My first attempt at making videos.  I hope to get better as time passes and I have more practice.  It was actually alot of fun to make and I have all sorts of ideas running in my head now about what I want to do.  I LOVE MACs.  

So...we made it back from FL in one piece and with sanity in check!  Is it wrong that I was a little worried?  Two two year-olds trapped on a plane was a little intimidating for me but they did much better than I anticipated.  The way down was a little crazy toward the end but the way back was much better.  Bray slept almost the entire flight on the way home.  They had a good time meeting their "Cousin Raegan" and seeing Leigh Anne, Karen and Nanny.  They also slept fine in the hotel.  Even though we were gone for four days it seemed like a short trip because basically two whole days were spent traveling.  We had a low-key first day just hanging out together and then the second day we went to Gatorland.  They had a BLAST!  The whole way home they kept saying that they "rode Thomas" (or Momas as they both call him).  I will try to post some pictures from our trip in the next post.

I took Bray to the doctor today to see about his breathing issues.  I can't remember if I wrote about it before but he goes into coughing fits after alot of activity and he had one at school last week where he had trouble catching his breath.  Bray + Doctor = Lots of Screaming (the entire time).  He hates the doctor.  I thought he would be a little better this time because we have spent alot of time talking about doctors and reading a book about Elmo going to see the doctor.  I also brought his "papi" (pacifier) and "inkie" (blanket) but none of these things really seemed to make much of a difference.  The doctor always nice about it but he must find it challenging to really think with a SCREAMING child.  I guess he's used to it?  Anyway, it turns out that he most likely has exercise-induced asthma but we will not know "for sure" until they can run some tests.  However, because of Bray's age and his issues with going to the doctor, the doc doesn't think there is any way in the world that he would be "cooperative" with the tests.  Yes, doctor, I absolutely agree 100%.  So, we did alot of talking about the symptoms and family history and he listened to his lungs for a long time.  We have an inhaler to use if he goes into another coughing fit after activity.  Dr. Edwards said that not all people with asthma have the classic wheezing and that many have a large amount of coughing.  So, the sound of his lungs + the family history (John had asthma as a child) + the episodes of coughing he has at home and at school = a diagnosis of activity induced asthma and the inhalers.  We'll see if it helps.  I sure hope it does.  It's actually a really cute inhaler with a little Duckie mask.  I might try to take a picture of it.  Brayden asked about his brother many times during our trip to the doctor and apparently Luke did as well (he was with Shannon).  I think they really find it odd to be separated.  Very interesting.  Did I mention Dr. Edwards is one fine looking man?  Just had to get that one in there.

John's parents will come for a visit tomorrow.  Unfortunately John is out of town and will not be back until Saturday.  Kind of a bummer since his parents will be here.  I hope to get a few things done around the house while they are here.  We'll see....