MRI Number Two

Sorry this is a day late, the whole thing took way longer than we thought, we will not be going back to that one again.
We got there a few mins before 11:30 which is when the appointment was, she was suppose to be scanned at 12. Once we signed in the secertary said the were running a little behind. It didn't seem to bad right most offices run a little late (by the way she was one of the few nice ladies there). So we sat and waited, and waited. They finally called us back at about 1 o'clock to have M checked out(ie temp, blood pressure). This took WAY longer than it had to. The lady was ok, but mind you by this point M hadn't eaten for way over 14hrs and only had 1 oz of pedilyte before we left, she was getting very fussy and tired. Once that was done we had to sit in another waiting room and wait for the dr to see if we had questions and go over M's information. Though we did find out that daddy is going to have to make her a little ballerina bar w/mirror, cuz they had one there and she was having a ball w/it. At 1:45 the Dr finally came in, said all was good and to get her ready. So the nurse took her from us to get her IV ready....I wasn't to happy about that, but dealt. Then we waited in ANOTHER waiting room til they called us on this phone in the waiting room to tell us she was waiting up.....Or we thought. We had waited about 1 1/2hrs when the secertary lady came in the door to tell us that M had just gotten out and they would call us when she's wakes up. So we waited, and waited, they finally call us and we get to go see her and she was already awake. That didn't make me to happy, but there wasn't much we could do then....I wanted us to be there while she was waking up, that's what happened for her last MRI. That nurse was really nice and friendly. Daddy got M to eat 2oz and they said that was good, and let us go home. By the time we left it was almost 4pm, hubby and I were both really tired, I had a huge headache, so we just picked up food on the way home and vegged the rest of the night. My headache got so bad I had to lay down and ended up falling asleep for an hr. It was a very LONG day. But M did good the rest of the night and today. She has been coughing since then but we think it's just from teething, I did call the dr to be sure and they think the same thing.

School's in the Future

N had his school appointment today, my poor head was spinning for quite a few hours after. I think it went good, thought it was more of an evaluation to see which school and program he should be in. They want him to go to the school down the street-very nice and convent for Mommy. The preschool is a full time program-5 days all day just like a regular school program(ie 1st grade). That part we are not sure about yet. One problem/issue(really the main one) is that daddy's 3 days off are all during the week, so this would really cut into the time he gets to spend w/Daddy. The other issue is how long that is for a 3yr old. It seems like a lot, besides the last month N was in daycare he hated it. He would start crying as soon as we turned the corner towards the center and when I picked him up he would have his blanket and kitty in hand and be pushing me out of the room wanting to go home. We are also not ready to push school on him THAT much.
The school district is really nice and said it could be flexible since 1)it's a voluntary program and 2)it's not really a "real" school(ie 1st grade). On Monday we meet the teacher, learn about her programs, and get to ask her questions. We talked about it(and got some feed back from Cole-thanks sis!) and we are going to just have him go 5 days til after lunch. We don't want him to miss to much time w/Daddy and we feel that's just to much for him. Later, in a few months we may decide to let him stay all day 2 of the days, but for now I think the 5 half days is more than enough. The speech teacher will also meet w/him once or twice a week, at school. Some of it will be one on one other times it will be whole class teachings. Overall I was very happy with how it went a little overwhelmed but happy.
Now I just have to make it through tomorrow and the rest of the week is a breeze!

First OT appointment

M had OT today it was good. The therapist, was really nice and easy to talk to. She said what I've been telling everyone...When you look at her you can't tell anything is wrong, but if you tried to move her arm(or leg) or really watch how she does things then you can tell something is a little off. That was nice to hear. Anyways, my thinking she pinches weird was right on(I just couldn't tell you why before).

Take your first finger and thumb and pinch them together that's normal your fingers are curved and make like a little oval/circle-now straighten both of those fingers and pinch, that's how M does it. It's cuz she's not really using her thumbs (if you did the above then you could feel the difference and how your thumb wasn't really doing as much). She is trying to use her fingers to do everything and using her thumb more as a guard.

I also found out she crawls funny(well, that's what I'm calling it now) I couldn't tell til she said anything...That's way she's the therapist;). M crawls on her pinkie and side of her hand. Most babies(and they are suppose to) crawl using their whole hand. This puts presser on their thumb muscle, which helps make it stronger which then helps to hold heavy things and things in general. Our homework is to massage her thumb muscles and give her toys that make her wrap her thumb around it(ie markers, rattles) and big soft toys will also help(ie squishie balls). M also needs to keep doing her Yoga Ball exercise(she stands up to a Yoga Ball and holds on to it trying to balance), this not only helps straighten the leg and arm muscles(and builds balance) but the thumb muscles too, go figure. She LOVES that exercise anyways so there shouldn't be any problems getting her to do that. The massage will be a little harder since she's not a big fan of you messing w/her arms or hands. She will have OT once a month(that's what Wendy OK'd which is fine I don't think she needs more than that right now). Today I also scheduled her spinal MRI it will be on Wednesday. I'm a little nervous since she'll have to be sedated again, but hopefully we will get some answers. So that's the news from here!

