Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Weight loss update

so far Natalie has lost 4 lbs, Kent about 3-4 lb.s and Jason about 3-4 lb.s. I've lost about 5 total as of today (this will vary quite a bit because of the med.'s I on though). Good job everybody! Together we've lost over 15 lb.s!! Yay!

Ears Pierced!!

Monday we were bored, well, I was bored and I really needed to get out of the house so I got the girls ready, diaper bag, kid in the car seat, coats on, and headed out the door, only to find that there was like 6 - 7 inches of snow covering everything. I started shoveling and because it was just powder it was pretty easy, so I thought I'd cruise right through it. I left the girls out on the back porch and like 1/2 hour later, girls screaming bloody murder, I finished. Sorry girls! We trecked to Layton Hills Mall and ate lunch at the kiddy table and then played on the playground equipment for a while. Ellyse has said that she wanted to get her ears pierced for the longest time but didn't quite understand the whole process, she just sees the pretty earrings and wants those. Wanting her to go through with it and not get scared, I did the wait-until-the-very-last-moment-possible thing to tell her about the sting of getting her ears pierced. At that moment, she suddenly changed her mind and said no, I don't want to but, everything was prepped so, we just pummeled through it quickly. 1 - 2 - 3...Tears for about 2-3 minutes but then she calmed down..mostly. I was the most worried about Allie but, she only yelped like 2-3 times and was on to something new. She handled it like a charm!! Moral of the story, if you're going to pierce your child's ears, do it when their about 8 months old. We finally headed home and daddy got to see the new additions to the ears. Voila! Done. Never again! :) Ellyse chose pink round studs and I chose CZ studs for Allie. Other moral of the story, don't leave your two girls out on the back porch while you quickly try to shovel the driveway. I feel like such the good mom!









Allie



Ellyse

Friday, January 11, 2008

Our little Allie Babba


Our little Allie is now 8 1/2 months old and I took these pictures the day she turned 8 months old. I just wanted to share a little about our little one so far....


She slept though the night at 8 weeks but has since gone back and forth; no night is the same anymore, we never can tell what she'll do. She has no teeth yet, she sits up on her own, loves stuffed animals, still has strawberry blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes, says dada but we don't think she has quite made the distinction that dada is her dad, she just babbles at this point. She HATES to have her nose wiped by anyone. She'll wiggle and move her head back and forth and try to never be touched by the tissue but she'll sit completely still if we use the snot sucker. She is a very good baby except when she's sick (who's a lot of fun when they're sick tho?) She's had about 4 ear infections so far - we're looking into tubes for her. Allie is a sweet little girl that knows her grandparents well and lights up when she sees them. She's got my dad completely whipped! I love the way she starts to kick and smile when I come in to her room to get her in the mornings. She's soo happy but I think if I didn't provide food for her, she'd prefer her sister to me. She LOVES Ellyse!! She loves to watch E dance around the house, get in her face, give her toys, talk to her, visit her in her crib, and for a while there Ellyse was the ONLY one to be able to get Allie to laugh. It was so cute to see that!! We love our little angel Allie and our lives have been blessed since her birth.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Discouraged

There's a lot on my mind tonight and I thought I'd get a little comfort by jotting down some stuff. They say writing things down is some sort of therapy and I figure, why not. So, you might have heard that I've recently been diagnosed with Nephritis and today I went to see the Kidney doctor. We chatted and my level of anxiety went from a state of denial to well, I'm up at midnight typing on a Tuesday evening - level. Nothing's been set in stone as of yet because duh me, I forgot to go do some stupid blood tests to rule some other things out. Today's chat with the doc made things seem so much more real and it just sucks, you know. I totally get that life gets a ton worse than this for other people so, I'm trying to keep things in perspective but, it just sucks to be given a type of disease that may not be cured by simply taking a pill. Everything's up in the air as far as treatment goes right now but it's looking like steriods are going to be the way we'll treat this thing. If anyone's ever researched anything about theraputic steriods, you'll know the side effects suck. Suck! I have no idea if and what side effects I'll get to deal with but crap man, it seems like if I get any of them life's going to change for me and for the most part, I HATE change!!!!! Hate it. I know things will even out but life seems like it's off kilter at the moment and I'm just kicking myself for not getting into the lab to get my blood taken when I should've because then I'd know for sure what I've got and how we're going to treat it tonight instead of just speculating right now. Dang it. Life was crazy this last month though, as is for most people in December, but it just seemed like every time I'd think about going to get my blood drawn, something else would come up. All Excuses. Anyway, I'm glad to be able to write this down and "get it out" so to speak. I'd appreciate any rays of hope from people if you know of anyone on Prednisone or if anyone knows anyone with MPGN type 1, I'd love to talk to someone else who's been there or is currently there.