Sunday, December 28, 2008
NO ISSUES!
Ana's sleep study results were good and bad. Good that they found nothing. Her brain waves are fine, she sleeps a normal sleep pattern, and has no breathing issues that cause her to not get a good sleep. BUT bad, because we still don't know why she is always tired. We changed her ma tress and that has seemed to help a little...but not enough to solve the issue. Doctors want to put her on a sedative, but we aren't completely comfortable with that yet and are getting second and third opinions. Next stage is to take her to Houston to the Children's Hospital to see if their international adoption specialists can help us. We used them when we started our adoption process and they were great...maybe they will have words of advice!! Thank you for all your prayers and concerns!! :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
"Pinocchio Hotel"
Last night Ana had a sleep study done! Every since we adopted her, she has had sleeping issues off and on. She has no problem going to sleep (now), but most mornings she wakes up exhausted. Even after a good 11 hours of uninterrupted sleep. She can't make it through the day without a nap and is just overall tired most days. I've paid close attention to her eating habits and changed some things...but that hasn't helped. SO, when we moved here, I decided to push for a sleep study. WELL, we got it and when they explained to me what was going to happen, I was shocked! 25 probes were to be attached to her body, 10 on her head alone and the rest all over her body. SO, I knew I needed to come up with SOME WAY to make this fun for her! SO I have been reading the story Pinocchio to her. Explaining that he is a puppet etc. THEN I found the movie on VHS...so she has been watching it too! SHE LOVES IT!
I waited until yesterday to tell her she was going to a "hotel" (she loves hotels) and they were going to dress her up like Pinocchio! Kinda like a Halloween costume! She was to have strings and everything...just like Pinocchio. So, we walk into the sleep lab and I pull the techs aside as Marc got her in her jammies and I told them the scoop. To REALLY PLAY UP the Pinocchio gig! Well, they did. And it was great.
They attached her "strings" with a Vaseline type of goop...they called it "string glue". She got to pick her "string colors"...lots of pink and purple!
When they put her "stickers" on her face they had to clean it first and they told her they were putting on her Pinocchio makeup! PERFECT! THEN they put that deal up in her nose and I was worried we were going to lose her so I told her that it was going to check to see if her nose grew throughout the night...she just laughed. Then it was lights out. As we were leaving her room she asked me if the Blue Fairy was going to come in and grant her a wish...I told her yes! She asked me who was going to be the Blue Fairy and I told her ME! She just smiled and then said, "Good Night Blue Fairy" and I said, "Good Night Pinocchio" and she was out in about 20 minutes. PERFECT CHILD!
Marc went on home and I stayed the night with her. The techs let me watch her monitor all night with them. These are her brain waves and that bed in the right corner of the screen was her bed. I had brought a project to do so I stayed up doing it and watching her. We couldn't check in until 8:15pm which is already 45 mins past her bedtime. Then it took until 9pm to hook her up to everything, so I was worried this wasn't going to be a really accurate study because she wasn't in her routine...but she did toss and turn all night and the brain waves did change though out the night. I was SLEEPY by 1am so they told me I could go lay down with her so I did. BUT they were in checking on her every 30 mins asking me to help attach a probe she "rocked off" or asking me to help untangle her etc. so I got very little sleep. They woke us up at 5 am to "take her strings off" and we were to be gone by 5:30am! Before we left they gave her this purple "string" to remember her "Pinocchio Hotel" night! She was so happy! We won't find out the results until next Tuesday when we see her doctor. Hopefully we will get some answers to help her get a rested sleep!
We got home around 6am this morning and she needed to take a hot bath to get all the "string glue" out of her hair. So I made it special for her. I made her a bubble bath and lit the candles ...put her in the tub and told her she was a "real girl" now with NO MORE STRINGS! I was exhausted and fell into our bed I told Marc she was all his. Mission complete with NO trauma! Glad it's over and now we wait for some answers...hopefully!! She was SUCH a good little trooper and was happy the entire time...I am so proud of her!
I waited until yesterday to tell her she was going to a "hotel" (she loves hotels) and they were going to dress her up like Pinocchio! Kinda like a Halloween costume! She was to have strings and everything...just like Pinocchio. So, we walk into the sleep lab and I pull the techs aside as Marc got her in her jammies and I told them the scoop. To REALLY PLAY UP the Pinocchio gig! Well, they did. And it was great.
They attached her "strings" with a Vaseline type of goop...they called it "string glue". She got to pick her "string colors"...lots of pink and purple!
When they put her "stickers" on her face they had to clean it first and they told her they were putting on her Pinocchio makeup! PERFECT! THEN they put that deal up in her nose and I was worried we were going to lose her so I told her that it was going to check to see if her nose grew throughout the night...she just laughed. Then it was lights out. As we were leaving her room she asked me if the Blue Fairy was going to come in and grant her a wish...I told her yes! She asked me who was going to be the Blue Fairy and I told her ME! She just smiled and then said, "Good Night Blue Fairy" and I said, "Good Night Pinocchio" and she was out in about 20 minutes. PERFECT CHILD!
