Life Goes On

Today, Molly had another OT appointment. At this particular appointment, I sat with Pat and discussed Molly's issues in depth. What she has is called sensory defensiveness, meaning she is over aware of things in her environment and responds at lower thresholds than others in her age group. She has problems specific to the tactile and auditory senses. She fails miserably in situations with lots of noise (i.e. the mall or small areas with several children) AND she has a hard time with touch. She wakes easily when moved from one position to the next, she is over aware of people or things touching her etc. We are currently using massage therapy to calm her sympathetic nervous system and we also started using brush therapy this week. I was warned though that brush therapy is usually for older children and Molly may not tolerate at all. Brush therapy involves taking a surgery scrub brush and "brushing" different areas of her body. We tried her back, legs and hands today. She didn't tolerate her legs or hands at all so for now, we are working solely on the back. I spoke to Pat about Molly's future and how she may do in school or socially. After talking about this, I realized something...Molly truly is just like me. One thing we talked about is Molly will probably be a child who, in a group of kids, has a tendency to sit on the outside to help keep herself together. I always called it shy in my time but I completely understand this now. These sensory issues may also lead to anxiety later in life...something I have found myself having issues with as I have gotten older. I have learned to deal with my own issues in my own ways without even realizing what they were. This realization today just made me feel better about Molly and her future. I mean, most people think I am normal right? ;)

On another note, Seth got to move back to the puppy room at school! This was super exciting. I love the teachers he had in the piglet room, but I just really felt like he was too far ahead of the other kids in that room. He was the oldest and developmentally was just so far ahead that I had stopped seeing such rapid progress in him. So, a spot opened in the puppy room and we moved this week! He's really enjoying it. We are also going through paci withdrawal. I have taken the paci away except for at sleep times. That is also improving. The beginning of the week was awful! He cried and wined the entire evening to have his paci. We finally told him that his pumpkin stole it. This left him in awe long enough for us to get to Cracker Barrel. By then he was too preoccupied with everything there to care! Today, I think he only asked for it twice. It was nice. He has also started playing his version of Marco, Polo with me. If I have managed to slip into another room and he doesn't see me go, he yells out "MAMA!" I respond with "BABY!" which makes him giggle and he repeats himself. This goes on until he finds me, or tires of hollering through the house.

It looks as though I don't go back to work until December 1st. I had wanted to go back a little earlier as a part timer, but CVS will take away my benefits if I go to part time so I had to take the ENTIRE leave...so sad really. I do miss my store though. I miss my job and will be super excited to go back. I just hope that everyone gets smart and shapes up before I get back or I might have to pull out my can of whoop-a**!

Anyways...that's life at the KP household right now. Hectic in the evenings...don't be offended if you call and I don't answer! One or both of my children are usually crying!

Seth, The Big Brother

So I always post these pictures of Seth kissing, hugging or just giving something to Molly. I really don't encourage this, ask him to do this or anything like that. He just does it. He asks for her when he gets up and he watches her while she sleeps. He is just so funny.

With that as my preface:

This morning, Seth awoke before Molly. When Molly woke up, I told Seth I had to go get her ready for the day and would be upstairs. Soon after, I hear Seth pounding up the stairs. He comes into the room and asks for Molly. She was still quietly lying in bed and that's what I told him. He motioned to the bed so I picked him up to show him where she was. He wanted to get in the bed so I let him.

I moved Molly a little to one side and let Seth play. I hear him turn her glowworm on, and I hear him talking to her. Nothing new or crazy. I look in and he is lying next to her and talking to her and she is intently watching him.

He then stands up and sees a book on the floor and asks for it. I give it to him and he says to me "I read to Molly" in his little Seth voice. This is the VERY FIRST SENTENCE I have ever heard Seth speak and readily understood it. I about fell over! It was just so cute. I wish that I had grabbed my camcorder instead of my camera, but I still got some cute pictures of the two of them! I think that Molly couldn't ask for a better big brother!

A Molly Update

First of all, I apologize for not getting an update on Molly up sooner. We got to come home on Friday afternoon and things were a little rough getting settled back in at home. It was almost like bringing a newborn home for the first time again. Lots of crying, little sleep, and lots of learning all new techniques. So here's how our weekend progressed...

