By Tiffany

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It's his heart! Not a baby!

Okay, I know when you see sonograms you think baby, but this is Cody's aorta. We went in to get a release for sports for school and came back with restrictions. Cody was diagnosed with 'Coarc'. Short for Coarctation of the Aorta. "Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta between the upper-body artery branches and the branches to the lower body. This can increase blood pressure in the arms and head, reduce pressure in your legs and seriously strain your heart." So today we are anxiously awaiting a phone call from the doctor to schedule surgery. They will go in and either do a balloon dilation or implant a stent. Just waiting to find out. Apparantly this is something he was born with but never diagnosed with until recently. Props to the R.N. who heard a little murmur and thought his blood pressure was suspect! As active as he is it is a little crazy to think what could have happened if we hadn't found this. Basically the doctor said that the worst that could happen is "He could collapse on the court and die." Plain and simple. I guess we'll get this done ASAP!
If you look at the picture where the letters DAO are it shows the narrowing. And on the left and right there are little white dots that show the normal size of the aorta on either side. Crazy!

North Texas Ranch Rodeo!

Brian competed this past Monday at the 1st Annual Invitational Ranch Rodeo at the State Fair here in Denton. It rained all day and cleared up long enough for us watch.

Brian roping a calf: This was Kevins 1st time in an arena (Kevin is Brians horse - he did really good for a 4 year old.)



Calf Doctoring:



Wild Cow Milking: It's just as sounds Milking wild cows!




Brian and Kevin:

That's My Girl...

Payton loves to help daddy with the cows. She thinks she is big enough to do it all!

I love the outfits she picks to wear...spurs and all...even pink boots...


"I can do it myself!" is something we hear daily...multiple times...


Daddy's got to count the calves with her...she doesn't do it quite right yet.


I think she has heard me tell Cody how to drive...she kept saying, "Two hands on the wheel, watch the road!". FYI, she was only driving in the field...not the main road.

High Adventure

Last month Cody went on a High Adventure trip to Colorado to hike and take on the Royal Gorge white water. He was so excited...until he picked up his backpack that weighed somewhere around 50 pounds. They ended up having a great time. Brian drove up for the last couple of days and rafted with them. I will post more pictures if I can find anyone that went on the trip and took a camera!

Latest Creations...

Here are few things I have been working on lately! Just thought I would share.
Pink Cat's eye Pasi:


Matching Pink Paci and baby bracelet:


Allsport Paci Clip:


Blessing Bracelet:


Pink Cat's Eye and Swarovski Crystal:


Sterling Silver Baby Bracelet:

Weekend Project

Payton LOVES to swing. So, for her birthday Brian and I bought her a swing set....well, Brian bought it, I put it together. She was so excited! She wanted to help so bad so I let her hammer some of the t-nuts into a couple of the boards. For all of you moms who know who Handy Manny is, she kept trying to put a pencil behind her ear while she helped me saying,"Mom, I want to be Handy Manny!" Sometimes she is so cute!

Here's a picture of her helping hammer...she actually did a really good job.


About 3pm...almost there...okay, a little over half way. It was sooo hot!


After about 9-10hours (about 2 hours short of the estimated time to build on the instructions) I finished my weekend project!


Payton probably asked me every 30 minutes if I was done yet! She could hardly stand it. First thing every morning she asks me if she can go swing. I love it.
(Yes, Brian helped, a little...he was at work most of the day then he put the last 5 screws in the slide and helped me attach it. Then, he made me dinner!)