Bluebonnets

I took these a while back but am just now getting to upload them. She didn't really care about taking pictures, she was more interested in watching the cars go by!

Harper's 2nd Birthday

Harper turned 2 yesterday and we had a great time celebrating with family and friends.

Our neighbor Ashtyn, Harper and cousin Lexi.


Lexi is really trying to get that cake!

Avery and Harper playing together, they love the purses.

Lin's 21st Birthday

Well Lin finally turned 21! We all had a blast celebrating with her, too bad I couldn't drink with her.




Harper and Uncle Zane.

Harper and G-Daddy.

Update on Harper

We had another doctor appointment at Scottish Rite this afternoon. They finally diagnosed her with Psoriatic Arthritis. She is doing well on the medication so they have decided to up the dosage. There is no telling whether or not she will have this the rest of her life but the doctors are saying that most cases of Psoriatic Arthritis are more likely to be on medication for a long time.

We have also decided to do knee injections. So we go back on May 5th and do two knee injections, one in her right knee and one in her left knee. She will be asleep during this procedure. She is really starting to get the walking down but the injections will help to reduce inflammation, which can alleviate pain without causing side effects. Both the doctors and Cody and I are in favor of doing this. She will not be able to move around for about 24 hours afterwards but we should see big improvements within 48 to 72 hours. Thats exciting!

Along with some stretches the Physical Therapist recommends, we are going to look into putting her into some sort of water therapy.

In all we are so thankful that the medication is working and that Harper is starting to move around a lot more. We will be doing the Walk for Arthritis (Kids get Arthritis too) on Saturday May 2 in Arlington. If anyone is interested in joining us let me know! Here is Harper's link.
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=289992&supid=250467931

A good friend of mine that I played softball with on my travel team and at TAMUCC came in for the weekend to take the kids to their first softball game. TAMUCC vs UTA. Harper and Ethan had a great time and played very well together.

Easter

Harper had a blast this Easter. We went to church then headed over to Nanny and G-Daddy's house for lunch. Since the weather was bad she hunted eggs in the house. Harper got money and candy in her eggs and a special jewelry box from Nanny. She took a nap then we headed over to Aunt Dorothy's and Uncle Frank's for another Easter egg hunt. She was so excited to see more eggs. She gathered all the eggs she could carry in her basket and called it a day. Cody and I were pretty tired when we got home.

Harper Walking!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG! Harper took her first steps this evening! She started to stand up by herself and with the help of Cody bribing her with some chips she walked to him. I grabbed my camera and away she went! I was so excited I started to cry. Hopefully she will start full on walking before her birthday in a couple of weeks! We are so happy that the medicine is working. We still have a long road ahead of us but this is a great milestone!