On Thursday evening, we saw OT again and learned some massage techniques to help soothe Molly and hopefully get her nervous system jump started. She's very touchy and there are so many things that startle her or make her upset. They say it's because her nervous system is so new that we just have to train it to accept these things without freaking out! Friday morning, Dr Wolf arrived and loved what he was seeing. He was definately convinced that we were making progress. We had the formula down, we had the feeding down, and we were already scheduled for out-patient OT to start on Tuesday. OT came in one more time and she was again impressed with what she was seeing. Molly has her own exercises we have to do (i.e. sit-ups and ab crunches...) and she was already showing improvement in her abdomnial strength. So once they left, we were set free!

We came home only to have to master all the new sounds and lights of our house. That made the weekend a little rough. Seth wanted mom and only mom and Molly just cried all weekend. She was fine in the night and slept in her own bed! I couldn't ask for anything more in that department. Now both my babies begin their nocturnal slumber in their own beds. By Sunday evening, my parents had left and my best friend was with me for the evening. It was a rough evening to begin end because Molly was very needy BUT we got through it and actually survived the night!

Molly had her follow-up appointment today and she was up to 8 lbs 3.2 oz (from 7lbs 15.07 oz on Friday @ 2am)!! YAY! We are definately on the right track. She had her first outfit that DIDN'T fit her today, of course it was an "up to 7lbs" onsie but I'll take it! She is doing wonderful. We have fallen back into our "routine" and Seth is having a WONDERFUL Monday night. So all is well as I right this!

To those of you that have offered to bring meals...thank you so much! I would absolutely appreciate that. I can only imagine that Seth is tired of hot dogs and grilled cheese! I never thought I would NEED something like that, but at this point, I really do need my friends and family! Last week, I really felt like my spirit was broken. I really felt like maybe I couldn't do this after all. The weekend came and Molly seemed so unhappy and I just couldn't get to feeling like myself again. But we are turning that corner and things seem to be getting better. Hopefully when First Steps comes in we will make even more progress! Thank you all so much for everything that you have given to us, be it prayers, words of encouragement or meals! I can't thank you enough and tell you how it has helped me to get through this. Now...on to MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!

Seth really is a happy boy I swear!

Molly dreaming!

I'm 4 weeks old today!! 8lbs 3.2 oz!

Molly's OT Consult

This morning when Dr Wolf came in to see Molly he said she looked great! YAY! She had gained 70 grams in 24 hours and we seemed to have turned that corner. The last hurdle we had was to get an OT (occupational therapy) consult and get their OK to be able to go home. Boy, I was so excited! I started packing up and getting ready to leave and I was super happy that I would get to spend the evening with Seth Daniel! My day was looking bright.

Then OT came. :) They ran just a little later than we had anticipated because the consultant works evenings on Thursdays so she was finally here for Molly's 3pm feed. She did an assessment of Molly and then wanted to watch me feed her. Molly's assessment went relatively well. She said that because Molly was born two weeks early, she was going to consider her an almost 2 week old instead of a 1 month old. Based on that, she stated our best case scenario is Molly is developmentally ahead of the game. Our worst case scenario is Molly is right on track.

She then wanted to watch me feed Molly. Talk about feeling like you as a mother are being scrutinized! But that's what we did. And Molly showed her colors at that point. She struggled with her feed. She would fuss, cry and shake her arms. She curled into a fetal position and pushed the nipple from her mouth. All these things started to concern the OT gal. She started asking more and more questions and the more she talked the more things started to unravel. We realized that Molly may have a sensory issue. She may get overstimulated at times which is interrupting her feeding. AND she seems to still struggle with actually taking a bottle. This hasn't gotten to the point that we have to find other ways to feed her by any means, just that we have to find ways to help her learn to take a bottle more effectively.

So, right now the OT gal wants to watch a couple more feedings and to be here to teach us some massage techniques and other things that I can't remember right now because my head is swimming and my heart is hurting. I was oober excited to go home and be with my son for an evening but we are gonna have to be away one more night. I am excited to learn different ways to help Molly feel comfortable and in control of herself. It was recommended that we swaddle her with each feed as that helps her to gain control and be "organized" as the OT gal put it. We are going to have therapists come to the house and watch her feed every week or every other week. They are going to help us learn new techniques and to help identify items in the house that might be over stimulating (ie our DOGS! :) ). We are also being scheduled to be seen in the out patient peds clinic until First Steps starts coming to the house.

