Meet the Teacher

Today Riley and Bentley met their teachers for this year.  Bentley is in the 2 Day 2's with Ms. Sharry and Ms. Alba.  This is who Riley had and I love love love them!!!  They are awesome.  She was a bit shy with them today, but I know she will warm up to them.  Riley has Ms. Glynis and Ms. Christie and is in the 3 Day  4's.  He was really excited to meet them.  He will be really getting prepared for kindergarden this year!

I got to meet my class today was well.  I have 13 kiddos....9 boys and 4 girls.  They all seem so sweet and I enjoyed meeting the parents as well.  I believe this year is going to be awesome.

Here are some pictures I took today.  Bentley looked precious and did not really feel like having her picture made.  Riley looked handsome and he is such a good poser, he did great.  He is VERY excited about his Batman backpack and lunch kit as you can tell!

These are from 2009

They look really excited huh????

The Difference a Year Makes

I have wanted to do this, but I am just now getting into some pictures that I can really do this with.  I had a computer crash and I have some saved to discs, but it was just too hard.  I now have some of both kiddos that I can do this with!

2010

2009

Summer Pictures

I had Riley and Bentley's pictures made a couple of weeks ago for their 2 and 4 year birthday pictures. The photographer we used was so awesome (Deanna Addison Photography).  She was very creative in her location suggestion and in her props and she was wonderful with the kiddos.  Deanna is a friend of Melissa's and she has done lots of work with Anna and Cole and I love her style.  Riley is a natural.  He just sits and poses and cheeses away.  Bentley is a little more work and she is also two, so sitting still is not her strong point at this stage in the game.  If you need a good affordable phootographer, I highly suggest her. 

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Bentley's Blood Test Results

I finally heard from the nurse today on Bentley's blood test results.  Prayers have been answered - she tested negative for the antibodies associated with Type 1 diabetes.  This means that she has the same chance of getting type 1 as the rest of the children her age (1 in 500 chance).  The Dr wants to see her back in 4 months to monitor her urine and her A1c.  We still have to discuss the possibility of her being a MODY.  After doing all of the studying that I have done regarding MODY, I really do believe that I am a MODY.  I am going to discuss getting tested at my next endocrinology appointment.  It will not affect my treatment whatsoever, but it will explain a lot.  If I am a MODY, then my children have a 50% chance of getting the genetic mutation that I have.  They now have genetic testing available to help determine if one is a MODY, but it is relatively new and they have only identified 6 genes that could carry the mutation, but they believe there are more.  It is also very expensive and possibly not covered by insurance.  Point being, it is expensive and you can get a negative even though you are a MODY because of the other genes they have not discovered.  The Dr. wants to talk about testing Bentley, but we will see at that time where they are with testing and how much it is.  It will eventually become covered by insurance companies and we may have to wait to test at that time.  As for now, she is to be seen periodically to keep an eye on her urine and her A1c as well as to make sure she is gaining weight and growing normally.

Whew!  With all that being said, I give all the glory to God not only for positive results, but also for the knowledge he has bestowed upon me with all of this.  I realize it is very confusing, but it makes perfect sense to me.  I also know what to look for (which is what got us here), so I have come to be grateful for that knowledge instead of scared of it.  No matter what path we end up on, God will continue to take care of us just as he always has.  Thanks to each and everyone of you for your thoughts and prayers. 

Announcements

I finally figured out what I will be doing this year at Copperfield Church Preschool.  It has been up in the air due to some unknown circumstances and I just heard from them last week.  I will be the assistant teacher in the 2 Day 4 year old class.  I am really excited about this opportunity.  My lead teacher is Lori Armstrong and she is awesome.  I believe that I will learn tons from her not only from a teaching/educational standpoint, but she is also a mature Christian who loves the Lord and I do believe that I will learn a lot from her regarding my spiritual walk as well.  It is so nice to work in a Christian atmosphere....so different than any other job I have ever had.  I have training all next week and then we start school on August 23rd. 
Riley is going to go 3 days a week this year.  I wanted him to go 4 days, but it is just too expensive.  Bentley will go 2 days.  I am looking forward to this school year and all of the changes and excitement that it will hold!

Bentley's Big Girl Bed

Bentley has been in a big girl bed for the past 3 nights and she has done wonderfully!!!!  She was so excited to get a big girl bed and she has not gotten out and played or anything like that.  She actually tells us when she wants to go bed or nap.  It is great.  When I converted it, I discovered I needed a pillowcase for her pillow and asked Aunt Tricia is she could whip something up for us.  Boy, did she???  How precious is this personalized pillowcase???  Thanks Aunt Tricia.
Bentley is also doing GREAT with her potty training.  She is about halfway potty trained and I am so proud of her.   Kids grow up so fast.  I cannot believe she is two years old and so grown up!

Some of Bentley's Tests

We got the urinalysis results in for Bentley and her urine was normal.  There were no traces of sugar in her urine and she is in fact concentrating her urine, so that ruled out diabetes insipidus (not related to diabetes mellitus at all). 

The blood test results will probably take another week to come in as they are "specialized" tests.  I will post as soon as I get them in. 

Praise God and thanks Daddy for watching over the only grandchild you never met :)

Chuck E Cheese

This past Saturday, we celebrated Riley's 4th birthday at Chuck E Cheese.  He had 13 guests (all boys) plus his sister (only girl).  The party was really nice and the kids had a blast.  It was just hard to visit with everyone becuase all the of kiddos and parents were all over the place.  Bentley got in the little rat maze thing on the ceiling and we seriously did not see her for about 20 or so minutes.  When she did finally get down, she hung out with her big girl cousins Elyse and Bekah.  Riley spent time playing games with Daddy and Memaw and his buddies and cousins.  Memaw had just as much fun as the birthday boy I swear!!!  We had pizza and cake and then the party hostess did some little cheers and danced and threw out some tickets.  After that, Riley got to get into the "Ticket Blaster" which is this machine that blows tickets all around you and the goal is to grab as many as you can.  He had to wear goggles and tuck his shirt in his shorts.  His Uncle Ricky pulled his pants up so he looked like Urkel :(  Riley ended up getting pretty intimidated and did not want to get in the machine, so Uncle Ricky got in with him and he ended up enjoying it.  It was really funny to see him in there.  All in all, it was a great party!!!!

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