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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Self driving car for only $1,830 extra
I just saw the coolest thing on Slashdot. Apparently GM is going to be ready to introduce a self-driving car by 2008. It's interesting... I've always thought that the basics of navigating a decently straight stretch of road (like most of my drive to work) wouldn't be too difficult. They call this "advanced cruise control". It's sounds pretty cool, but how do you take this kind of system and go the rest of the way to have an entirely automated commute? I would think you'd need to have some kind of transmitters along the road to indicate the status of upcoming traffic signals and then there's even more complex situations like construction detours and navigating around accidents... and then there's pedestrians. Yeah, this "advanced cruise control" may hit the streets in a few years, but it'll be a long time before we're living like the people in The 6th Day.
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I paid $3.00 a gallon this morning and that's going to be cheap for awhile. This is just NUTS! I can clearly remember paying $0.89 a gallon when I started driving. That wasn't that long ago. Times sure have changed.
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Emma's 18 Month Checkup
Today Emma had her 18 month check up! She is doing great she weighs 20 pounds 14 ounces, is 31 inches long, and is right on track where she should be developmentally and physically. The doctor was a little concerned because she hasn't gained weight since her 15 month appointment. We will take her back in a week to see if she gained weight.
We had our second class of Jungle Gym and she had such a great time! I will be posting pictures tonight or tomorrow!
Maddy is doing ok, she has started crying for long periods of time again. I am not sure what we are going to do. She seems to cry an awful lot and nothing I do makes her feel better. Hopefully she will start to get better soon. I am thinking about starting her on rice cereal soon because that helped Emma with her reflux and once we started the cereal her crying stopped. Hopefully the same will happen with Madison.
We had our second class of Jungle Gym and she had such a great time! I will be posting pictures tonight or tomorrow!
Maddy is doing ok, she has started crying for long periods of time again. I am not sure what we are going to do. She seems to cry an awful lot and nothing I do makes her feel better. Hopefully she will start to get better soon. I am thinking about starting her on rice cereal soon because that helped Emma with her reflux and once we started the cereal her crying stopped. Hopefully the same will happen with Madison.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Busy Weekend For Emma!!
Wow, our Miss Emma had a big weekend! Saturday she had her first Jungle Gym class, and she really enjoyed it! She had so much fun doing all the activities and playing on the equipment. I can't wait to see her next time. On Sunday she had her first "Ouch" report in Sunday School at church. She got hit in the head with a toy, but she made it out ok! Then our little girl had her first haircut! She did soooo well, I was very surprised. We went to a place called Cartoon Cuts, it was great that they cater to kids. At every station they have a TV so the kids have something to focus on, guess what Emma got to watch, The Wiggles of course. It could not have been better, she kept her eyes on The Wiggles the entire time and I don't think she even noticed the lady cutting her hair, she even let her blow dry her hair. Our little girl is growing so fast.
Pictures are up on my site of both events this weekend(both are under the gallery called Children). I will be adding more to Jungle Gym whenever we go! Also, more in the Emma gallery and Madison!
Pictures are up on my site of both events this weekend(both are under the gallery called Children). I will be adding more to Jungle Gym whenever we go! Also, more in the Emma gallery and Madison!
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I've never seen Emma smile so big. I guess you all had a great time in the Jungle class. I had not heard it before but it seems worth it. Great pictures by the way! It's hard to believe little Emma is already getting her hair cut and is such a natural.
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Mall of America
Since tonight was my last night here, I decided to brave the Mall of America. It can't be that big right? Sure. When I first got there I was shocked at the amount of parking. Two seven story parking garages? I entered through Sears because that's where I found a spot. Pretty standard, really. Nothing too special about the Sears. It did span three floors, but it was just Sears. When I got into the main mall though it was clear it was pretty big. The Galleria is big, but it's pretty much just one long stretch of mall. This reminded me a little of the Galleria, except it was the size of the Galleria on each side -- and there are 4 sides. I'd heard about the roller coaster, but I wasn't prepared for the full-on amusement park in the center, Camp Snoopy. They also have the "world's largest underground aquarium." I didn't go see it though, and I have no idea how many other underground aquariums there are, so it may not have been that substantial. I found something to bring back for Casey, Emma and Madison after waling around each floor at least once, and of course I took a lot of pictures. It'll probably be forever before I get the pictures posted though because I'm not nearly as fast as Casey is. :-)
Tomorrow I go home. Hooray!