WOW...this just seems like so much for a little 3 week old that isn't eating up to par! But whatever works to make life great for all of us is absolutely what we'll be doing. I am super thankful for my family and all my friends and all the thoughts and prayers being said for us. I really can't thank all of you enough for being there and just letting me know you are thinking about my family. It definitely helps to keep me strong! THANKS SO MUCH!

Molly all snug as a bug and swaddle after a relatively successful feed with the OT gal.

Molly's Hospitalization

I know there are many of you out there thinking about us and praying for us, so I want to actually give some information on what's happening with Molly.

On Tuesday, Molly had an appointment with Dr Joe to just have her weight check. At her 2 week appointment, Dr Joe noticed that, while she was gaining weight, it wasn't as fast as was to be expected. So we returned and after a small debacle with the scale, Dr Joe was summoned to come talk to us. He came in, carefully checked Molly over and started the conversation with me. He stated that Molly had gain less that 2oz over the 7 day period and we should have seen somewhere around an ounce per day. He had two options: he trusted to send me home with Molly and work extra hard to get the calories into her and see us again in 2 days or we admit her to be followed in the hospital. The admission would include dietary consults, lab work and I/Os to evaluate Molly and ensure there was nothing PHYSICALLY wrong with her. I stated that I wanted what was best and he said hospitalization was the best. The terror in my eyes must have shown, because as he sent me out with our orders, he stated that it would be OK and that some little ones just need that jump start.

So off we went to St Francis South with our "Failure to Thrive" diagnosis and no real idea of how long we may be here. On Tuesday, Molly was evaluated by everyone that walked by and lots of questions were asked. We went over everything all over again with everyone and finally things settled down and we settled in for the day. Around 2pm Molly was taken to the treatment room to have blood drawn from her beautiful little scalp. She had to be poked twice to get the required blood but she was a trooper. She did wonderful. The first day we were here, we spent the day ensuring that Molly ate EVERY 3 HOURS without exception and we tried our best to get her 3 oz. THAT has been easier said than done. She just doesn't have the belly to do it. Our sweet sweet dietitian came to speak with us around 4 and went over all our options and the different ways we could fortify her formula if needed.

By Wednesday morning, she had gained no weight at all and Dr Wolf (Dr Joe's partner) had done his evaluation and decided it was time to change her formula to a 22cal formula (regular is 20cal). She was switched to that and she just hasn't been able to keep her feeds down. She hasn't been able to take even close to 3 ounces (2oz has sometimes tested her little belly) and 95% of the time she vomits lots of this back up. By evening, Molly was showing signs of having lots of bowel discomfort (gas mostly I think) and I asked for some Mylicon drops. Our nurse, Lindsey, called Dr Wolf and spoke to him about it and we were given the OK to give the drops. She must have given him lots more info about our day because when she came back in she stated that he wanted to change the formula again. Now we are back to the Gentlease formula and they are going to mix it to 22 cal and we are going to try our first feed of that around 11:30pm.

Seth seems to be tolerating all this OK. I picked him up from school on Tuesday to let him know what was going on and took him home to Gamma KP and they had a good night. My mom has been staying with him at night. She said he woke up this morning, asked for Ice Age (his fave movie right now) and then asked for Sissy. He always kisses or hugs her in the morning so he was missing his morning lovin'. Today we kept him home and took him to our library to see a fire truck and to play. I went with him and took him to lunch. I came back home in the evening to have dinner with him and to go through his bedtime routine with him. I am trying to make sure I spend time with him so he doesn't feel neglected. It's so super hard though. When I am with Molly all I think about is Seth and I feel guilty for not being with him. But when I am with him, I stress over Molly and her feeds and I feel guilty for not being at the hospital. My goal is to ensure that I am always at the hospital for Molly's rounding doctors and for the dietitian. I am going to try to make sure I am with Seth for bedtime routine and any other time I may be able to get away. It's a good thing I have great family here helping me or this would be terrible!

Lots of information there but I know many of you would like to be kept updated about Molly. I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers and I will try to post a little something everyday to make sure those of you who want to know get the information.

Molly's Birth Story

OK, so I know this is a little late in posting but it seems as though I have some time on my hands right now! So, I am going to catch up on some blogging.

