the latest... and, oh- Merry Christmas!!!

so, Lexi had a Gastrografin Enema yesterday. it's very similar to a Barium Enema... they put some liquid stuff into her large intestine and took x-rays of her belly while it was in there so they could make sure there were no problems with her intestines. it was awful, but it didn't last too long (from start to finish the awful part was about 20 minutes, plus there was about 10-15 minutes of prep). the reason her dr. ordered that particular test is not only because he could get a good look at her insides that way, but it would also clean out her intestines so she could kinda start fresh.
we got good news that her intestines are completely normal! no problems whatsoever. and since then, she hasn't had any of the issues she had been having for the past few weeks... good news all around.
we've had a good couple of days worth of Christmas celebrations. we're not quite through with all of our planned festivities, but everything we've done so far has been quite fun. yesterday we were with scott's family. we had lunch, went to the candlelight service at church, opened presents, and played some games. today, we spent the entire day at home. it was uh-maz-ing! it's something we haven't done in a lonnnnng time and i thoroughly enjoyed it. we opened presents first thing this morning (i got a KitchenAid mixer [!!!]), then proceeded to play with all the new toys for a couple of hours, then had a big delicious meal, and played some more. now we're all winding down and preparing for the next couple of days worth of fun.
i have more about which to blog, but lexi is grumpy and in need of her next meal so i guess i'll have to finish up later.

a tiny update

i took Lexi to the doctor today. we don't know anything else yet, but she's having some tests run tomorrow. it doesn't look like scott will be able to go with me (he has a job that HAS to get finished. it was supposed to be finished today, but it is going into tomorrow now. go figure!) so my mom will go with my for moral support.
her dr. just wants to make sure that there isn't anything wrong with her intestines. he didn't seem too concerned but noted that it was something he really had to do even though he wasn't that worried since it's been 18 DAYS!
btw, he said he thinks she's currently got the record of any patient he's ever had (that's this young). not one contest we were aiming to win!
so we should know something for sure tomorrow. well, we'll at least know if there is a problem with her intestines. if there's nothing wrong, i don't really know WHY she hasn't pooped in almost 3 weeks.
thanks everyone for your prayers.
anyway, i will update again tomorrow assuming i get the opportunity!

that's just not right.

sooo Lexi hasn't pooped in almost 18 days. we've used every home method possible (suppository, enema, juice, prunes, water, karo syrup- you name it, we've probably tried it) and i took her to the doctor last wednesday. they did an x-ray and didn't find anything wrong. so, we were given a prescription laxative and told that if she hadn't gone in 2 or 3 days to bring her back in. i called on saturday and they told me to wait till the weekend was over. she's been on the med more than 4 days and still hasn't gone. tomorrow we have to go back to the doctor and she is going to have another x-ray and probably have more tests done.
she seems to feel pretty well most of the time, though she's not super happy as often as she was a few weeks ago.
anyway, i don't know what kind of tests (if any) she'll have to go through tomorrow and it makes me sick just thinking about having to see her in pain and not being able to comfort her (there's no way those tests could be pleasant!).
i haven't been really worried about her until today. i'm starting to worry that maybe it's not just a weird freak of nature thing but that something might actually be wrong with her. never in my life have i WANTED to change a poopy diaper, but right now it would make me downright excited.
please pray for her (and me) tomorrow and in the days to come. i mean- she can't go without pooping forever!!! i certainly wouldn't have thought that she could go almost 3 weeks without pooping, though!
i will update when we know more. or if she just plain poops :)

Tagged

i was tagged by candace to post a picture from a past Christmas.
these are from 2004...

Lincoln's first Christmas. he was 4 months old in these pictures.

i tag michelle... hopefully she will get time to do this. she's a pretty busy lady.

baby it's cold outside.

i guess i need to learn the words to that song pretty quickly since matt and i will be singing it at my sister's wedding reception in just a few weeks. and i probably should also learn the song that we're singing during the ceremony. i suppose i could be doing that instead of piddling around on the internet... but alas, here i sit, wasting some of the precious quiet time that i rarely get.
lincoln is sooo excited about Christmas. he is keeping up with what date it is (every day: "mommy, is today december 5th?" or whatever day it happens to be). and then he proceeds to ask me what day Christmas is on and then how many days are left. we haven't been to Christmas Lane to see lights and visit Santa yet, but we will get to that within a week or so.
lexi had cereal for the first time last night. we skipped over rice cereal and went straight to oatmeal. lincoln hated rice cereal and then it was difficult to get him to want any other solids, so i figured i would just go straight to baby oatmeal with lexi since lincoln loved it so much. well, she LOVED it! she ate about half of what i prepared for her and i was pretty impressed by that. she took itsy bitsy bites for about 10-15 minutes before she finally got impatient and angry and wanted to nurse. it was a pretty great first solid food experience. we're going to start giving her cereal every day for a couple of weeks before we start introducing vegetables. i can't believe she's ready for that already!
she seems younger than she is... i suppose it's because she's so tiny. a week and a half ago, she was 12 lbs & 23.5 inches. i know of babies who were born at about that size! she's growing well, though, so that's good. she's in the 20th percentile for weight and the 25th for length. it's weird having a little one since lincoln was always in the 75th for length and 80-90th for weight. he's still taller and bigger than most kids his age. he's the youngest kid in his pre-k class and he's one of the tallest.
so today i am running a million errands (having my phone fixed or replaced is one of them. the earpiece totally stopped working, so people can hear me but i can't hear them [or anything else for that matter]), then i have rehearsal, cast party dinner for the musical, getting the last of my things together and packing up for my trip tomorrow. lexi and i are going to the austin area tomorrow for my sister's lingerie shower. we'll be in austin all of about 16 hours before we head home. i have to be in clyde by 1:30 on sunday to get ready for the last musical (HOORAY!) so it'll be a seriously hectic weekend. i will be SO glad when it's over!
my dirty house is calling my name (though i wish it was calling the name of a maid or anyone but me for that matter!)
and i have to go put lincoln in his room to watch a dvd on the computer so i can wrap some Christmas presents in the living room!