As you all are VERY well aware, yesterday was Halloween. Ryleigh had her twelve month well-baby appointment. She measured 28 inches long and weighed about 18 1/2 pounds. She is a little thing, but she's growing. We have been referred to a dermatologist for her hemangioma on her forehead, also known as a birthmark or as my family called mine, a strawberry. Her new Dr. says that between 12-18 months it will most likely grow a lot before it actually starts to "sink in." I didn't like that news. It's already big. Of course, they will continue to monitor it during this time frame. They said they will monitor it by taking photographs and measuring it. It has grown 2 millimeters since her last appointment. The Dr. said that she will very quickly learn the word 'hemangioma' as she gets older. This dr. says that hers seems to be a combination of 2 types of hemangiomas. These two types are: strawberry hemangiomas, which are slightly raised, red birthmarks and can appear anywhere on the body; or cavernous hemangiomas, which are a deeper birthmark characterized by a bluish color. Ryleigh's is both red and ever so slightly blue. We'll keep you all updated with what dermatology has to say about it all. 
OKAY. So, Halloween. The kids had so much fun trick or treating. Austyn learned to say "Trick or treat. Smell my feet. Give me something." That's as far as he got with it. lol. It was very cute. He did surprisingly well, and was only scared a couple of times by scary masks. When he would see something scary, he would just keep backing up. One kid was really sweet about it, and took off his mask, and said, see, its just me. I'm a kid. I'm not scary. And he apologized. One of the guys handing out candy also took his mask off so Austyn wouldn't be scared. 
Taylor on the other hand was surprisingly brave. He went into two haunted houses alone and nothing seemed to scare him! And then there was Ryleigh. She got two pieces of candy! LOL. She just laid back in the stroller and played with her glow stick. We didn't go very far from home and only stayed out for an hour. About 45 minutes into trick or treating Austyn was tired of walking. Taylor sat in the driveway and passed out candy to the other trick or treaters. Austyn was super excited to have seen 3 spidermen! It doesn't take much to excite a 2 year old! Anyway. We all had a good time. And like Mark and I always say every single year....We should really dress up next year! So, we'll see. Maybe we will, and then again, we might not.
Taylor on the other hand was surprisingly brave. He went into two haunted houses alone and nothing seemed to scare him! And then there was Ryleigh. She got two pieces of candy! LOL. She just laid back in the stroller and played with her glow stick. We didn't go very far from home and only stayed out for an hour. About 45 minutes into trick or treating Austyn was tired of walking. Taylor sat in the driveway and passed out candy to the other trick or treaters. Austyn was super excited to have seen 3 spidermen! It doesn't take much to excite a 2 year old! Anyway. We all had a good time. And like Mark and I always say every single year....We should really dress up next year! So, we'll see. Maybe we will, and then again, we might not.
Taylor as the Grim Reaper, Austyn as a skeleton and Ryleigh as an Angel. (By the way...she HATED her costume! Maybe a little devil would have been more fitting? LOL) 
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