Updates

Today N and M had well visits w/the doctor and we got our favorite one which is good, but it was a little crazy for the poor doctor.

N first

His appointment went really well. He is now 37 in(40th%) and 32lb 8oz(50th%). The doctor's only concern was with his speech, but since we were already working on getting him into the school district he wasn't worried. He did really go w/the exam, did everything the doctor asked and seemed to be having a good old time. N didn't need any shots so he was good to go after that!

Now M

Her appointment also went good. Her hip xray came back normal (Yeah!). She is 29in(80th%) and 21lb 15 oz(90th%). Again the only concerns the doctor had was w/her not wanting to cruise or clanging toys together, but that's what she has the two therapist for so he was happy with that. While we were talking about her, M stood by herself for a good 20sec the longest she's ever gone it's usually only 5sec, that was pretty cool. Also since I last posted she had gotten 2 more teeth. That was yesterday which makes it 5 teeth in 3 days!!! That's got to be some kind of record.

Well I'm off to bed it's late here in Florida and I have to wake up early to clean the house since I just found out on my way to work tonight that one of M's therapist will be here in the morning.

THREE MORE!

For the last 4 days(though the last 2 weeks haven't been so great either), M has been a bear. She will not let me go too far away from her, and hasn't been sleeping through the night. I could tell a few new teeth were coming in, and by Friday I was praying they would hurry up. Yesterday was the worse day yet! She had to be w/in 4 ft of me if not on me the whole day. She was also on Tylenol and Motrin continuously all day. You could so tell when one was wearing off she would start crying and would be even more clingy, I felt so bad for her. Friday night she was waking up every 45mins til we finally put her in the bed w/us so she wouldn't wake up N, then of course she slept for 6 hrs w/out a peep. I of course couldn't sleep at all cuz every time the girl moves I wake up, and she moves A LOT(I wonder were she gets that from*cough*). Last night was better she only cried twice and just needed some Tylenol or Motrin and she was back to sleep. Today I worked, pretty much all day, so it was get up, get dressed, and off to Grandpa's to drop off the kids, then off to work. Needless to say I didn't get to check her teeth, or see how she was today. Well, once I got home, she was in a great mood, so I tried to see if any had come in yet, and she got THREE(with #4 coming tomorrow or the next day) new teeth!! They just cut through so you can't really see see them, but you can feel the sharpness. I can't believe it the poor little thing, she now has 5 teeth!

The Purse

A long time ago(when I still worked at Carson's) I bought this purse and w/it came this little coin purse that was a little mini of the purse itself. The purse has been gone for many years now, but the coin purse has stayed it's a great size. For a long time I used it to hold all the business cards we got. Then N got a hold of it and use to put his cell phone in so he could hang it on a door or cabinet. Then when M came along I used it to hold her comb and hair bows. It was the PERFECT size. For Christmas she got this M that you hang on the wall and it has 2 ribbons hanging down that you clip hair bows to. So I put all her clips on that(and that is MUCH easier to find when I'm trying to put her clips away!!) I didn't want to throw the little purse away so I just put it in w/all the "doll" stuff they have, figuring it was a good size for dolls. M has other ideas.......

She puts in on.

She crawls around w/it on.

And tries to play while it's still on.She does this AT LEST 2 times a day. It's quite entertaining!

Frango's

Frango's o'wonderful Frango's How I've missed you!

Frango's in my family was a VERY special treat. My mom only bought them for my dad on his birthday/father's day and Christmas. The only other time was if we visited my Great Uncle Harry, cuz he lives downtown by the main Marshall Field's, that's were you could get the freshest Frango's. It was always the same kind the one's in the green box(dark chocolate) and 1lb. Tony and I where not aloud to have any unless my dad said it was OK(since it was his present) and trust me they knew if you had one. I swear they would count them. And yes I know I'm not a chocolate person, I will maybe eat 2 M&M's every 2 months and I HATE fudge or Dark Chocolate, but Frango's I will eat....OK only one a day, but still! Back to the story, so you can only get these from Marshall Field's which is all up north......Til this Christmas, when I walked into a Macy's and saw them(they are now sister companies someone bought someone else out I wasn't really paying attention)! At the time we were on a tight budget cuz of the holidays so I skipped them, well Thursday I took the kids to the mall so they could play in the play area and had totally forgot about them. At this mall I always park at the Macy's(not really sure why every other mall it's JCPenny), and as we were walking through they had the Valentine display up, and I just had to get myself a small box. Which by the way, I so know way my mom only got them twice a year the little box was $7!! So once we got home and they were nice and cold(I have no clue why this started, but they are much better from the fridge), I got one and let N have one! WELL.......I think I created a monster......He LOVES them. I've caught him 3 times just today going to try and get one. O'course I'm a mean mommy and only let him have one a day.

