Finally...some pictures!

This was a fun day (Wednesday) for all of us. Well, not Andrew, but I'll fill you in on that at the end. Charles has finally decided that he wants to ride and bike, and ride he does. He made it around the cul-de-sac 3 times-- 1 time around is about 1/4 mile. He was so proud!! Riding by the neighbors house at the end of the stree.
Look at that happy face!! He's so thrilled!! He's also going much faster than I thought he should go (it was down a little hill), but he managed just fine. Yes, that is a wet wipe box attached to his bike. He would never ride bike because he was always carrying so many things. I put the box on so he had a place for his things.
And, it's a race! Henry was such a great brother. He pretended to race Charles, but always managed to end up last. He would pretend to fall off his bike, or get a low tire, etc. Once he was on his scooter and would always fall into the grass. I said, 'Henry, your scooter must need to be fixed.' Charles said, 'Henry,you can ride mine!" Charles' scooter has 3-wheels and Henry thinks he's much too big for that.
A little later on that trampoline. This was Charles in mid-somersault. Look mom! No hands!! Oh yes...he's holding 'things'...a stuffed puppy and wooden hammer. Always such a benefit to doing somersaults on the trampoline.
Henry in mid-somersault.

Both big boys are doing very well. I took Andrew in on Tuesday with a fever, coughing, vomiting. We left with a diagnosis..1)viral bronchiolitis; 2) viral throat lesion (he had a little blister on his throat); 3) resolving ear infection (this we knew because we treated him for 10 days). He has been coughing so hard that he vomits. Oh will I be glad to see the end of that. Thank goodness he doesn't eat much solid food so its mostly formula. We think he's starting to feel a little better. His fever is gone, but the coughing remains. Hopefully we'll soon see the end of that. His nose has been so stuffed that he can't use his pacifier well. This has resulted in so many awakenings for 'replugging' that I finally just slept with him. Of course, he LOVES that. So far tonight he's doing a little better and I really hope that continues. I don't think we've had more than 5-6 hours of sleep for the past month. I know that I shouldn't complain. I have friends who've likely been getting much less sleep each night for quite a bit longer than one month...You know who you are!!

I hope you all keep Baby James in your prayers. He finished his second round of chemo and his blood counts are dropping. They are REALLY hoping to avoid another hospital stay because of that. He's also going to have a multitude of tests on May 21st to determine if the chemo is working. Please pray that it is!!