Sleep Study

Reagan has always been a snorer. It seems like the older she gets, the louder the snoring gets. I brought this up to her pediatrician (who we absolutely love) and he suggested that she see an ent (ear, nose, and throat specialist). Reagan's tonsils are a bit large and she sleeps with her mouth open, so I was worried about sleep apnea. The ent was a bit eager to remove her tonsils and adenoids, so we decided to have a sleep study done on her to make sure that it was really necessary. Reagan seemed to not care either way. We just don't want to have to put her through her second surgery within the first 6 years of life if we don't have to. It is very scary to put your little girl in that position. So these are the pictures from our (her's and my) night at the Pediatric Sleep Institute.

This is the beginning of many wires.

Still happy.

Starting to realize that there are going to be a lot of wires, now that the wires on the neck and nose have been placed.

Now some behind the ear. She really had a great attitude about the whole thing.

You can see all of the wires connected to the box. There ended up being a total of 23 wired connected to her little body.

Ah, the ones on the head. She didn't complain about those ones either.

Removing the glue from the hair has not been fun.

She was worried about moving and messing up the wires.

She was finally ready to go to sleep.

Reagan was such a trooper. She didn't complain at all. She is an amazing and brave little girl.
The sleep tech was absolutely wonderful. She is what made the whole experience a great one.

Now we just have to wait and find out what will happen next.

All Worn Out

One of Jenna's eardrums ruptured a few weeks ago. She was just miserable. Once we got some meds in her, she just wanted to sleep



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Take Me Out to the Ball Game...Take Me Out for the Food (my version of the song)

Last Saturday we went to an A's game (I guess it was a Rangers game but I am married to a Californian, so we called it the A's game). We took our friends, the Duenas family. Holly and I have been friends since high school/seminary. We went to good old Del Mar College/ Institute together. We both were married around the same time and were pregnant with our first children at the same time. We have also lived in Corpus, Austin, and the DFW area at the same time. If they ever leave the state, that is where I draw the line. I told Ian, Texas and only Texas will be called home. Sorry Holly. Anyway, as you can tell, they are dear friends of ours that can't get rid of us. Now back to the story... We all went to the game together. Joey is from California too and was routing for the A's along with Ian. The poor guys left the game a bit disappointed. Let's face it everything is bigger and better in Texas, that's why the Rangers won (that is also why they both married Texans :) ).

A's and Rangers

Ian explaining the game to Reagan.

Aubrey, Holly (holding Cali), Me, Jenna,Ian, and Reagan (Joey is taking the picture)

Aubrey and Reagan had a blast hanging out together (they are our firsts).

All of us girls at the game (excluding Jenna who really wanted to hang out with Daddy).
-first row: Reagan, Ella, and Aubrey-
-second row: Anayansi, Holly, and Cali-

It is always so fun to spend time with old friends. We can't wait to have free time in the summer so we can get the girls together again.

An Ear-risistable Tale

On Saturday, Ian pointed out to Reagan that you could get your ears pierced at Libby Lu. So after that, all she could think about was getting her ears pierce.

Here is your play by play of the exciting event:

We headed over to Club Libby Lu after violin lessons. At this point, it was time to choose a pair of earrings. As you can tell from the picture, Reagan was very excited.

Here is a before picture.

Reagan was shown the earring gun (I guess that is what it is called).

Even after checking out the "gun", Reagan was still very excited.

The ladies getting down to business. Just so you know, Reagan didn't cry or scream. She just made the face that you see in the picture and as soon as they were finished, she was smiling again.

Here is the after picture.

Like I said, despite any pain (which was very brief), Reagan was very happy with the whole experience.

Here she is with one of the Libby Lu staff that had the honor of piercing her ears.

And of course, we had to celebrate with an exquisite dinner at, where else, Chick Fil A.

Discovering India

Two weekends ago (it seems like I am always at least 2 weeks behind in blogging), we went to the Discovering India Fair in downtown Dallas. It was in the Art District, right by Ian's office.

The music was so cool and the dancing was amazing. And if Ian was writing this post, he would write about the wonderful food and probably only that. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time and were glad to expose Reagan and Jenna to such a rich culture.

Dancers

Reagan and Ian enjoying the show.

Reagan making a necklace.

Jenna doing what she does best--consuming liquids.