Here is one time.
He didn't want to give the box back!

3 Years!

Well yesterday my little boy turned 3! Three
years ago we were in the hospital holding our little newborn and now I'm chasing this little boy all over the house. It's so amazing how he's grown. Yesterday N, M and I went up to the mall so Ncould make a Build-A-Bear. Grandma and Papa meet us there so they could give N his present and spend sometime with him. He got his V.Smile system, more on that in a bit. So we had lunch then it was off the build a bear. Since we had the coupon we let N pick which ever one he wanted even the most expensive would be half off, plus we were saving up for this trip. What did he pick the most expensive a cheetah, go figure. The lines there were silly they had one girl filling the animals and 4 lady's on the registers. Which if you ask me they should have had 2 filling, the check out wasn't that bad. Anyways, N got pretty board so by the time we got to fill his cheetah he really didn't want to do the whole heart thing. For all of you who haven't gone there they do this little "dance and saying" with a heart that then goes into the animal before it's stuffed.

You're suppose to....
Rub the heart and give it a wish
put it to your knee
put it to your arm
put it to your head
then jump up and down and turn around

Each step does something, but I wasn't really listening to that I was trying to get N to do the movement. We got half way and I just told the girl forget it he wasn't interested and I wasn't about to worry about it. After that we went to pick out and outfit for the cheetah, but of course the wonderful bear car was still sitting on the floor like it was 6 months ago and N wanted nothing but the car. The thing is $30 I'm not about to pay that for some stuffed car that I know as soon as we get home he will not play with. So Mommy just picked out a tank and swim shorts. I was going to get M's bear a new outfit, but N wasn't really listening to well after I told him no car, that we just paid and left. I didn't even do the Cheetah's birth form! After that Mommy got her Gloria Jeans!!! I miss them so much! Then N got to play in the play area for a while. Then it was back home. Hubby got off early so he got to spend time with N which was nice.

Here is N and his Cheetah

N Giving Cheetah a Kiss

N finally got to play his V.Smile last night. He really seems to like it. I just have to find the games that are easiest till he get the hang of it. He played a little tonight too, and was doing pretty good. The only thing is I have to sit right by him and "play" with him(encouraging him helping him in which way to go) so I started to just ask him questions and "make" him do more work. So by the end he was happy as long as I was there watching him when he did something right (ie go the correct direction or jump).

Nathan's Party

It was a little crazy getting ready this morning, but it was a great day! N had fun, we only had a few friends over, but they played with the kitchen then we went outside and played with the powerwheels for a while which was interesting. Madison even wanted to ride one! He got a XXL bowling set, some wood puzzles, 2 games for his Vsmile, a play mixer for his kitchen, and some extra GeoTrax track. In all it was a great day, but now I'm pooped so here are a few pictures to enjoy!

N and S his best friend

M and S

M trying out the Quad

N's cake

N getting the first piece
CUPCAKE!!

