Paxten is quite the monkey! He climbs on everything. We were using furniture to block him and he climbed the edge of it as well. We stuck the chair in the middle of the room, he still found a way up then stood there and grinned and stuck out his tongue at me like na na na na na. Good thing we love him lots!

We found out this week that Paxten has EG which means he has really bad food allergies more or less. There's more to it but that's the base of it. I'm just glad to finally start getting some answers. Today we did allergy testing. We are hoping to have some answers on Sunday but no promises. With EG they react inside not out. Our understanding is they react mostly to food proteins. I'll post more when we get the final diagnosis and results from the labs and testing.

Damien

Where does the time go? Damien is finishing up driver's ed and already looking forward to his next birthday when he can drive on his own. He is working on getting his Eagle and knows that has to be comleted first. He's doing well in school this year and it's so nice to not have the fight with school and him this year.

Brittnee

Brittnee is as social as ever. She is dancing with Lashars agian this year and loves it. Her first big performance this year is at the Festival of Trees the first week of December.

Christian

Chrisitan is having a little bit of a struggle this year. He's been dealing with a lot of stress with his teacher and it's creating headaches. Now that we know what's causing things we are working with Christian on how to better deal with things so he can relax and hopefully control those headaches better. He loves scouts and has comleted his level and waiting for his birthday to move onto the next.

Brayden is enjoying 3rd grade. He is learning to love to read and we are finding him more and more with his nose in a book. I love that our children are following David's and my love for books.

Paxten

I decided I really need to update and get better at keeping things a little more current.

We are so happy, Paxten is finally really starting to grow. He has gained a pound in the last 3 weeks. Before therapy it took about 2 months to do that. He is now just shy of 16 lbs. We haven't had him measured lately so I'm not sure on length but we can see a difference. He is so close to walking. He will take a step here and there but hasn't just taken off yet. He climbs on everything and is getting himself into all kinds of trouble.

We will be traveling to Boise next week to see another specialist that we hope can give us more answers with Paxten's tummy. He is now wanting to eat more but is still not tolerating food very well. Dr. Smith is a pediatric GI there. He has spoke with our Pediatrician and feels there are some things he would like to look at the his other GI's in Salt Lake haven't. We feel it's worth a try. If he can help us give Paxten better care and make him more comfortable and be able to eat something other than the elemental formula we need to try.

Today has been a busy day. I went to help with David's mom. David got his new phone yeah done with that. Tonight he is off snowmobiling with the guys from work he even got to buy a new helmet to go. He's feeling really spoiled and has promised me a date for a whole day I get to pick what we do. Anyway while David is out I took the kids to see grandma and got pizza so everyone is happy.

OK well we are just getting up and going so no pictures yet or anything fun but hey got to start somewhere. Today is pretty low key. Paxten is napping which is a rare thing. I figured I should take advantage of it and play with the new laptop. Britt had her Worlds Fair last night where they showed parents about the country they did their reports on. Britt's was Denmark and she did a great job. Damien had his scout campout last week and is working toward his Eagle. Christian and Brayden don't have anything exciting going on for the moments. I wish Paxten would remember how to sleep but he's cute anyway. Britt was showing him off last night to all of her friends and teachers. It was so nice to see how proud she is of him. You never know how kids will react to a new one to share with.