A little bit of randomness...

What a little goof ball. This is us trying to crawl...
This is a picture of where we ended up...
This is where we started...poor kid can only go in reverse...
Beck managed to undo some of his bedding during naptime, I walked in on this.

Making brownies with Ky and her friend Makenzie. I almost didn't need to clean the bowl after they finished testing the batter...
LOVE this face....he's getting very expressive lately

Trip to the Lake...

We've been talking up our vacation to Virginia Beach to Kylie for quite sometime now, and she couldn't wait to go! To satisfy her NEED for water, sun, and sand, I took her, along with our friends Aaron, Stephanie, Makenzie, and Ashlyn to Lake Lavon over the weekend to play in the water. And even though the beach was pretty ghetto, and the water was pretty goopy, all the girls had a blast playing in the sand digging holes and making castles, being chased by the scary alligator (that would be Aaron) and riding around on the 'boat'! Growing up, my family took trips to Lake Texoma all the time, and although it was more fun because we also had a boat, being out there with Ky just made me remember how much fun I had there as a child. I might notice how dirty everything is NOW, but for Ky, sand is sand, and water is water, and she LOVED every minute of it!

when it rains...it pours!

Kylie came into the kitchen w/ her butterfly net on her head and her gardening glasses on, telling me she was going jellyfish hunting...
Beck trying to grab Daddy's bubble gum
eating, because that's about all it seems he does these days...
morning after tent sleeping...


It has been a very long two weeks in the Alcorn house. The following is a snip it of what life has been, and trust me, this doesn't even begin to touch on all of the chaos going on right now: My dad was in the e.r. twice last week and come to find out he has a kidney stone, something we know well since J has been battling w/ them for years now. After discovering the stone was impassable, he met with a urologist to discuss surgery options. While looking over his C.T. scans, they found that he has a potentially life threatening aneurysm right next to the stone which could or could not be a major issue, but since the stone couldn't be removed until the aneurysm was further evaluated, my dad had to meet with an artery specialist, all the while in intense pain and on hard core pain meds due to the stone. Praise the LORD! The aneurysm was looked at by a specialist who said it isn't that big of a deal, that the stone could be removed and that they would deal with the aneurysm issue in December (they want to see if it is growing in size or not). So...my dad has surgery today to remove his stone. Issue #2, Jason calls me Monday morning, saying he's on his way home from work, he thinks he's going to pass the kidney stone he has had for months that has caused no issues whatsoever (we were planning on dealing w/ this stone after vacation in three weeks). Long story short, he ends up in the E.R. and scheduled a surgery the next day. Turns out the stone got lodged while he was passing it and due to the irregular shape, there was no way it was coming out. Add on top of that a sick dog, with bloody diarrhea, a 9 month old with three days of a 102 temp, followed by an all over body rash, and, well...you're starting to get the idea. With all we have gone through with the eye issues, we were really hoping to catch a break soon. It appears we'll have to wait a while longer. I keep telling myself, "Thank God for the rain, because without it, the rainbow would not be." Some random pics from over the last two weeks. J promised Ky a tent sleepover after her eye apt. and the starting of the patch wearing, but due to the rain, the tent got moved in our living room. So here's to tough times, being tested, and knowing that He is there for us in good times and bad.

Beckham turns 9 months...

Yesterday my big boy turned 9 months old. Time is flying by way too fast for me. We don't take him in to the doc's until next week, but I wanted to update on what he's been up to. He's still not crawling, and I'm starting to get very anxious. I can't wait for him to experience the independence and excitement of being mobile! And even though I know my life will become much more difficult when he starts moving (Ky is a BIG fan of toys with little, tiny parts), I know he'll be so excited. He can get on all fours now and push himself backwards, but this only leads to frustration since this isn't the direction he's trying to go. We finished weaning him off this reflux medicine a couple weeks ago, so that, plus the fact that his eye is now clear, he's finished taking any and all daily medicines (Yeah!) He loves playing peek-a-boo with Kylie behind the glider in his bedroom. She yells and he screams and almost convulses with excitement. He has come to the conclusion that big people food is much more yummy than 'that Gerber stuff' and as a result, he ends up eating his food, then some of ky's food, and eventually works his way to mom and dad's plates, in other words...he EATS ALL DAY LONG! I'm shocked that he's isn't absolutely huge!!! My favorite part of everyday is going to get him after he wakes up from a nap. That smile the the best thing in the entire world!!!!

Eye update...

Many of you have already heard, but I figured I would post it on the blog also. We took Ky and Beck to the eye doctors last week. I was so nervous before the appointment that I couldn't eat breakfast or lunch. The doctor checked Beck out and said that his tear duct appeared to be completely clear to everyone's surprise. It's crazy! We were so close to scheduling his surgery. This made Jason and I both wonder what would have happened if it didn't take as long as it did to get an estimate (7 grand!) from the insurance company...I guess everything happens for a reason is a fitting statement here! Then, the doc checked Ky out after listening to us explain what we have been seeing, which is that from time to time her eyes wouldn't line up. After many tests, he concluded that she has a moderate case of strabismus (lazy eye). Laymen's explanation: The muscles situated on the outside of her eyes are pulling harder than the muscles on the inside, so when she gets tired or anxious, they sometimes will focus on different things. So, here's the future plan: We got her a really cool pirate eye patch (one we plan on making very girlie by decorating this weekend) and she wears it a minimum of two hours a day for two months. I am so thankful that my daughter is as patient as she is. I can't imagine doing this on a child that tries to rip the patch off every two second. And even though it isn't fun, she's hanging in there and being a super trooper. So, we're hoping when we go back and they retest, that this is the end of all our eye dilemas. If not, we start discussing surgery for her, in which they move the outside muscles back a little to relax it. This sounds absolutely horrifying to me. BUT, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Right now, we're taking it day by day and praying that the patch will be the final answer.

4th of July

Kylie finally got to celebrate the 4th of July the way a kid should! With Fireworks! It seems like every 4th, we're out doing something and so this is the first year Kylie was old enough and we weren't too busy to go! We went with our friends Aaron and Stephanie and their two girls, and aside from my daughter thinking the June bugs were personally attacking her, and a short stint where I thought I might have to take her to the car and watch the show from there because of said bugs, she had a blast! Just being able to watch her giggle as the show started was worth being out there. I would post pics, if it wasn't for my hubby who somehow managed to delete the entire date from the camera while loading onto the computer (very angry....!) But here are a couple pics from her July 4th parade at school. This is always one of my fave. things her school does

Shots of Beck

I've been trying for quite a while to snap a good picture of Beck. With all of the eye problems he has been having, none of the pictures I'm taking have turned out all that nice. However, now that for some strange reason (praise GOD!) his eye has cleared up, I have been back at it again, but with very little luck. He seems to be WAY more interested in checking out everything around him than he is looking at me, or the camera. Here are a couple attempts on two different occasions. None really getting the job done.