Crazy Day

Today has been Crazy! Really the whole week. We had appointments today and tomorrow is N's party. I also had to work last night so I haven't had a lot of time to clean the house or get all the little things I wanted to done. I feel like all I've been doing it running around the last few days.
Anyways, today wasn't to much better. I had a few hours this morning to clean and straighten then I had to get the diaper bag ready so M and I could go to her appointments. Grandpa watched N for me so I didn't have to worry about him too. Which was really nice, plus, I'm sure he had more fun with Grandpa then he would have with us. So at 12:15 we left to head to the hospital(15mins later then I wanted to). We made pretty good time, I think we got there about 1:15. So first stop X-Rays. That was fun! M doesn't like to be laid down on anything other than beds or carpet. And by doesn't like I mean HATES!!! It's usually a scream fests when I do have to like at the mall, so needless to say she wasn't happy when I had to lay her on a metal bed w/out her pants or diaper. Then I had to hold her legs straight, that position wasn't so hard. Now mind you she has high muscle tone so she's VERY strong. After the legs being straight she had to have her legs in the frog leg position. Which at normal times isn't to had to do, but add in the fact that she's not happy which makes her Hypertonia worse it wasn't good. It took all my might to hold her still. The poor thing was holding on to me for dear life once I picked her up. We were in and out in about 40 mins, which in most cases would have been a great thing, but her Neurologist appointment wasn't til 3:45 which meant we still had 2 hours to kill. I hadn't eaten so we ended up getting back in the car and driving around til I found somewhere to eat. You would think with the hospital and a college right there there would be more food places around. All I found was 2 sit downs and a subway that's it!! Subway only killed about 45mins, but the driving around was about 20 so I still had some time, but we headed back anyways, I figured maybe we would get in early. The wait at the neurologist wasn't to bad. There was another kid there who just turned 2 and M was fascinated by him. Then again everyone fascinates her. I'm not really sure what his disability was I'm guessing either SBS or CP, but he was a cutie, he was even trying to flirt with M. The appointment it's self went good. The doctor was very happy to see her crawling and pulling herself up. She still wants M to have the spinal MRI, and she also wants her to have Occupational Therapy. What that is I'm not 100% sure, I'm trying to find out. I do know it has to do w/helping her grab at things better. I told the doctor about how she pinches things and grabs at things, it's sort of like a little robot, and she wants her to have help with that. The doctor also noticed that her left side seems to be getting "tighter"then her right, which is one of the reason's she still wants the MRI done. We are to continue with the physical therapy, and she's fine with it just being once a month, so that's good. The appointment wasn't very long we were out of there by 4:10. On the way home I did have to stop at Publix to get some fruit that I forgot. I'm making this fruit salsa that sounds really good, plus I figured it was a little healthier. Right now that is in the fridge, it's suppose to chill for 6-24hrs. It has sweet peppers in it, can I tell you those things are nasty(in a good way), I chopped them up at lest 1.5hrs ago washed my hands 3 times since then(if not more) and I still have the "juice" on my hands! My nose is very itchy(cuz of all the dusting today) and my eyes are dry and every time I touch either one they burn for AT LEST 5 mins it's driving me nutty! Well, the kids are finally out I better go finish cleaning I'm going to swiffer the floors and maybe put up the streamers tonight!

I almost forgot the other good news today....the school district called when I was in the X-Ray with M so I called them back and N was approved for their program. He will be going to the preschool that is right down the street. That will be nice, cuz if I have I wanted I could walk there, though it is a bit of a hike and I have to try and cross our busy street, but still it's really close! The only thing is they don't have a speech program at that school, so he'll have to either go to a different school once a week or have someone come to the house. We have a meeting with them at the end of the month so we'll figure it out then. But he has been talking more. I made him his picture book and it really seems to be helping. He really likes it to! He even has been looking at all his other books, which is good since we have so many. Not that I'm complaining! I LOVE having all the books, he just never wanted anything to do with them, unless of course it was I Love You This Much He loves that book. I'm off, I'll write tomorrow about N's party!

Getting So Big!

Today M is 9 months old! I can't believe how big she's getting! She LOVES talking! On Christmas she said her first word.....NO! It's quite funny, you ask her a question like, you want to go in the living room and you could get a NO. She's not doing it every time just some of the time you ask her a question. She says Dadda and Mamma but not really to us just says it to talk. She's going to be such a social butterfly. The girl loves to talk on the phone every time I'm on the phone she's looking at it like well aren't you going to let me talk? And she's always watching new people. And usually likes it when they talk to her.

Well here is her 9 Month Pictures!
There are two, I'm not sure which one I'm going to use as her "Official" 9 month picture yet they are both cute.

Welcome 2008!

Happy New Year Everyone!

A day late. It's been a little crazy around here. I've been sick since Friday with this "cold" that everyone at my work has gotten. It's a crazy thing, first your sinus' get all congested for 2-3 days, then you lose your voice for 3 days. That's what's happened to everyone at work. So for me it's been

a box of tissues
3 naps over the last 5 days(it would have been more if hubby was off more)
3 nights of NyQuil
Tons of water
6 cups of Vanilla Coffee
2 days out of work
2 nose bleeds(in one day mind you)
5 days of being in bed by 10pm

I'm still super tired, and coughing. Today I've been losing my voice. What a great way to ring in the new year! And today N has been coughing so I hope he's not getting it to!

Other than that our New Year has been going pretty good. I finally finished my first Sample Dress it's still a little big on M, but that's OK!

M showing off the dress

Alice in Wonderland pose!

I put a zipper on it, but I still don't feel that great about doing zippers so I'm going to try and make one that has buttons on the straps so you can 1)adjust it 2)no zipper!

I also made the flower on a pin so you can move it. Which I think is a cute add on. I'm also going to make one into a hair clip!

Flower on the strap

Now I just have to come out with a price! I have a few ideas I'm just not sure if they are to high or to low of a price.

Well, I'm off for another nap.