Marc went on home and I stayed the night with her. The techs let me watch her monitor all night with them. These are her brain waves and that bed in the right corner of the screen was her bed. I had brought a project to do so I stayed up doing it and watching her. We couldn't check in until 8:15pm which is already 45 mins past her bedtime. Then it took until 9pm to hook her up to everything, so I was worried this wasn't going to be a really accurate study because she wasn't in her routine...but she did toss and turn all night and the brain waves did change though out the night. I was SLEEPY by 1am so they told me I could go lay down with her so I did. BUT they were in checking on her every 30 mins asking me to help attach a probe she "rocked off" or asking me to help untangle her etc. so I got very little sleep. They woke us up at 5 am to "take her strings off" and we were to be gone by 5:30am! Before we left they gave her this purple "string" to remember her "Pinocchio Hotel" night! She was so happy! We won't find out the results until next Tuesday when we see her doctor. Hopefully we will get some answers to help her get a rested sleep!
We got home around 6am this morning and she needed to take a hot bath to get all the "string glue" out of her hair. So I made it special for her. I made her a bubble bath and lit the candles ...put her in the tub and told her she was a "real girl" now with NO MORE STRINGS! I was exhausted and fell into our bed I told Marc she was all his. Mission complete with NO trauma! Glad it's over and now we wait for some answers...hopefully!! She was SUCH a good little trooper and was happy the entire time...I am so proud of her!FOSA Bazaar
Our MOPS group at my church hosted a bazaar this past Sunday. I decided to have a booth to sell my friends jewelry. Laurie Bremer is a good friend of ours from pilot training days. She and her husband were on me and Marc's FIRST DATE! Her husband was in our wedding as well as Marc in their wedding and it had been YEARS since we saw each other. Well, we were able to be together again in Korea this past year! She started a pearl business right before I got there. She gets these pearls from China and they are just beautiful. I told her about this bazaar and she sent me a big ole box full of WONDERFUL pearls and turquoise!
I had never had a booth before so I just played it by ear...but I had found these CUTE jewelry holders and thought they were perfect for her pearls...so dainty and old fashioned...can you see the pearls on the actual doll itself? PERFECT HUH? :)
It was a good day. The only bad thing is I had ALL day to shop around at the other vendors!! :) If you want to see Laurie's beautiful jewelry...go to her website www.esquirepearls.com I think you will be impressed!
I had never had a booth before so I just played it by ear...but I had found these CUTE jewelry holders and thought they were perfect for her pearls...so dainty and old fashioned...can you see the pearls on the actual doll itself? PERFECT HUH? :)
It was a good day. The only bad thing is I had ALL day to shop around at the other vendors!! :) If you want to see Laurie's beautiful jewelry...go to her website www.esquirepearls.com I think you will be impressed!My Sister's 27th Birthday!
My sister, Erin, and her family live in Lewisville which is right outside of Dallas...about 5 hours away from us. Last weekend we went up there to celebrate her birthday! She is seven years younger than me...amazing how all grown up she is. 
This is her husband Shawn! We took them to dinner to celebrate...FUN TIMES!
It was a quick visit but so good to see them! Happy Birthday Erin!
This is her husband Shawn! We took them to dinner to celebrate...FUN TIMES!
It was a quick visit but so good to see them! Happy Birthday Erin!Thursday, November 13, 2008
GO SPURS GO
My uncle called me on Monday afternoon to say he had gotten some Spurs tickets from a friend and would we want to go Tuesday night. So I called up our wonderful babysitter and she was available so we went!
These tickets were FABULOUS! 7th row from the court. We could see the sweat and the faces clear as day! We think Kurt Thomas's wife sat in front of us. NO not Eva, Tony Parker wasn't playing due to a twisted ankle. Marc was bummed not to run into her!
Spurs mascot is the Coyote. Funny little dude...
Spurs beat the Knicks!
Tuesday was also Veteran's Day and I'd just like to say thank you to our friends and family for all you do (and have done!) for our country! Love You All!
These tickets were FABULOUS! 7th row from the court. We could see the sweat and the faces clear as day! We think Kurt Thomas's wife sat in front of us. NO not Eva, Tony Parker wasn't playing due to a twisted ankle. Marc was bummed not to run into her!
Spurs mascot is the Coyote. Funny little dude...
Spurs beat the Knicks!
Tuesday was also Veteran's Day and I'd just like to say thank you to our friends and family for all you do (and have done!) for our country! Love You All! Little Critter Pumpkin
Ana's class had the cutest project! All the kids were to pick their favorite book and make a pumpkin using one of it's characters. Ana (and I) love the "Little Critter" books by Mercer Meyer. We had fun making her Little Critter Pumpkin and the class as a whole had some pretty awesome pumpkins! SO FUN!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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