The Phamily Blog

It looks like the worst of our colds are behind us, however I woke up on Monday with a sore throat. Again. So I am sure my kids are up next. Poor babies can't catch a break. I guess I signed up for this when I registered Cameron for preschool.

Speaking of Cameron, he is doing really well. He is getting really feisty and testing Nguyen and I daily with his smart mouth. We're working on it. And what's with that saying "The Terrible Two's" ??? In my experience, three is where it's at...the terrible-ness, that is. We are ready and waiting for FOUR which will be here next month. Four! It's officially a "kid age." How did that happen?


We are in the midst of trying to plan Cameron's birthday party. He isn't too excited about picking a theme at the moment, so I am taking full advantage of that. This may be the last year that I have a say, haha! So, a circus theme it is! I'm getting excited :)

Gabby is just as sweet as ever. A lot of people have inquired about her heart. We had her last appointment a couple of months ago and we will be going back in a couple more months to check on it again. At last check everything was good...not great as in, "YAY! Her heart issues have resolved, but great as in, "there's been no change...see you next time." I have to admit, it's exhausting wondering when we can put this all behind us. It's quite unnerving trying to plan vacations and what have you when you have a wee little princess waiting on open heart surgery.

Gabby had her first opthamology appointment yesterday and the doctor says her eyes look great. A lot of times kids with Ds can be nearsighted due to the size of their BIG beautiful eyes. It's not the case for miss gabby...at least, not yet. He said we can follow up with him in 3-4 years.

At last weight check, she weighed in at 13 pounds, 3 ounces. She is still a peanut and will likely remain so until she gets that open heart surgery under her belt. She's burning quite a bit of calories with that heart of hers. She never misses a day of cardio. Me on the other hand, ugh.

The weight loss thing is kind of at a standstill. About two weeks ago I was THREE pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight with Gabby (don't even talk to me about pre-pregnancy weight with cameron...it's depressing) but anyway, once the week was over that "three pounds away" thing was only a mirage. My scale was teasing I guess. Jerk. So then of course, the dissapointment was followed by "well, why am I drinking slimfast all day if I am not going to lose weight?" (grrrreat thinking, sheree) And so I ate all of the junky crap I was trying to avoid the week prior. This week I have my attitude in check and it's back to the slimfast (gag) and intense cardio. This morning I could hardly walk I was so sore. It's a good sign.

Nguyen is busy busy busy with work. For whatever reason, even in a recession, people are still opening new restaurants. And the good restaurants are staying open, thank goodness. The one downside is that we have to hound these restaurants for payments. They always end up paying, but never without a little nagging. Whatever...we do what we gotta do and if that means calling someone EVERY day for two weeks straight, I'm game.

So that's what's up with us. Sorry it couldn't be a more exciting update. We like boring around here!