So Long!

Well it has been a very very busy summer for us, as most of you know. I was in 2 weddings this summer and now we have 2 more to go to in September. Bridgette has been growing like a weed. She is now 26 lbs 12oz and 32 inches long. She is so big compared to when she started out. She says about 20 words and is now starting to put 2 words together. Her favorite phrase is "mommy ow". I think she just likes to get kisses from me.

Regan is doing very good. He also grew about 2 inches this summer. He had his drop your supplies off day at school on Friday. He is so excited about school, but is a little nervous about riding the bus without me. ( Bridgette and I went on a ride with him on Friday) A lot of his friends have been able to meet with us at Darien Lake or the park so they could play together. It was very nice because Regan has been "bored" as he says.

Sean has been kinda slow at work which has been nice. He has been able to take a couple days off during the week to go with us to the county fair. Now he is backed up with side work so that we can have some money.

Well now you guys are updated, hope everyone is doing well!!

I'm so proud!!!

Well to start things off, on Friday the kids and I went and did a Cancer walk. They had a kids fun run and Regan decided to sign up. I didn't think that he would make it around the track ( it is 1 mile) but sure enough, he made it all the way around and came in 10th place out of 20. I am so proud of him. He was so excited because he got a medal and a new t-shirt.

Last Tuesday Bridgette woke up with a fever and it lasted until Thursday. I took her in on Thursday and the dr said that she has another double ear infection and 6 teeth coming in. Sean and I put 2 and 2 together and realized that she had had this ear infection since Memorial Day weekend. I felt terrible for her. She is still very MISERABLE, but who can blame her with that many teeth coming in, on top of a double ear infection.

This weekend is super busy for us. I am going shopping with the girls on Saturday and then I am taking the kids to a parade Saturday night. ON Sunday, I have my best friends bridal shower to attend.

Regan's last day of school is the 23rd. I can not believe how fast the year has gone by!! My little guy is going to be in kindergarten already! Where has the time gone?!

Regan update

I took Regan for his sleep study last night and he didn't last an hour. We explined how everything was going to happen and by the time they got the wires hooked up to his head, he was crying so much that he threw up all over the place. He even got his pajamas and when he found out that I didn't bring him any other ones he got even more upset and I was afraid that he was going to throw up again so I decided that I would bring him home and try again another night when we know exactly what to expect. With that said Regan is still sleeping in our room. I am hoping to clean the porch off this weekend and put his bed out there and see how he does.

Bridgette is doing very well. Every day she picks up a new word and is talking like crazy. Her favorite words to say are Hi, dog, brother, and cow. She loves to have her picture taken also. The minute she sees you get the camera out, her face scrunches up into the cutest smile. Hopefully, I can get some pictures up here soon!

That's about it for now. I will keep more posted as things come along.

Tubes again :(((((((

The kids went to the ENT dr today for their follow up app't. Bridgette's went very well. Regan on the other hand did not. Regan is going to be having tubes put in his ears again on May 28th. He also was put back on reflux medicine. The dr also believes that the reason he is having problems sleeping would be from the reflux. We will find out when we go to the sleep specialist on Wednsday. Hopefully we won't have to stay at the hospital overnight at all.

Some good news now is that Bridgette took about 6 steps yesterday. That made my Mothers Day so much better. I was sick all day yesterday with a migraine. Bridgette also has been walking a little bit today too, that is until she catches you watching her or Regan screams for me to look at her. It's to funny!

That's about all that is going on right now. I hope all you moms had a good Mother's Day!!!

Long Time

I just realized that I have not been on here in almost a month. So much has been going on. Bridgette's surgery went well. She was back to normal within 2 hrs of the surgery. Regan has been pretty bad lately. He has been very mouthy. Sean and I are working on that. Just when we figure him out, something else happens and we end up back where we started. Regan does have an appointment with a sleep specialist on May 13th. He has been having night terrors every night and he has been waking up around 10 or 11 p.m. and does not go back to sleep until about 3 a.m. Sean and I are pretty worried and concerned about that. I know that is why he is so terrible lately, I just don't know what else to do about it.

Other than that, not much else has been goin gon. Sean is swamped with work to do at his job and then he comes home and goes right to the shop to do side work that he has piled up to do. It stinks because the kids and I don't get to spend much time with him, but we need the money.

I hope everyone else is doing well!!!

