Swimming with friends

Today we went swimming and had lunch with my oldest and dearest Mississippi friends and their children. Claire, Rimes and Sam are around the same age and Elliot is a year older. They swam, played and ate popsicles. They are so cute playing together. We always look forward to our visits home so we can all get together and let the kids play. Thanks Allison for having all of us over. We had a wonderful time!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my dad and Josh! Two wonderful fathers who give so much to their families. We love you!

Orange Beach 2009

We had a great time at the beach last week. My cousin went with us and Claire loved having Madison around and so did I. We played on the beach everyday and visited the pool a lot. Claire is becoming quite the little fish. Carson enjoyed the pool as well. Claire made a new friend from Lafayette, La. They played together each day and were quite smitten with each other. The weather was beautiful,but very hot. Thank goodness we had the tent. We enjoyed a lot of fried seafood and time with our family.

One week post-op

It's been one week since Carson's surgery and he is doing very well. We went to his post-op appointment yesterday and he got a good report. She said that he is very unique because she has never seen a case like his. His upper jaw bone has a small indention in the bone. In most clefts, the bone does not meet. She thinks that a cleft started to form, but then it ended up fusing together. When this happened his upper lip and nose were the only areas that were affected. He does have a small scar that makes her believe that it corrected itself. As he grows, we will just keep an eye on his lip and nose and hopefully he will not need any more surgeries to correct it.

I really believe that all the prayers everyone said for him, paid off. God blessed us with a healthy baby boy and corrected any anomalies he was going to have. God is so good and definitely heard all of our prayers!


Our sweet children....can't believe they are both smiling for the picture!

Just a scab inside his nose,but looking good!

Loves his toys and play mat

Carson started baby food this week. His first vegetable was carrots. He was not too sure of it at first, but is starting to like them more each day. He loves sitting in the high chair. He thinks he is such a big boy!

Carson's surgery

Carson's surgery went well yesterday. He was a big hit with all the nurses. They kept coming by to talk to him and kept checking on him after surgery. He is such a flirt!

Dr. Lewin repaired his "mini" cleft lip. She did everything through the oral cavity under his lip. So, his lip is very swollen. He has been a little fussy, but the pain medication has made him sleepy and comfortable. He's doing better with his feedings, but I think it hurts to suck since his lip is so swollen.

Thanks to everyone for the prayers. They were much appreciated for our little guy!

Here are some pictures before surgery and when he was in recovery.