Tomorrow I go home. Hooray!
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I am glad you got to go the Mall of America, maybe one day I will get to go as well. I am so excited you come home today!!! We can't wait!
I only post pics fast b/c I don't do as much to them as you do. My pictures aren't the greatest and you can tell that when you look at them. Yours are always amazing.
I like Casey's pictures. They great and it doesn't hurt that your subjects are so cute. I hope Chris road the roller coaster!
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Maddy is 3 Months Old!
Wow, tomorrow my youngest princess will be 3 months old. I can't believe it, how could 3 months go by so fast? I felt like the last 3 months of pregnancy took forever but these flew by. It makes me sad to think my girl is growing so fast. I can't believe that it has been well over a year since Chris and I decided we wanted to have another baby and now we have a 3 month old. I remember testing everyday for a week and getting negative and finally on my birthday I saw a faint positive, the next day I tested again and got a darker line, I was so excited. This was the best birthday gift I could ever have gotten! Every day this little Angel puts a smile on my face. I am so thanful and blessed to have two wonderful daughters.
I love being a mommy!
I love being a mommy!
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Progress...
The people here are nice and it's been an interesting week. Today the group took me out to lunch at Big Bowl. You know, the asian chain that pretty much closed down and moved out of DFW not too long after moving in? Here they're actually good. I had Hot Pepper Shrimp and it was great! I have no idea what gets lost in translation when they move south, it's not like it's another country or something.Only a little more than 24 hours before I'm home.... Home. The photo is a shot I took at the beginning of the month when Emma was just playing with Maddy. I love the opposite positioning of the girls and the way Emma's hair lays out on the blanket. No posing was done for this! :-)
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I am counting down, I miss you sweetie!
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I love that pic of the girls, they are the cutest little girls in the world. I love them so much
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
My other half is gone :(
I am so sad without Chris, I miss him soooo much. I can't wait until Friday night when he comes home. I feel like a part of me is gone when he isn't here. I can tell the girls miss him too, we all do. I never realied just how much I need him, I need him more than anything. I love him so much, please make Friday come soon.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Family
I read a site that Casey sent me a link to tonight about the story of a baby who was shaken and severely injured by a nurse. I had such a strong reaction to it... if anyone every did anything to hurt Casey or Madison or Emma I don't think I could control myself. That person better hope that the police got to them before I did... I may not be a big guy by any means but I can tell you the outcome wouldn't be good. Vigilante justice isn't the right thing to do but I just know that I wouldn't be able to handle it the right way without someone intervening. Even though it wasn't my child I was reading about I immediately got angry when I read it.
Things are going well here in Minneapolis with work, but I miss home more than anything. I was frustrated because it seemed that I wasn't able to be effective yesterday due to a situation that wasn't in my control. If I wasn't going to be able to help I didn't know what the use was of taking me away from home for a week. However, today the situation was resolved and things have dramatically improved. At least since I know that I'm able to fulfill my purpose for being here I can get some satisfaction out of the trip. I don't mind flying, I don't mind the idea of travel itself, only the fact that I'm away from my family gets to me. It gets to me enough to make me want to avoid travel whenever possible. I really like my job and I want to do whatever is necessary. I really like the extra satisfaction of how productive I can be working directly with the team here. But, it doesn't even touch the scale of satisfaction I get for just being with my family on even the "worst" days.
Things are going well here in Minneapolis with work, but I miss home more than anything. I was frustrated because it seemed that I wasn't able to be effective yesterday due to a situation that wasn't in my control. If I wasn't going to be able to help I didn't know what the use was of taking me away from home for a week. However, today the situation was resolved and things have dramatically improved. At least since I know that I'm able to fulfill my purpose for being here I can get some satisfaction out of the trip. I don't mind flying, I don't mind the idea of travel itself, only the fact that I'm away from my family gets to me. It gets to me enough to make me want to avoid travel whenever possible. I really like my job and I want to do whatever is necessary. I really like the extra satisfaction of how productive I can be working directly with the team here. But, it doesn't even touch the scale of satisfaction I get for just being with my family on even the "worst" days.
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I couldn't imagine what I would do if that happened to one of my girls. I am so thankful our girls are safe and healthy. I will pray for that sweet innocent baby.
