August/September

It's been a buzz of activity around here with ever emerging personality quirks, frenetic "boy" energy, major milestones, and one very sobering trip to the vet.

Kaz

Kazmanian Devil in Action

When Kaz was born there were a lot of nicknames thrown about that included "Kaz" in them.  "Kaztastic", "Kazam", but never was there a more appropriate time to use the nickname "Kazmanian Devil".  Awe yes our boy has turned into a real Honey Badger these days.  Now before you get all agro and judge me for feeling like this, know that with the bitter comes the sweet.  Yes, he is being a "real boy" these days pummeling/rolling/pouncing on his brother - who mind you is just a baby - a BIG baby but a baby nonetheless.  It's that, coupled with phrases like, "I want to throw a fit", "I want to cry"; and rushing to do the very thing we tell him not to do before we can reach to stop him; that really puts the cherry on the Kazmanian Devil sundae. 

But it's okay (at least that's what I keep telling myself), the "sweet" sprinkled on that sundae is so yummy I can't help but gobble it up.  Like what?  Like when he kisses his baby brother on the cheek and says, "I'm loving him."  When he says, "I need to dance" "Come dance with me" and runs to turn on the radio (his thing lately is looking for the Spanish stations).  Then after a while he says, "I'm sweaty, let's take a break."  And of course at the end of the night (after he's thrown a fit about going to bed) when he wraps his little arms around me to give me a "hug, snuggle, kiss"  I leave him to sleep, fall on the couch in exhaustion and TRULY look forward to doing it all over again tomorrow.

BTW, how's school going?  Great!  He loves it and I love seeing how excited he is to be there.  He came home the other day and recited the Pledge of Allegiance.  Daddy was SUPER impressed and couldn't help but grin and puff his chest out like a proud poppa.  We also experienced our first picture day and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little worried.  He was "practicing" his smile and it looked a little something like the picture you see here.  Ahhh it looks so natural.

Zane


11 Months

Zane is 11 months old and we can't believe that in less than a month this little (tee hee) guy will have been in our life for a YEAR.  Everyone always talked about how fast it goes and for the first time I actually know what they mean.  I feel like I'm missing it right before my eyes. 

Zane, what have you been up to this last blink of an eye?



Bloody boo boo!


I shed blood for the first time AND got a bee sting this month. Man it's a rough world out there.  I took it in stride and hardly shed a tear.

I got some skills this month and I'm pretty impressed with myself.  First off I like to wave, a LOT.  (It's not so much that he "waves" it's more like he puts his hand in the air to say, "what up").  If you're lucky I'll blow you a kiss.  Boy do the ladies get a kick out of this one.  If I'm feeling cheeky I'll play peek-a-boo but I like to keep you guessing.  Sometimes I put my hands over my eyes and sometimes it's one hand over my eye and one over my ear.  You never what I'll peek-a-boo with!


Oh hiii.

I like to play catch too! Well it's more of a game of throw.  They toss the ball in my lap and then I throw it back to them.  I get a lot of practice while I'm eating my meals by throwing my food on the floor.  Mom doesn't seem to think that's as much fun as I do.  In fact, I'm really in to testing the limits around here.  I like to look at the parental figures out of the corner of my eye and see if they're gonna stop me from myself.  When all else fails I flash them my signature smile.
 

No Joke, this is how he "smiles" when he's trying to be cute.

Oh I don't know if you noticed but I got my 1st haircut.  Daddy said he wanted to do it himself.  Momma says the next one he'll be paying for in a REAL kid salon.

 What else have I been up to?  Drum roll please!  WALKING (okay more like taking steps but I will be a full fledged walker soon)!!  It all started with chair racing with my brother then I honed those skills into basket sledding and finally taking my first steps and my parents got on video!  A pretty good month if you ask me.  Lots of good stuff.  Wait till you see what I do next month!

 

Harley Bratwurst

 

Harley celebrated his 6th birthday this past month and we are at 24 weeks without a seizure.  This is mind blowingly awesome...if it weren't for the Pancreatitis.  Our poor pooch now has the Pancreatitis.  Why?  How?  Oh jeeze if only I could answer that question.  Since a dog can't talk you can only guess what the issue is and hope to find the right solution quickly. 

Our guess is, it's his food and/or his medication.  Harley is on a very protein rich food (no grain due to the whole "what is Harley allergic to" days) and lots of protein can kick the pancreas into overdrive.  Also the Potasium Bromide (PB) he's on can lead to Pancreatitis.  Okay, just stop giving him PB.  Yeah well we don't want to give him more Phenobarbitol (the primary med for his seizures) because his last liver check showed elevated signs of damage caused by the Pheno (the PB helps to reduce the need for pheno) and 24 record breaking weeks without a seizure...so we are gonna try changing his diet first, feed him more frequently, and have acid reducers at the ready.  The things we do for the unconditional love of our furbabies.

Photos For Fun



Love that they LOVE
books so much!



Kaz is really into take pics.



Social Anxiety Drum Cure

Both the boys are feeling a little social anxiety these days. They handle it very differently. Kaz pretends to sleep. Mmm hmm you read it correctly. He closes his eyes and snores. Zane on the other hand observes and recently has been known to cry - this will pass and I guess I should thank my lucky stars that they are going through it at the same time but I can't help but think that people are whispering, "What's up with those kids."



Don't do it man.



OMGoodness do my eyes deceive me or are our boys finally looking like they are related? Look at that jawline, eye shape, nose, the fivehead. If they don't, don't burst my delusional bubble.

Next month: Lil Monster Birthday Bash