I tried to get Reagan to get henna done on her hand but she wouldn't. So I tried it (yes, that is my hand not hers---I have very small hands). So this is before it dried up and the hardened henna came off. It lasted a bit more than a week. I thought it would last like 2 to3 days but was told otherwise. It was definitely a conversation starter everywhere I went. And Reagan discovered that it didn't hurt Mommy which meant that it wouldn't hurt her. I think that she may try it next year.

Our Artist

Last month, Lakeside Elementary displayed a few children's artwork at a local credit union. Reagan's art was one of only 2 kindergarteners' pieces chosen. So we were very excited for her and took her down to that credit union for some pictures.

Presenting Reagan and her piece entitled....um..."Division of the Squares". (I just made that up. She has no name for it but that is what it looks like.)

Grandma Liz

Grandma Liz came to visit us 2 weeks ago (surprise, surprise, I am behind again). We had a great time with her.


Liz is the one in the middle. Her cousin, Grace, lives in Carrollton and was kind enough to hang out with Liz and the girls while Ian and I were gone (we'll get to that in a bit).


Reagan was able to show Grandma Liz her new violin and what she does to practice. Reg was very excited to demonstate, as you can see.

We, Jenna and I, took Liz out to lunch on Friday.

After lunch, we took Reagan out of school early and headed off to the American Girl store. Since Liz wasn't around for Reagan's birthday, she got her a few things there.

Here she is with Reagan. (Heidi, this is the dress that you got Reg for her birthday. She loves it! It is like someone that knows everything about her likes and dislikes picked it out for her. ;) )

And here she is with Jenna.

Liz was kind enough to watch the girls so Ian and I could get away and spend some time together. So we packed up our things and took the long, I don't know, 10 mile drive South to the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas. I know, when we get away we really like to get away. (I am not sure if you can even call it a get away if it is that close to where you live.) Anyway, thanks Liz. It was very nice and relaxing. Oh! And much needed.

We had a wonderful time with her and can't wait until we can see her again!

Book Tag

Of all of my friends and family that are into blogging, Holly is the one that makes sure that there is something new each and every day! Well, on Sunday, she book tagged me.

Heres what you're supposed to do:

Pick up the nearest book (one with at least 123 pages)
Open to page 123
Find the 5th sentence
Post the next 3 sentences
Tag 5 people


My book is I am America (and so can You!) by Stephen Colbert. "But my sheepskin announces to all assembled that though I may be a man of the people, I also have the keys to the clubhouse. I can't count the number of times I've heard the phrase, "You went to Dartmouth? I find that hard to believe." (Heard it while at Dartmouth, too) " It is a pretty funny/ridiculous book, even though I still haven't finished it. How can you not love (and I mean LOVE) Colbert. He is not only hilarious but a pretty darn good looking nerd. :) If I could just stay up late enough to watch his show more than once a month. Seriously, I love the guy.

So the lovely ladies that I am tagging are Christy, Brooke, Cami, Liz, and Abbie.

Reagan's Mulan/Chinese Party

OK. So I am a bit behind on the pictures but at least it is in the same month as the party. Which is actually very good for me considering that I only posted "Part 1" of our Christmas pictures. (I promise that I'll put the rest of them up before next Christmas.)

We started off the party by decorating chopsticks to put in the girls' hair. While those dried, we played a few games and ate some food.


Here is Reagan sporting her party do and her decorated chopsticks. Do you like her outfit? My mom made it for her and one for Jenna too. Jenna was afraid of the outfit for some reason. But I thought she looked very cute. (Thanks Mom! You always surprise us with your fun creations.)


Here are a few pictures of the girls getting there hair done....they had makeup done too, but I didn't include those pictures.

(I wanted to thank all the mom's for their help, especially Marcie. You were so helpful! I owe you big time.)



All the little ladies with their hair, makeup and fans that they made. The short one is Jenna. She didn't make a fan.


Ian barely made it to the party (because of work). I was so happy when he arrived with the food and took charge of the pinata. He was tired that is why he looks so unenthusiastic. :)

Here is Reagan's dragon cake.

And after all the stress and work that goes into putting on a party at your house, there is only one thing left to do....


Thanks Mom for making the trip up to help with all of the craziness. I couldn't have done it without you!