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Monday, August 22, 2005
18 Months Old
My baby is going to be 18 months old tomorrow. I can't believe it, how did time go by so fast? It feels like yesterday that Chris and I discussed the fact I might be pregnant, I threw a pie at him and that isn't usually my style. I remember getting up at 5 am on June 17th 2003 to take the test and was shocked when it showed positive right away. We weren't planning this and weren't expecting it, I was on the pill and didn't even miss a day of the pills. I was so excited though, I knew that it was right and God would guide us, and he did. Then on February 23rd I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She has changed my life so much and I thank God each and every day for her. Wow 18 months old, I can't believe it!
For those who don't know we didn't get pregnant by accident twice our Miss Madison was planned and it actually took us a couple months to get pregnant. We wanted them close together and I am so glad we did it that way! I will post things about Madison later this week, she turns 3 months on the 26th.
The picture is Emma doing a new trick she learned today, climbing on the coffee table
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18 months... time really is flying by. And as for being on the coffee table, it's better than her climbing up the chairs to get onto the dining room table! Our little monkey.
She can get away with it though because she's just so darn cute. I also love that Casey has her own camera. These updates are even better with pictures.
Wow, it's gone by so quickly. Before we know it, it'll be Maddy climbing on that coffe table. Btw, Mary climbed onto our kitchen table yesterday. Naughty naughty.
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Minneapolis
This week I'm in Minnesota for work. I'm here to help our newest client integrate our product with one that they just built. What does that mean I'll actually be doing? I have no idea. Today will definitely be interesting.
Minnesota is different from what I imagined. The landscape reminds me of Louisiana since it's almost marshy and has more trees than I've seen in a long time. Oh, the temperature yesterday when I got here wass 73 degrees! I knew it'd be cooler going this far north, but 73 degrees at the heat of the day in August? It's crazy! Maybe that's atypical... we'll see.
I miss Casey and the girls like crazy already. I don't get to go home until Friday, so I'm afraid this will be a looooong week. At least I can talk to Casey whenever I want, but it's weird waking up alone in the morning.
Well, I gotta go shower and iron my very wrinkled clothes.
Minnesota is different from what I imagined. The landscape reminds me of Louisiana since it's almost marshy and has more trees than I've seen in a long time. Oh, the temperature yesterday when I got here wass 73 degrees! I knew it'd be cooler going this far north, but 73 degrees at the heat of the day in August? It's crazy! Maybe that's atypical... we'll see.
I miss Casey and the girls like crazy already. I don't get to go home until Friday, so I'm afraid this will be a looooong week. At least I can talk to Casey whenever I want, but it's weird waking up alone in the morning.
Well, I gotta go shower and iron my very wrinkled clothes.
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I go out to Louisiana all the time and I guess I should just skip Minnesota. I get enough of the dense foliage and swamps on a regular basis. I have a feeling the will fly by if they can keep your busy enough.
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Favorite Movie
I have decided that one of my favorite movies is Return to Me! Lisa let me borrow her copy and it took me forever to give it back. I was suprised at how good it was and I still want to watch it over and over again even though the 2 weeks that I borrowed it I watched it at least 6 times! My other favorite movies would be Disney so I don't really count those. I am interested in what everyone's favorite movie is. What is yours?
Here are some pictures I thought I would put in for kicks
Here are some pictures I thought I would put in for kicks
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I'm going to go with Love Absolutely. Very cute British movie...not for kids but funny, romantic, and fast.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Madison Rolled Over!!!
That's right, our baby girl rolled over from her back to her stomach! We weren't expecting it at all. Chris put her down on the floor while he made a bottle and she decided to roll over, she did it twice!
I got a new camera today that is just for me! I now have my own site for putting the pictures I take, they wont be anywhere near as good as what Chris' are but oh well. The link is on the side of our webpage under photos. The pictures aren't the greatest but I will get better and these are more of me learning how to use the camera and upload the pictures. I am so excited
I got a new camera today that is just for me! I now have my own site for putting the pictures I take, they wont be anywhere near as good as what Chris' are but oh well. The link is on the side of our webpage under photos. The pictures aren't the greatest but I will get better and these are more of me learning how to use the camera and upload the pictures. I am so excited
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That camera takes great pictures! Emma has changed so much lately. She's really starting to grow up and now Madison is starting to roll over. Those girls...
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The Jungle Gym
Today we took Emma to an open house at "The Jungle Gym" (warning: the web site isn't great). She's now enrolled for the 16 week semester and she gets to have 1 structured and 1 non-structured class per week. What is this, you ask? Well, it's pretty much like Gymboree. For those of you who still have no clue, they are age-appropriate movement classes where Emma gets to go play with other kids her age and learn new songs and dances and other fun stuff.
