5 Months

My goodness what a month it has been! If I had to choose one work to describe this month it would be growth. Not only has Peyton continued to grow into a big strong girl but we have grown as a family. We have grown stronger and wiser, we have grown spiritually and we are better for all of it. So much has happened in these last 30 days. We now have a baby that rolls over, we celebrated father’s day and the 4^th of July and I learned that I will forever have an auto immune disease. Peyton has discovered that she loves the pool and swinging and that she has a very strong loud voice that she uses ALL the time, happy or sad. She has become extremely coordinated and is able to use her hands and feet to get anything and everything into her mouth. She has decided that she no longer enjoys sleeping and wakes up at least 2-3 times a night. She has  made many friends who all happen to be boys and has started going to the nursery at church. Peyton still goes to work with me and for the most part is still pretty good.

 

Some of Peyton's favorite things to do right now are looking at a fan, blow raspberries, and playing with her feet. She loves hanging out with Sofie and Lola and luckily Lola tolerates the pulling of her hair pretty well. Sofie still acts like she is scared of her.

 

 

This is the frame that I made for Jordan for Father's Day, of course it has been coated with Line-X.  

 

Our first drive in movie which she was not very cooperate with at first but eventually fell asleep.

 

Peyton and Nonna in her 4th of July outfit.

 

 

Ready to see some fireworks!

 

Hanging out with the sweetest boys at our mom's group.

 

Having a great time swimming.

 

Peyton has enough hair for a bad hair day and her eyebrows are growing like crazy ... yet another trait like her father.

 

This is how Peyton and I hang out most days. I still have to wear the eye patch because of the double vision.

 

Progress has been made on the MS front. After finishing the 5 days of steroids my symptoms greatly improved. The numbness in my leg has been completely resolved and my hand in 90% back to normal. Unfortunately the double vision continues to persist but hopefully the monthly medication regimen that I will be on will help this. I start Tysabri in a few weeks and this is a once monthly infusion that will help with future flare ups as well as help correct the damage that has already been done.  I have been doing a lot of research on alternative ways to help stave off the damage that MS can cause. The Paleo diet has been extremely helpful to many other people who have MS, so Jordan and I plan on trying to implement this life style of eating ... wish us luck.