Daddy's gone

Well Sean left for VA today. He is gone for 4 days. Regan is already starting the attitude and the mouth. I don't know what I am going to do. I hope that he straightens out soon. Regan starts Easter vacation on Wednsday and I hope he just gets better before he is home all day long.

Other than Regan being terrible, I am just getting a little nervous about Bridgette's surgery on Thursday. I know what to expect because I have been through it before, but it still isn't reassuring. I will post how it went on Thursday or Friday. My mom and I are going to end up taking Regan with us to the hospital. I can not find anyone who is willing to come over at 4:30 in the morning to stay with him. Thankfully my mom is going to be with me so that if he gets bored, they can go for walks.

Any suggestions on Regan, please let me know. Thanks!!

Vacation

Well the kids and I are finally back from our vacation. I am so glad to be home, even thought I came home to an empty house. ( Sean was in Ballston Spa). Our vacation was pretty good. We left to go down there on Saturday around 1 p.m. and stopped in Virginia for the night around midnight. Then we left VA and got to N. Carolina around 2 p.m. With two kids and a dog we had to stop a lot. I noticed on Sunday that Bridgette wasn't herself and around 5 p.m. she had a 102 fever and pulling at her ears. I knew right away that she had another ear infection, even though she had just finished her other antibiotic Saturday morning. I got her through Sunday night and then I ended up taking her to an urgent care clinic and spent 6 hrs on Monday morning in there just so a doctor would give her an antibiotic. On Tueday my brother came home. it was really exciting seeing everyone waiting for their loved ones to come home. Regan didn't really understand what was going on and after about an hour of just standing around, he got really bored and was ready to go back to Nate's house. The rest of the week flew by after that. We went to Myrtle Beach one day and kind of just shopped around and lounged.

It was pretty relaxing except for the fact that Bridgette was sick and off schedule. By the time we left on Friday night, Bridgette was also sick with a croupy cough and sinus problems. I will probably call the dr tommorrow if her cough doesn't get any better by then. Stay tuned for the results from that!!

Going South!!!!!

Not much is going on here. I am trying to get everything packed for our trip down south. Regan is getting excited because he can't wait to see Uncle Nate and play in the "big sandbox". That's what he calls the beach. I almost wish we were flying down instead of driving. It would be less things that I need to pack. But then again, I don't want to be keeping track of 2kids in an airport. I am still trying to figure out what kind of toys or games I could play with Bridgette in the car. Regan will watch his movies so I am not concerned about him. Any ideas for Bridgette?????

Other than that, not much else is going on. Regan won a free lunch with his principal in the reading challenge in school. He is afraid that he won't get to have lunch with Mr. Stroud because we are going on vacation. I told him that Mr. Stroud would wait for him to get back.

I will try and post some more interesting things when we get back from our trip.

Bridgette's Stats

I took Bridgette to the doctors for her well child app't last night. She is now 23.13lbs and 28.25 inches long. She is still above average for both her height and weight. While the doctor was checking everything, he looked in her ears and said that she has yet another ear infection. I'm so glad they decided to do tubes now. Overall, the appointment went well until the nurse came in to do her shot and then they had to do the finger prick for lead testing and anemia. Needless to say, I left at that point and let Sean deal with the shot and finger prick. I know, I am a wimp but I have been dealing with shots for the past 12 months, it was his turn.

My baby is 1!!!!

Where does the time go? I can not believe that Bridgette turned 1 yesterday. She of course is sick again, so I don't think she enjoyed her birthday to well. I take her to the doctors today for her well child visit and I am anxious to see how much she weighs and how tall she is.

Regan looked sad yesterday morning and I asked him what was wrong and he said that he is sad becuase Bridgette is getting to big, he likes her small. I told him that I agreed with him but that I didn't like it when he was getting bigger either. He seemed okay with my answer.

When we dropped Regan off at school, his teacher made a point to walk over and tell Bridgette happy birthday. I thought that it was pretty neat considering that is a very busy time for her. She is always wrangling kids or talking to parents.

I will be putting pictures up on snapfish.com from Bridgette's party and birthday.

Long week

This has been a very long week.  Friday finally came and everything was going well until Sean came home from work early with ear pain and not being able to hear.  Then I was cleaning up dinner and I heard Sean yell at Regan for jumping on the couch, next thing I know Regan is screaming and has blood dripping down his forhead.  I ended up taking him to the ER and he ended up getting glued.  The cut was pretty deep but the Dr said that the glue would be better on him than stitches.

