4 years and 2 kids later

Today is our 4 year anniversary. 4 years ago today we were waking up in Vegas getting ready to say 'I DO'. I woke up about 6 and quickly got out of the room before he saw me. I went over to my sister's room to shower and then head over to mom's room to get dressed and beautiful. Our wedding was at 11am at the Imperial Palace. What a fun day that was. Getting 100 people to go to Vegas, isn't too hard, but it was great to have so many of our friends and family there. Who doesn't want an excuse to go to Vegas?????!!!!
Now two kids later here we are. It's been a quick 4 years of fun. But that doesn't mean it's going to stop! KEEP IT COMING! But no more kids.

Will Poop For Treats

Ok, looks like we are doing better on the pooping in the potty thing. Mary will now tell us when she has to go as long as she gets a good treat for doing it. Whatever works to not have to clean up icky panties. I'm running out of cool treats. I need to make a trip to the 99 cent store to get more.

Update On Teresa

Yesterday we had an xray done on Teresa's hands. The doctor and I looked and didn't see anything unusual, as far as being fused or no knuckles. He talked to a hand specialist/surgeon and he said it may be an issue with the flexor muscle. It cannot be diagnosed or looked at until she's 5 months old. So, her doctor will look her over again at her 4 month check up and then he can refer us to the doctor for her hands.
So, until then maybe they will fix themselves. We can only hope and pray.

2 Months Has Already Gone By!

Today Teresa is two months old. WOW! We went to her two month check up. She is already 13.2 pounds and 24 inches long. Almost doubled in weight and 2 1/2 inches longer. She's in the 95% for everything. My little piggy she is. But she's healthy and happy. She's already wearing 3-6 month clothes. Her long legs and big feet keep pushing through things.
We had her hands xray'd today. It didn't show they were fused or anything like that. The doctor will now talk to specialists and get back to me. Hopefully we can figure something out soon. My mind needs more easing. SO, now more waiting.

Teresa's hands

For those of you who don't know the issue we found with Teresa's hand, I will explain. I discovered a couple days after we brought her home that her fingers bend at the tip and knuckle at the hand, but not her middle knuckle. This is on all eight fingers. Her thumbs are fine, since they have two knuckles. You can feel there is a knuckle there, but it just does not bend. We took her to her doctor out here about it and he was stumped and has never seen this before. So, he sent us to UCLA to see a neurologist.
Today we went to Teresa's apt with the neurologist at UCLA. The doctor was very nice and gave us a lot of information to make us feel better. The original diagnosis our doctor sent us for was Cerebral Palsy. This doctor was a neurologist 1/2 the day at UCLA and then the other half of the day is the neurologist for the Cerebral Palsy dept. So, she was the perfect doctor to see.
She checked her out completely and said she has never seen this exact thing before. She has seen one or two fingers not bending, but not all eight at the middle knuckle. She explained that her reflexes, tone, and alertness are all normal for a baby her age. She shows no signs of cerebral palsy or any neurological issues. I asked her about a pinched nerve in her neck and she said that there is not one exact nerve that only controls the middle knuckle of your fingers. So, that most likely is not it. She said the best thing to do from here is to have her hands xray'd and go from there. I have her 2 month apt on Tuesday, so I will have him do that then.
So, in the end we have ruled out anything neurological, which is good news. Hopefully we can get some sort of answer soon. But until then we know she's a happy healthy baby otherwise.

a whole nights sleep

Ok, this still blows me away. I put Teresa to bed last night about 10:00. We had to get up early and when my alarm went off at 5am I opened my eyes and thought "did I feed Teresa or did I sleep through her crying???'. Well, she slept through the night last night. I got a full 7 hours sleep with Teresa home. 8 weeks old, two weeks sooner than Mary. Now we'll see what she does from now on, but it was one night at least. = )

Dinner Party

Last night we had our first dinner party. We have had people over before, but this was more of an actual dinner party. It was fun. We had my high school friends over. Normally we all go out, but since we have kids now, it makes it harder. So, we just had everyone over to our house. Kevin made a yummy lasagna and Parmesan chicken and we had others bring stuff. Everyone brought a bottle of wine and I think we went through it all.

While preparing for our little get together we find out we are not equipped for such things. We do not have nice plates, enough plates, silverware, chairs, tables, serving items, and whatever else you might need. Thank god mom and dad are close. SO, I borrowed what we needed to make it work. It all worked out in the end.

Suzanne brough her little one, Anna, and the other girl in the picture is pregnant and due in May. Mary had a ball playing with everyone and showing off her cute stuff. Teresa was cute too. She was a little over stimulated and took forever to get to go to sleep. Everyone Left about 11:30 and Teresa went down about an hour later. Mienwhile, Kevin was snoring in the other room. UGH! Eventually I got to go to bed. IT was a fun night. I love my friends. I took our my senior year book and we all went down memory lane. Kevin rolled his eyes at us, but we were having fun.

Shopping Day

Today we went shopping with Mom to the new Kohls in our valley. It was an eventful time. Mary walked and touched EVERYTHING, while Teresa slept. It was time to feed Teresa so I found a spot next to the dressing rooms with some place to sit. Mom was trying stuff on while Mary went in and out of the dressing room. Now, while Mary was opening and closing the door, mom was changing her tops. Luckily it was not a busy time and she was not showing her stuff off to anyone. So, anyway, then we went to Mary's clothes. Mom was asking her if she liked an outfit and if she wanted to try it on. Well, mom was going to do it right there in the middle fo the store, but NO, Mary wanted to go do it in the 'closet'. haha She was calling the dressing room the closet. So, ok, mom took her there. Mary would not let her in the 'closet' and closed the door on her. Then she came out and danced in her clothes. She had taken off her own clothes and put on her new clothes, the right way. It was pretty darn cute. It was hard to get her out of them and back into her own clothes.
That gives another meaning to 'coming out of the closet'. haha

My Girls

Kevin found the matching PJ's at the Disney store before Teresa arrived. The smallest size they had was 3 months. Well, she already fits in them. So, Mary and Teresa are now able to match at bed time. Mary thinks it's pretty cool. SO, we had to take a picture of the matching sisters. They are pretty adorable.
Mary is getting better, as far as having Teresa around. She still acts up here and there, but for the most part she's better. We've had some pretty good days. I get her to help me with things to make her feel special. My silverware may not be put back correctly, but she's helping.

31 on the 31st

Well, I'm officially into my 30's. I turned 31 on the 31st. I did it right too. Our Vegas trip was my birthday trip, which was fun. Yesterday, on my actual birthday, I got my house cleaned. So nice to have a clean house and I didn't have to do anything. Then mom and dad took the kids and Kevin and I met Corie for dinner at Buca De Peppos. We had a nice dinner. After dinner we then went to a wine bar for a bottle of wine. After drinking most of the bottle to myself, we went home. Corie came over too. Kevin felt the need to stop at the market on the way home for a bottle of Lemonchello. We really didn't need that. Kevin is feeling worse today than I am, but I still feel bad. We are supposed to go over to mom and dad's to watch the Super Bowl and celebrate my birthday one more time. I am not too sure if I'll be drinking today or not. Does not sound so good right now. hehe
So, being in my 30's isn't so bad so far. Life is good. I don't feel 31 though. What is 31 supposed to feel like? I still feel like I"m in my early 20's. Ok, and sometimes act like it too. It's all good. = )