Brush, Brush, Brush :)

We have started trying to get Brielle used to brushing her teeth. First Mommy brushes them for her then I let her try and do it! She ends up just chewing on the toothbrush because she is working on her molars. She is very good about letting me brush them and get them clean! She currently has 4 on top, 2 on bottom, 1 molar on the bottom and is working on 2 other molars. As you can see from the drool on her chin she is definetly teething.

Daddy's Girl!

We have a special little someone who is becoming quite the little "daddy's girl". She loves to play rough and have her daddy tackle her down! She literally runs to him when he gets home from work everyday. He absolutely LOVES it. He could have the worst day of his life and to have her run into his arms with a huge smile, so happy to see him just makes his day! I wanted to share some cute pics of the two most important people in my life :)

Happy Halloween!!

Brielle was a butterfly this year for Halloween. This was her first year to dress up because last year she was only 2 months old! She was the cutest little butterfly we have ever seen :) She was literally in her costume for about 30 minutes, long enough to get a few pics before she went to bed. She was all about walking around on our street and didn't really want anything to do with posing for pictures so this is the best we got!!

Daddy and his butterfly

Brielle's cousin Camden came for the weekend and he was such a cute little monkey!
The butterfly on the go......

and flying away!

Happy Halloween from the monkey and butterfly!

Dancing Queen!!

We now know that our little Brielle loves loud music. Papa Tim was playing his guitar and she started clapping her hands and going nuts all over the room. The louder and faster he would play the more excited she would get. It was too funny! I got her to stop long enough to snap a couple cute pics :)

Peek-a-boo...I see you!!Here is a video of our little Dancing Queen

Me And My Pumpkin

Brielle loves to be outside so one day last week we went to Soloman Farm and took some cute pictures with her pumpkin.

Eating the straw!

Testing Results

Yesterday had to be one of the hardest days of our lives as parents. To see your child so scared and in so much pain is absolutely heartbreaking. It was a very long day. It started off with Brielle getting an iv in her right arm to have it not work and have to get one in her left arm..poor girl! Then she had to have a catheter which had to be done 2-3 times before it worked. So needless to say Brielle was exhausted at this point from crying so hard she fell asleep in my arms. We then proceeded to the test which took an hour, but she did pretty good because she was tired and got to watch a movie :) Once that was over we went to meet Dr. Cain the Pediatric Urologist. We found out some very upsetting news....Brielle has to have surgery. He believes her problem is a birth defect that developed in the womb and is not hereditary. All the info he gave us is rather confusing and he said that the easiest way to describe it is her "plumbing" isn't working correctly and we need to fix it. If left untreated she will continue to have infections and eventually lose all function of that kidney. So there was no thinking about what to do...she will have surgery. It is scheduled for December 10th at noon and she will be in the hospital for 2-3 days. It is very scary and we are not looking forward to it, but we are putting it in God's hands and we know he will take care of her :) Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers and just continue to pray for her!

On our way to the hospital....doesn't have a clue what she is going to go through!!

On our way home....totally exhausted!!

More Tests....

Brielle had her tests done on Wednesday and did as well as expected of a one year old....actually she was miserable :( We found out she does not have reflux which is a good thing, BUT she has an enlarged ureter and a dilated kidney. (FYI: your ureter is what attaches your kidneys to your bladder). Since her ureter is so big it is like a pool for the fluid to sit in which is how she got her infection and because all the fluid isn't forced into the bladder some is going back into her kidney which is why it is dilated. Our next step is to see a Pediatric Urologist. We have an appointment with him on Tuesday the 21st and he has ordered another test to be done that day before our appointment. I don't know many details about this next test other than it is a lot like the one she just had done and that she will have an IV and catheter. So again we are not looking forward to putting her through this! I will update when I know more. We just ask that you please keep our little angel in your prayers.