Fourth of July at the Lake

Hello All- What a great time we had at Lake Norfork in Arkansas! It was great to see our extended family, watching fire works and swimming in the lake. We all had a great weekend! Please enjoy the pictures below (there will be more to follow from Becky and Jen).

We have started Carson on Miralax. He has been having difficulty having bowel movements. It is not an issue of them being soft enough, he just does not have strong enough internal muscles to push it out. Over the weekend the Miralax began working...he was able to have bowel movements on his own and not so many tummy aches! We have also learned that his suck is not correct so he has been getting extra air in his tummy. We have switched to the Dr. Brown's bottles and Carson's occupational therapist will also be helping him with it. Carson is getting smarter by the day...he knows the difference of his regular bottle and his medicine bottle. He has begun to refuse his medicine bottle. So we got smarter and switched him to pill form medicine that we put in his food. This is much easier than fighting with him to take the liquid. Carson had less seizures over the weekend...we think it is due to a combination of all of this! We have recently heard of a diet that has been proven to reduce seizures in epilepsy patients, the Ketogenic diet. We are in the research stages of this diet and may start this or a form of the Atkins that will do the same thing.

Thank you all for your support, prayers and believing. Thank you also for your thoughts and checking up on us! We love all of you!

Here is Carson and Mom waiting for the fireworks to start. But Carson could not wait that long...he had too long of a day. We enjoyed the fireworks!

Carson with his cousin Thomas.

Carson with his great Grandma and Grandpa Moranz.

Here Carson and his great Aunt Sue are telling secrets...

There is no better place to nap than in great Grandpas arms listening to the waves hit the shore and feeling the breeze!

BOATING FUN!!!!