Our hope is that our kids turn out to be at least a little less introverted than we were in school. I feel like my younger years would have been better if I'd been better at meeting people and making new friends. Anyone have any input?
Our hope is that our kids turn out to be at least a little less introverted than we were in school. I feel like my younger years would have been better if I'd been better at meeting people and making new friends. Anyone have any input?
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I am so excited for Emma and I am also hoping that it helps me get better at meeting new people. I still have issues with it :(
I say get her a little yellow stop watch. That worked for us! I still think you'll the coolest kid with that thing. This also sounds like a great chance for Emma and Casey.
I think the fact that you thought I was cool with that yellow stopwatch in first grade says less about making friends and being social and more about how wierd we both are. :-)
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Monday, August 15, 2005
Prayers For Kristen
Please pray for Kristen tomorrow. She takes her nursing state boards tomorrow and she would like all the prayers she can get. I know she will do awesome so lets send some good luck dust her way!!
By the way in case you were wondering having a cold sucks
By the way in case you were wondering having a cold sucks
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Thanks for your prayers! I really appreciate them. The test is over, and I am now playing the waiting game until Thursday morning when I find out the results.
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Sunday, August 14, 2005
A Nice Night Out
Last night we had a nice night out with Doug and Lisa. Emma and Madison stayed at Papa and Grandma's house while we got all dressed up and went to Chamberlain's for dinner. Great lobster and shrimp salad... and that was the best steak I've ever had. Period. Thank goodness for gift certificates. Afterwards we sat and talked at Starbucks for a while. High schoolers are annoying. If you're going to go sit at a Starbuck's, don't go to one in Coppell. If I'd thought it through, I would have known that it'd be swarming with barely dressed teenagers, but we didn't think that through. :-) At Chamberlain's we felt too young for the crowd, at Starbuck's we felt too old. We ended the evening before 10:00 and went home. Yes, we're old. It was a great night though.
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That does look like a great place to eat. What did you get the gift card for? How did the girls act with you both gone for a long evening?
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Friday, August 12, 2005
Bored? Wanna play some games?
Free online games... some (maybe all) are even multiplayer. Sweet.
Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye!!!
Goodbye to all of Emma's pacis. WOOHOOO they are gone and she has done so well with it. I took away the one during the day last week and then at the beginning of the week I took away her car one, this was the hardest and she still whines for it, and last night her bedtime one. She now carries her blankie and doll Daryl around all the time, I will have to get some pictures and post them.
Today we bought Emma a play kitchen, Chris is setting up as I write this and Emma is just having a ball. We will have to get pictures of this as well. Have a great weekend everyone!
Today we bought Emma a play kitchen, Chris is setting up as I write this and Emma is just having a ball. We will have to get pictures of this as well. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Ten Planets?
So did everybody hear about the newly discovered tenth planet in our solar system? This is old news by now, but I hadn't had a chance to blog about it. Pretty crazy stuff... Think about the all the textbooks and stuff that has to be changed. I remember having a solar system placemat while growing up... How confusing is it for kids who may have just learned the names of the nine planets and now there's suddenly 10? I mean "My Very Energetic Mom Just Served Us Nine Planets" doesn't work to remember their names anymore. What's the solar system coming to?!
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It’s worse yet if the temp name sticks...2003 UB313. Now that's just cruel to kids! (Just think of poor Emma and Maddy).
Old news? This is he first that I've heard of it. obviously I don't watcht the news that often anymore!
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
My car's on vacation
I was driving down Legacy on my way home yesterday when my brakes nearly went out. I was coming up to a light pretty fast and the pedal went soft and just kept going closer and closer to the floor. I was barely slowing down when finally the car really started braking with the pedal against the floorboard. I had to head north on 121 to get to the dealership... lots of fun during rush hour with brakes that could go out at any moment. When I got there my brake fluid poured out on to the service floor, and then my journey was done.
They say my car will be ready tomorrow.
Oh, by the way -- Maddy slept all the way through the night last night, we'll see how tonight goes!
They say my car will be ready tomorrow.
Oh, by the way -- Maddy slept all the way through the night last night, we'll see how tonight goes!
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I'm just glad to hear your ok. I've been in a kit car that did that on the road. We had to down shift and switch lanes to slow down. That was considered normal!!! (I haven't been in that car since). Did they say what exactly happened?