Other than that, not much else is going on.  I still have no computer and it is driving me nuts.  I am at my neighbors using theirs.  I am getting ready for Bridgette's first birthday party.  It is so sad.  I can not believe  how fast time flew by.  Bridgette is not walking yet, she has no interest in it.  Regan will get her whatever she wants or needs.  When Regan is in school she is a totally different baby.  Its neat to watch her play by herself and figure things out.

I think that is about it for now.  Hopefully  I will get my computer back before Bridgette's party so I can get some pictures up here!

The Verdict is....

Bridgette is going to be getting tubes in her ears on april 9th. Regan on the other hand is NOT getting tubes right now. The dr decided to wait and see if the fluid in his ears will clear on its own. Both kids are on a new diet for reflux. So now I have to go get more groceries after I just went shopping on Friday. Hopefully the diet will help Regan's ears so that he doesn't need surgery.

Other than that we aren't doing to much else this week. On Saturday the kids and I are going to see Sesame Street Live with my mom. Regan is looking forward to that. Bridgette even gets excited now when Elmo comes on t.v. She never really watches t.v. unless Elmo is on. That is the best 20 min I have during the day.

I hope everyone is enjoying their week! My computer is going to get fixed for about a week, so I will try and stay informed through other people.

terrible week

Where do I start? Let's see, well on Monday, Sean and I ended up with the flu. Luckily, my mom was able to take the kids so that they wouldn't get sick. Then on Wednsday, I took Regan to the doctors because he is complaining that he can not hear very well. The pediatrician is saying that he will probly need tubes in his ears again because there is so much fluid behind the eardrum that it is not draining right. So now both kids have an appointment with the Ear, nose and Throat doctor. I really don't want them to have to have tubes, but if it helps then I am okay with it. Maybe they will schedule their surgery's on the same day. We will see. I just hope that this fluid in regan's ear hasn't affected his hearing at all. Then on Thursday night, I am sure everyone has heard about the terrible plane crash. I just wish that there was something that I could do. They are not letting anyone near the crash site and there is plenty of people taking care of the families.

Some good news is that the Rascall Flatts concert is tonight and since my brother and Verna gave me a ticket for Christmas, I actually get to go tonight. Maybe I will be able to get my mind off of things for a couple hours.

Well I hope everyone else has had a better week than we have!

SuperBowl

On Sunday, we had friends over for the game. We also had a friendly argument over who was going to win the game. Regan, Bridgette and I wore our good ole Steeler's jersey. I let Regan stay up for the whole game. He didn't have school on Monday so he was excited to stay up for the entire game. By the end of the game, Regan and I were the only ones still awake. Of course, then we woke Sean up when we were jumping up and down after teh Steeler's scored their final touchdown! Bridgette slept through the entire game and then woke up at 10:30 p.m. and was up until about 12 midnight. I was exhausted on Monday and Regan refused to take a nap. I am still trying to catch up on my sleep.

I called the Ear, Nose and Throat dr on Monday and Bridgette has an app't on February 23rd. I am kind of expecting the dr to schedule surgery for tubes. I really don't want her to have surgery, but I also don't want her to go through anymore infections. She has had 5 infections in 6 mos. I will let everyone know what happens, after her app't.

Hope everyone else enjoyed the game as much as we did!!!

Another Bug

Last night was really tough. Bridgette woke up at 11:30 with a fever and was up until about 3. I finally got her back to sleep and when she got up at 8 a.m. I attempted to get her temperature and it was at 102.1 before she yanked it out from under her arm. I called the dr's and took her in and she now has ANOTHER ear infection. On Monday I now have to make a phone call to the ENT Dr, to see about her getting tubes in her ears. As much as I don't want her to go through surgery, I don't like her having infections every 2 months.

Other than that exciting news, we have been very busy this week. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, I spent my time in the hospital with Verna. She went into the ER on Saturday and they found a gallstone stuck to her intestine. Needless to say she was in a lot of pain. She went into surgery to have the gallstone and gallbladder removed on Wednsday and was home on Thursday. I am happy that she is better, but there goes our babysitter for the next month.

Sean told me yesterday that he doesn't like this blogger site because everyone finds things out before he does. lol I told him that if we could get more time to spend together that doesn't require sleeping that maybe we could get everything straightend out!

I guess that is about it for now. I will keep everyone posted on how the ENT dr's app't goes. Hope everyone enjoy's the Superbowl!!!

So Big!!!!