On Sunday, August 23 I went to work as scheduled. I was tired and wore out and waddling like no other! I had a craving for buffalo hot wings so we put in an order and the day went on fairly normally. Went home to my son and went on about our evening. Got to bed around 10 that night and woke up around 1am for an unknown reason. After lying in bed for a while I realized my back was sore. This wasn't really anything new to me, after all I was 38 weeks pregnant and could hardly change positions in my sleep to begin with! After about an hour, Seth woke up so I got him, brought him back to my bed and snuggled with him.

Somewhere around 3am I realized that every time I finally started to doze off SOMETHING was waking me back up. So I sat for a few minutes only to start feeling the muscle spasms in my back. They were consistent and coming frequently so I got up and started down the stairs to time the beasties. They were coming every 2 to 4 minutes! GREAT! It's 3:30am and I am in active labor. So I start my phone calls: my mom, MIL and my MD. We made it to the hospital around five after 5 and were immediately taken back to triage. I had to have an ultrasound there because we still weren't convinced that Molly was head down. She was and I was checked and at 6cm already. I was begging for pain medicine and they rushed me out of that room to labor and delivery.

By 6:30am I finally had my epidural. Thank you anesthesiologist! I was checked a second time and had progressed to 9cm. The nurse started running around to prepare things (no one really had time to get anything together, it was just going so fast!) and my physician came in to check things out. He had to get a change of clothes so he left again and I started to get VERY uncomfortable. Little did I know that was the whole "I NEED TO PUSH!!" feeling. Had I realized that and pushed...it wouldn't have been good. My doctor came back by 7:50 and broke my water. There was meconium. So again the NICU team was called in for my delivery. I pushed once and looked down to see Molly's head crowning, I pushed again and Molly was completely out! She came SO FAST! She was given to the NICU team and was given beautiful stats. I, on the other hand, needed some work. After 45 minutes of repair work (when babies come that fast, your body just isn't ready!), I was finally able to sit up and hold my new bundle! She was amazing to look at! I just can't wait to do it all again!!

Molly's Impending Arrival!

So I just wanted to put an update out there on Molly's upcoming arrival. We had an MD appointment today and the appointment itself went relatively well. Molly is still measuring 1 week ahead of schedule which is no big deal at all. We discussed inducing...I really don't want to unless we can deliver on 9/9/9! How fun would that be!? But alas, Doc Joe is not available that day...so we scheduled an induction for 9/4/9! Yay! Still contains my favorite number! I can handle that. And of course this comes with a BUT...

BUT....Molly is STILL not in the correct position to be delivered. So...we have another appointment next Friday. IF at that point there is still a question as to how she is positioned, we have to do another ultrasound. IF that ultrasound shows she has to be repositioned...we have to call in another doctor and, depending on the MD, reposition her and deliver her in the same day. This could be as early as 8/25/9. We honestly don't have any idea because she is moving so much. However, should she make up her mind and settle down, we will have her on the 4th at the lastest! YAY! I am super excited to meet her and just can't wait!

So who do we think she'll look like?!?!

Jeff?


Stephanie?


Or her handsome big brother Seth!?
Soon enough we will find out!!

A KP Update

Jeff has been able to contact me using a pre-paid phone card the last couple of days. We can only talk for about 15 minutes but it's so much more than I ever expected. He started his journey to Afghanistan early in the week and is currently stuck at an air force base overseas. His flights into Afghanistan keep getting canceled and it seems as though maybe it just isn't a big priority to get the advanced party where they need to be. Jeff is dealing with this is his own Jeff way. He's hanging out but very frustrated because this isn't a bump in the road he expected. So he has virtually nothing to do and cannot complete any of the tasks assigned to him as a member of the advanced party. My heart goes out to him because he just wants to get on with this. He's in limbo and that just sucks!

Here on the homefront things seem to be going well. We had our annual Women of Faith conference this year. I made it through most of the two day event. I had to bow out of the 1st night's activities because I was SOO tired and my feet were SOO swollen. Today went all right though and it was nice to spend time with my mom and her friend, Tammy. Seth got to stay with Grandpa Haywood for the two days we were gone. This had to be an extra special treat for both of them! Grandpa is just a HUGE angel in Seth's eyes and just can't get enough of him. They seemed to have fun. We went to dinner after the day's events and Seth was SOOO wound up! He would flirt with everyone that walked by and seemed to have our waitress wrapped around his finger! He is getting so talkative I just can't believe it! Today when we came home I asked him how his day was (which is something I always try to ask) and today he actually said "Gooood" with this little twang! It was hilarious! Next week starts a new journey for Seth. The new school year starts on Monday which means new teachers and a new classroom. I am hoping he handles these changes with ease but I sure am nervous about it! Seth's previous teachers knew his situation and were able to work with him through some of the "emotional" struggles Seth had. He got lots of extra love and he definately loved his Miss Ammy. I just hope that this change doesn't completely throw him for a loop!