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Call us Dr. Chris & Dr. Casey
Today was Maddy's appointment at the GI doctor and it went very well. He agreed with us that at least a part of her problem is reflux so he put her on zantac for that. He was surprised that she wasn't on medicine before this. He was also surprised that she was still on the neocate after it didn't show a big improvement after the first week. We are trying to go back to regular milk based formula and so far so good, no allergic reactions yet! He did schedule a sonogram on Friday to make sure everything is developed and how it should be. I think I may write a letter, great idea Lisa, to our former doctor to let her know what the specialist said and how we felt after the last appointment. Chris and I have said since she started this that we felt it was reflux and one doctor wanted to wait it out some more and the other looked at us like we were stupid and that reflux doesn't hurt babies. We knew what needed to be done but the doctors wouldn't listen to us. Oh well, we can finally put that in the past and move on and getting Maddy better. We take Emma to the new pediatrician at the end of the month for her 18 month check up so if we like them, we will be switching.
Overall it was a great appointment because we finally got some answers and are working towards getting her better.
Eric, I hope your MRI results go well and that you wont need surgery, I am thinking about you bubba. If everyone could add him to your prayers. His shoulder has been hurting and they think something might be torn and he might need possible surgery or therapy. Eric will be a senior this year, I can't believe it. I feel like it was yesterday I was scaring him in the drive way while he rode on the little tikes red car. He plays baseball and is in the marching band, so this result can have a lot of affect on him. Please pray for him.
Overall it was a great appointment because we finally got some answers and are working towards getting her better.
Eric, I hope your MRI results go well and that you wont need surgery, I am thinking about you bubba. If everyone could add him to your prayers. His shoulder has been hurting and they think something might be torn and he might need possible surgery or therapy. Eric will be a senior this year, I can't believe it. I feel like it was yesterday I was scaring him in the drive way while he rode on the little tikes red car. He plays baseball and is in the marching band, so this result can have a lot of affect on him. Please pray for him.
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Monday, August 08, 2005
Are We Boring?????
I am starting to think people feel our blog is getting boring, no comments in awhile :(
Tonight we spent the night at home and had fun as a family. Chris, Emma, and I played in the playroom and if anyone was watching the webcam they would have seen Chris hit me smack in the face with a big purple ball! I must say it hurt a little, it hit my glasses and they jammed into the side of my nose. He got time out for hitting me in the face, Emma didn't think it was funny daddy was in time out.
We bought Maddy a new swing today, it swings like a cradle or a normal swing. She likes using it like a cradle and it really helped her during one of her fussy periods. I am so glad that she got some relief, I hate seeing her in pain so often. She goes tomorrow to see the GI doctor, I will let everyone know how it goes! Well, hopefully our posts will get a little better and people will comment more! I am sure someone had to say something about Emma vs Maddy, how could you not?
Tonight we spent the night at home and had fun as a family. Chris, Emma, and I played in the playroom and if anyone was watching the webcam they would have seen Chris hit me smack in the face with a big purple ball! I must say it hurt a little, it hit my glasses and they jammed into the side of my nose. He got time out for hitting me in the face, Emma didn't think it was funny daddy was in time out.
We bought Maddy a new swing today, it swings like a cradle or a normal swing. She likes using it like a cradle and it really helped her during one of her fussy periods. I am so glad that she got some relief, I hate seeing her in pain so often. She goes tomorrow to see the GI doctor, I will let everyone know how it goes! Well, hopefully our posts will get a little better and people will comment more! I am sure someone had to say something about Emma vs Maddy, how could you not?
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You have loyal readers! I hope the swing makes a big difference. It sounds you and Maddy could use the break.
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
Lights, Camera, Action... Wiggles!
Today we took Emma to see The Wiggles! She had so much fun and it was great to be able to take her. It was actually entertaining and not too cheesy! Emma got soooo excited when she saw Captain Feathersword, I guess we now know who her favorite is. She also met a little boy that was sitting next to us and in her toddler ways flirted with him, they were really cute to watch. At the end of the show The Wiggles did a medley of songs and the boys parents, Chris, and I seemed to dance more than the kids did at that point. I guess it is fun to let lose every once in a while. It is also sad that all of these adults know the words and dances to these kids songs. It was a great day and we really enjoyed going together as a family.
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Wiggle wiggle!
