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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Austin do you stink? No that is the ZOO!!!!


Hello all,

Austin went to the zoo today with his friend Aidan. We all had a blast. The boys really seemed to enjoy it. It was overcast so it wasn't too hot. There were a lot of bees though. His favorite part of the zoo this this time was the petting zoo. This was his first time to the petting zoo. He loved the animals. When Austin wants the dogs to kiss him he puts his head down so they can kiss his head. He was doing that with the animals at the petting zoo. Uncle Alan was worried because the animals had horns!!!

On the medical end we are doing good. We go back to Dr. Patel's office tomorrow for blood count check. Dr. Patel feels we will start his meds next week. The side effects are flu like symptoms, dryness, and platelets to drop. We have to give it to him two times a day in apple sauce. I have already trained Austin to eat applesauce with breakfast and dinner. So hopefully it will all go smooth.

He has been doing very well in his new toddler bed. He has gone down to one nap a day and going to bed at 8 p.m. He usually gets up between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. He has been on whole milk for two days no and no signs of lactose intolerant. I think he likes the whole milk. His favorite snack right now are club crackers. Which he loves to eat while sitting on his little sofa and watching the Wiggles. Which by the way we are going to see the Wiggles next Wednesday. He is starting to get up and dance with them now. In the car we listen to the Wiggles too. He loves to sing his version!! His favorite song right now is Fruit Salad. LOL!

As you can see in the pictures Austin's hair is coming in. It was coming in dark but now it has started to lighten up.

Well I hope everyone has a good weekend and we will talk to ya'll all soon!!

Elizabeth