told me since it is so small in size and she is doing so well so far, she doesn't think that will be the case. We just have to watch her closely to stay on top of her progress. Below is a website where I got some more information about it...
http://www.babyzone.com/drnathan/premature/pvl.asp
Or if you go to google.com you can type in PVL and find some info that way too. This will obviously be an ongoing thing, so please keep her in your prayers. We have complete faith that she will be fine and turn out to be a step ahead of the other kids her age :-)

MRI results...

Well, I had the doctor I work with at the hospital pull up Mackenzie's MRI results for me yesterday and the news is good. As far as she could tell, the cyst MIGHT me completely gone. She is going to have the pediatric radiologist look it over and see what he thinks. They did find a SMALL bleed, but it is chronic (meaning it's been there a long time). It is nothing to be concerned about, we will just have to follow up on it and we will watch her closely to make sure she meets her "milestones" as she gets older. I'm not sure when we have to repeat the scan, hopefully not until she's about 12 months or so, but I will know more when we see the neurologist on Wed. I will keep everyone posted as I receive information...thank you to everyone for your prayers.

Update

Well, Mackenzie and I are home from our trip to the hospital this morning. Her MRI went well, although it did take 2 doses of medicine to get her to go to sleep. She is stubborn like her daddy :-) She did stay asleep for the entire procedure, which means we won't have to repeat it next week!!!! She is very groggy, but doing well, we just have to watch her close for a few hours and make sure she doesn't develop any breathing problems. We should know results next week when we see the doctor again. I work tomorrow, so I'm going to try and see what I can find out then. We will keep you posted...thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

Go Gators...

Daddy dressed me to go to Brayden's birthday party on Saturday.
Had to represent my Gators :-)

Gainesville Trip

Peyton turns 2!!!!!!!!!!!!


Here is the cake Crissy spent ALL NIGHT decorating. Turned out pretty nice I think!!

Peyton was very curious about Mackenzie. He was so cute checking her out.

Finally he decided that he wanted to feed her. Crissy says that God made Mackenzie so Peyton will one day have a perfect wife. :-)

I know it's been awhile :-)

Look how big I'm getting!!!!!!


Check it out, I have a "fat roll"!!! Mommy was very excited about that :-)

Here I am after a long day at the doctor's office.....PASSED OUT :-)


Now for some updates. We went to see the ENT on Friday, he is going to cut her tongue when she is about 6 1/2 months old. If we did it now, we would have to spend the night at the hospital for her to recover from the anesthesia (because of her age) and it's not causing any feeding issues at this time, so we will wait.
We also went to the neurologist on Monday. (She has a small cyst in her brain). They are not very concerned about it, it should go away on it's own. There are two kinds, one that will go away or at least stay the same size and not cause any problems. The other kind could be an issue, if she hits her head just right, it could bleed out. So until we have an MRI, we don't know for sure which kind it is. So next week, we get to have an MRI done so we know for sure!!!!
So, as you can see it's been crazy around here...trying to get everything scheduled around my work schedule. When we were there on Monday, she weighted in at 9lbs 8oz and she is now 22 inches long!!! I can't believe how fast she is growing!!!