Bridgette finally got some teeth. She now has two on the bottom, two on top and she has 4 more coming in on top! She is going to be like Regan in this area. Regan didn't have any teeth and then at 10 months he cut some and the rest just came in by the time he turned 14 months.

I can't get over the fact that Bridgette is almost 11 months already. I have her 1st Birthday party pretty much planned out already. (only because we are going to North Carolina in March) Regan told me yesterday that he wants another baby in the house, only he wants a boy baby. I told him that he needed to talk to daddy about that one.

Regan got his first report card the other day. We were very impressed. He is only behind on his cutting skills. Working in his class everyweek, I can see how much more prepared for kindergarten he is compared to the other children. Some of the children do not know their colors or recognize their names.

We have another busy weeken coming up. On Saturday we have a dinner at playgroup for the families and then Sean and I get to go out together for a friends b-day. On Sunday is our Superbowl party. I can't wait for that! The Steeler's are definatly going to win!!!!!

By the way, I need to say Congratulation to our friends Pete and Jill. Jill is in the hospital having their second child. A little boy! I can't wait to meet the new addition to the Kochmanski family!

I hope everyone else is doing well!!!

Sibling Rivalry

I can't believe that I am saying this but, sibling Rivalry has started in our house already. I figured I had a couple months before this starts. Bridgette will follow Regan around and scream for him to play with her. If he is sitting still playing by himself she will crawl over and scream until he gives in and shares his toys with her. I hope she outgrow this stage soon, but I know it won't happen.

Anyways, since my computer is being stupid, I put most of my pictures on Snapfish, so everyone should be getting an e-mail soon! Enjoy them!!!

Another ear infection

Once again the ear infection bug has landed in my house and this time it is in Bridgette. We now have to contact a Ear, Nose and Throat doctor to see whether or not she needs tubes. Bridgette also has RSV right now. (for those who don't know, it is a really really bad cold. In babies less than 6mos old it can be fatal) So right now, she is on amoxicillan for the ear infection and nebulizer treatments for the RSV. Overall she seems pretty happy, she just can't sleep very well. I just hope that tonight is a good night for Sean. Aerobics starts again tonight and I can not wait to go. Hopefully the kids will be pretty good for Sean.

My computer is still being stupid so I will try and post more pictures later!

Another snow day

Regan once again has another snow day today. He is not very happy about it. I don't know why they closed school anyways. The roads are fine by us. Regan keeps saying that there should be school because it's not even snowing out right now. Oh well, maybe I can finally relax around the house and get rid of this stupid head cold that Sean so kindly gave me.

Bridgette is still cutting her 4 teeth that she has coming in. I hate when they teeth because there really isn't a whole lot that I can do for her. She also has some of the cold that was going around the house. Poor kid is just getting hit all at once with everything.

The other night I was trying to get the kids room ready for bed and I put Bridgette in her crib so she was out of my way and she started jumping in the crib and laughing. Well, regan saw that and wanted to do it to. so, now I have pictures of my monkey's jumping in their bed. I know, I know some of you are saying what was I thinking letting them jump on their beds (Sean said that when he came home and saw them doing it) but I needed to get their room ready.

My computer is being really slow, so I will try and post some pictures later!

Regan's away, Bridgette will play!

Bridgette playing GeoTrax and Giggle and Go Garage

Yesterday was a pretty calm day. Sean and Regan are sick again with the head cold. Regan and I went to church and Sean and Bridgette stayed home to sleep. After church Regan went to go see Monster Trucks with Uncle Ian and Aunt Verna. He was so excited about it that he kept talking about it in church. It was tough keeping him occupied in church. Although I don't think many people noticed because it is the only mass offered at our church now so the place was jam packed with families.

While Regan was gone Bridgette was enjoying playing with Regan's toys while he couldn't yell at her. She especially had fun with his GeoTrax and the Giggle and Go Garage that are now set up in our living room. ( I can't wait to take them down, so I can clean in here)

Well I am off to a funeral now as soon as my mom gets here. Kinda of a sad day in our house today.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone!!! I hope you all enjoyed it! Ours was pretty much the same as any other night. Sean fell asleep in the chair around 7 and when Regan finally fell asleep around 9, I came out and watched the rest of Shrek 2 and then went to bed. I wasn't going to stay up by myself. That was okay though, because Bridgette woke up around 12:15. I think she wanted to tell me Happy New Year!

I guess that is all for now. I hope everyone had a more eventful night than we did.