In about an hour we leave to take Emma to see The Wiggles. Of course Maddy is coming too but she won't have any idea what's going on. :-) We'll have to let you know how it goes!
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Friday, August 05, 2005
Emma vs Madison
Last night Casey and I were comparing Emma's 2 month pictures (and some 3 month) to Madison's 2 month pictures. Here are some of our favorites (Emma on left, Madison on right):
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Thursday, August 04, 2005
ARGHHHH
That is all I have to say! I am so tired of doctors making me feel like a bad parent. I know when my daughter is in pain and when something can be done. Does anyone else besides the doctor think I overreact or am a bad parent? If you do then please tell me, because I would like to know so I can help this situation. I already feel like a failure as a mother because I hated and didn't want to breastfeed and then when I was told I needed to try and get my supply back I had an allergic reaction(to the medicine to get my supply back), then had to stop. I am just so frustrated and want my baby to be pain free. I don't have a problem with her crying and I understand babies can be fussy and cry a lot, however I don't want her to cry all hours because she is in so much pain. I hate seeing my poor little baby in pain.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I know we go to the doctor a lot but everytime we do it is for a legitimate reason. Gosh did I do this to my girls by not breastfeeding? Don't you wish that all I really had to say was arghhhhh:)
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I know we go to the doctor a lot but everytime we do it is for a legitimate reason. Gosh did I do this to my girls by not breastfeeding? Don't you wish that all I really had to say was arghhhhh:)
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Frustrated with Family Practice
Sometimes Madison screams out in pain. On some days (every day this week for example) the "sometimes" becomes "most of the time". This isn't anything very new -- we've been working with this pretty much since day 2. We figured out fairly early that she's a rather gassy baby but that she also spits up quite a bit, and thus began our quest for the perfect formula and eventually to Casey attempting to relactate. All of this hasn't made any progress on the gassiness or screaming, although Maddy is definitely thriving and not spitting up like she did on the earlier formulas.
The issue is definitely related to eating. Usually the screaming begins with the first swallow of a feeding... it can last for an hour afterwards. We went to viist the doctor today since she'd been in so much pain lately, and essentially they told us that it was colic and to tough it out. I disagree. She has 5 out of 6 of the symptoms of reflux. The doctor actually said that crying isn't a symptom of reflux and that if she is crying like that it has to be colic! Ugh. I gave up at that point. He referred us to a G.I. specialist "just so they can be the ones to tell you it's not reflux."
This wasn't our normal doctor, it's a big group practice. We have problems with every dr we see besides our "usual", but lately even she has been doing some things that we don't agree with. If I felt like he had done a thorough exam and knew his stuff I wouldn't be upset about the wait-and-see tactic. He hadn't even heard of Neocate... We're officially in the process of switching doctors, and Maddy sees the specialist Tuesday afternoon. Thanks for reading my book.
The issue is definitely related to eating. Usually the screaming begins with the first swallow of a feeding... it can last for an hour afterwards. We went to viist the doctor today since she'd been in so much pain lately, and essentially they told us that it was colic and to tough it out. I disagree. She has 5 out of 6 of the symptoms of reflux. The doctor actually said that crying isn't a symptom of reflux and that if she is crying like that it has to be colic! Ugh. I gave up at that point. He referred us to a G.I. specialist "just so they can be the ones to tell you it's not reflux."
This wasn't our normal doctor, it's a big group practice. We have problems with every dr we see besides our "usual", but lately even she has been doing some things that we don't agree with. If I felt like he had done a thorough exam and knew his stuff I wouldn't be upset about the wait-and-see tactic. He hadn't even heard of Neocate... We're officially in the process of switching doctors, and Maddy sees the specialist Tuesday afternoon. Thanks for reading my book.
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Poor Maddy... That's the worst feeling, like you're not being taken seriously. You're the ones that know her best and know the problem best, you definitely need to find someone who'll listen.
Sorry man, we like our pediatrician...but we don't have much experience with her in diagnostic situations like these.
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
3 Years Since We Met
Today it has been three years since Chris and I met! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. It seems like yesterday Chad called me and told me he had a potential date. He called me the night before but Chris had known for awhile. I guess they waited until the last minute so I wouldn't back out! I remember how I felt the first time I saw Chris, something inside me knew! I am so lucky to have met Chris, he is my everything. We have taken the fast track but it has been worth it and wonderful. I have loved every minute I have been with Chris and I still get butterflies in my stomach! I love you honey