I'll try to keep things updated about Jeff. I know he's got lots of love being sent his way and lots of people are praying for him. Both are greatly appreciated!

Can you believe that in 28 days (or so) we are going to be blessed with another beautiful bundle!?!

Life at The KPs Minus a KP

So it's been a little hairy around here. When Jeff first left for Camp Atterbury, Seth really struggled with missing his daddy. The girls at daycare were noticing behavior changes and at home he was getting very cranky with me. VERY UNLIKE my little Seth. But Dad had a weekend pass to come home before he flies to Afghanistan and things seem to be looking up. Seth is getting his 2 year molars in but other than that, he seems very content. He's such a happy guy. I have tried so very hard to make sure that Dad is still in his life. I have made a book with pictures of him and Daddy that he can read. We talk about him everyday. I think that we will make it through this...we have such wonderful family, friends, co-workers, daycare family etc that we couldn't imagine a life any other way right now.

As for Molly...now she is a whole different child. She is so fiesty! I can't wait to meet this little thing. She's been so busy in my belly that I just sit and laugh. She's due in about 5 weeks now. I hope she hangs in there. I would like to go back to work the week after Seth's 2nd birthday and if she goes full term, I can do that! We are almost completely ready for her. Just a few things left we need to get and we'll be all set!

Last, I will just post some funnies of my little man!

Oh the joys of a good box!

Who doesn't want a little Ritter's now and then?

It's a GIRL!!

How exciting!?!? We found out just this morning that we are being blessed with a little girl! I am just so excited. The look of complete and utter shock on my husband's face was well worth finding out what we were having though. He was so sure that it was going to be a boy that he had his mind set that it was a boy. Now he just keeps saying "I don't know if I'm ready for a girl." Oh my it was funny! Seth was sitting there watching too and he was enamored with the technician and what she was doing to me. He definately got ansty at the end though and it was a good thing it was almost over.

This little girl is one fiesty child though! She wouldn't hold still for anything. Anytime we would actually get a clear picture she would immediately move. But that's ok. I got to see her lovely face for a few seconds and I couldn't ask for more! I have already gone and bought a couple of dresses and several girlie onsies. I have to confess, girl clothes are not as easy for me to buy as boy clothes. I just want them to be perfect and I really don't want all kinds of pink. Some is fine but there are so many other fun colors out there that I just can't limit her to just one color! I did find some things that I really enjoyed and that my husband accepted! Anyways, it was a super fun day and we sure can't wait to meet her!

Her profile with her little hand up to her face!

The cutest sleeper I saw today! And Seth's little elbow on the bottom trying so desparetly to get into mom's arms!

We will be having a summer baby! And this was awefully cute!

This was the whole thing! A headband, criss cross straps and little bloomers to match! I couldn't help myself!

The Easter Bunny

So we tried so very hard to get pictures of Seth with the easter bunny and he wasn't having any of it! He would CLING to us like there was no tomorrow. So we skipped out on the easter bunny this year. No reason to cause nightmares! We did however color eggs this evening and that was loads of fun; for me anyways! Seth seemed to enjoy it but actually enjoyed trying to eat the the color water. He had it everywhere!


In other "Seth News," dude talks like you wouldn 't believe! He has this vocabulary that just seems to go on and on. EVERYDAY we find a new word and everyday he starts doing something new. We told him we needed to change his diaper today and he walked over to the diapers, sat on the floor and rolled onto his back! I just couldn't believe it. He is such a good boy and makes me laugh so much. He started barking at our dogs when we got home yesterday and I almost fell over. I had never heard him do that before. Then this morning he started meowing. Funny stuff. He also says "DukeDuke" and "KK" (among other names). He just amazes me and is of course the smartest child I know! ;) He's a load of fun though!

Baby Z's Game

So we are super excited about Baby Z (Zorcon Minimus) that's on it's way. I have found a cute site to guess the baby's everything!



