Saturday, May 24, 2008

First visitors from California!

This Sunday, our sweet friends, Peter and Veronique Guy and their 3 boys are going to come spend several days with us in our home in Charlotte. We are so looking forward to spending time and catching up with them. It has been 6 months since we last saw them at Noel's wedding in Los Angeles.

I met Veronique Guy through my midwife, Donna Barlow, who is Veronique's sister-in-law. Jerome (Veronique and Peter's oldest boy) was barely 2 years old and Kyla was only a few months old at the time. I had been praying for a close friend in Los Angeles who had a baby and who could walk through this journey of motherhood with me. God answered that prayer by letting our paths cross.

Our friendship grew while our husbands, Peter and Peter, went to school at Cal State Northridge. I would drive up with Peter and drop him off at class and then Kyla and I would drive to Simi Valley and spend the late afternoon with Veronique and her boys. We would have tea and sit outside watching the kids play. She would so kindly feed us dinner every week and listen to whatever I had to say. Veronique is one of the most positive, uplifting people that I know. Her optimism and joy truely comes from the Lord and it is very contagious :-)

Anyway, what started out to be just Veronique, myself, Kyla and Jerome, slowly blossomed into Kyla, Jerome, Seth, and Avery. Their littlest one, Ian, was born just before we moved to Charlotte and I was blessed to be part of watching him come into the world! He just had a birthday on the 23rd too! Happy Birthday, Ian!

Love you, Veronique! See you soon!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Avery's first big fall


We were at a little outdoor music festival the other evening
and Avery was doing her favorite past time-walking up and down
steps. She tripped and fell flat on her face on the brick sidewalk. Ouch! Her face
actually caught herself...she didn't put her hands down to catch herself.
Now she's actually proud of her boo-boos!!


Kyla LOVES smiling for the camera as always! :-)
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Life is Good!

Just a quick little update on Avery! She was on some mild topical steriods for 2 weeks and her treatment with those ended yesterday. Her skin improved to the point of not having anymore eczema! I knew that this would happen, and our family has benefited greatly from Avery feeling better and it's so much fun to see her happy all the time and not so concerned with scratching herself.

Yesterday was her last day of treatment and the eczema is now already back on her legs and ankles but it is mild. I knew this might happen, cortizone only treats the symptoms (which was very helpful for the time being!) and you cannot apply them to the skin every single day without taking a break from them. Now we have to wait about a month before we can do it again for 2 weeks.

It's been very nice to see avery so happy! Just wanted to keep you updated!