Just click to enter a guess! It's cute and who knows how this will end!

Life @ the KP Motel

So it's been just a little crazy around here. Sandy and Nathan are still with us...their house situation just doesn't seem to get any better or easier. BUT, it will happen! We have had an ultrasound to find out an exact due date for our little one and it was estimated at September 5, 2009! YAY! I am so excited about this yet it's hard because Jeff will be gone at that time. So I have to go through him leaving before we can have the excitement of a new baby. That will be an emotional roller coaster for everyone involved!

We had our first real OB appointment today and at 10 weeks and 3-5 days we were able tohear a heartbeat!!!! IT WAS WONDERFUL! I know we didn't hear Seth's until week 15 and I am measuring about 12 weeks so maybe we are further along than we thought? I don't know but it sure is exciting!

I had to laugh last night...well most nights I laugh , I have a funny family....but last night was really funny. I was lying on the floor when Seth discovered my belly. Now we all know I have no Jillian Michaels abdomen so he thought it was really funny to smack my belly and, well, ya know watch the waves! :) No really he was seriously interested in what was going on under my sweatshirt and kept yanking it up and pulling it down. Then he would smile. I think he knows there is something going on in my belly though, because he kept smacking that little spot right over my uterus. Too funny. He giggled all night. He has become quite the ham at home and out and about. He tries his darndest to get AND keep everyone's attention. I don't know who he gets that from at all (JEFF) :) Seth and his new hat, I mean his enviornmently friendly diaper cover!

Oh the purple frog. It dances and sings louder than anything we own...and he LOVES it.

My baby's cheesy grins!

Surprise!

THE NEWEST KP IS ON IT'S WAY!!!!

Christmas 2008 & More

Christmas was so much fun this year. It was amazing to me how little I cared about what I may have wanted or needed because I was so excited about Seth's Christmas. It started on Christmas Eve with Jeff's family and that was all kinds of fun. Seth got a Lighting McQueen couch from Grandma & Grandpa and was sitting in it before he even opened it! Hilarious! He didn't really care about opening the gifts though. He had more fun playing with the large toys once they were open. He also got lots of clothes. Now what 1 year old would care about clothes? Yes, that would be mine! He couldn't get enough of them! Once they were open, he played non-stop with them. He would wrap them around his head and shoulders, throw them over his head, etc. It was too funny!

Christmas Day was just as much fun. Seth really enjoyed pulling everything out of his stocking and then we got to have my Christmas breakfast that I so wanted to have! It was good. We then continued to open gifts for the remainder of the morning. What fun it was just to see Seth's eyes get big and try out all his new toys. He is just so much fun and I can't get enough of him!

Of course, Seth wasn't the only one who had an awefully fun Christmas. As you read earlier, Jeff had a great Christmas and he worked extra hard to get me things I wanted. (I got my Sirius radio!!) And I would never forget my pups! They had stockings full of fun treats too. In fact, poor Duke knew I had placed some treats in his stocking and just watched it for half an hour or so. He made me laugh so hard! I felt bad for putting it up but, we had to at some point!

So in other news....My son is starting to talk. TOO funny! He has been saying mama & dada for some time but he has also started saying NoNoNo and waving his finger at the dogs. He also says UhOh and puts his hands on the sides of his head. Very amusing. He also has this crazy gibberish that makes me laugh so much. When he is playing by himself, you hear these little noises. He sounds like a little gremlin in my house. I laugh so hard whenever I hear it. This morning I was teasing him and asked him if he knew who birthed him and he responded immediately with DaDa. Yea, I don't think so baby boy!

Seth also has taken to sucking on ice cubes. He would see us giving the dogs ice cubes and put his little hand out for one & hasn't stopped ever since. Now whenever he hears us at the fridge he comes running (quite similar to the dogs actually :) ) and begs for an ice cube for each hand! He likes them so much that he sucks them till his little hands are blue. Grandma Haywood came up with a brilliant idea. So...we made him ice cubes on a stick! This works so much better and he loves them! What a great treat!

Last but certainly not least are Seth's 1 year photos. Gosh that was so much fun! We went to Portrait innovations and they were wonderful. Not to mention they give you a CD with all the pictures they took! I was so excited. He was in such a good mood & really gave us loads of great pictures! Here are just a few of my favorites!