01/09/2013
So... we had Kaylee's consultation this morning with Dr. Rosen at Children's Hospital Oakland (at the Walnut Creek Clinic). I should add this small piece of history: in November we went to the Pleasanton CHO clinic and saw a different Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor who told us the clinic would call mid-December with dates in January 2013 to surgically remove the hanging skin but recommended waiting until she was 3 years old to remove the notch because that one required her being given general anesthesia.
When we never got a call I called the Pleasanton clinic and the staff reported that the ENT Dept. is now at the Walnut Creek office and that the doctor we saw was no longer there... so, we were scheduled to meet with Dr. Rosen, the head of the ENT Dept., this morning. He is recommending waiting until she is a year old and removing both at the same time. He also suspects the notch has cartilage behind it... so, no surgery until her first birthday. We are scheduled to return next September to schedule the surgery.
I think I am OK with that... mainly I'm thinking that gives me time to accrue vacation (which will be depleted from my maternity leave) so that I can take time off while she is healing. I think my only worry is at a year old she will be able to better comprehend what is happening (and she'll probably be pissed because of scariness and pain)... and she'll probably be messing with the area once the ear tags are removed. So, it seems this journey navigating my feelings/emotions/thought about Kaylee having this ear anomaly will continue a little longer...
On another not-so-serious note: the doctor says it's OK to get Kaylee's ears pierced and that will not interfere with the surgery. :)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
New Year's Resolutions...
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| Dominic and Kaylee on New Year's day. |
So this year I have several resolutions... First, to not let this blog go the way the last two did... unceremoniously dead. The last few months (October-December 2012) were done retrospectively, last night to be exact. I just started updating the blog yesterday so today is only day 2. We shall see.
My second resolution is to be less squishy. A family friend bought us the jogging stroller that we registered for, much to my surprise, so I've been taking the stroller out and going walking. One of the things I've really started to like is walking with Kaylee to pick up Dominic from school... since his school is right down the street.
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| Headed to the park with my loves, 01/02/2013. |
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| Happy Faces! |
The other big development over the last few weeks is that Kaylee is talking and cooing a lot and is a smiley girl! Here's a great picture of her smile...
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| Happy faces! |
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| Kids in our bed on Tim's birthday morning. |
Tim also celebrated his 35th birthday on 01/02/2013. He had a pretty relaxing day.. but then it was back to the grind of his work, a blessing that he has been very busy with work!
Kaylee continues to do well.. I weighed her the other day and she is now 12 pounds... a chunker! She has the cutest rolls of skin and fat on her thighs! She is still nursing well... too well as she still won't take a bottle. :( I love nursing her, please don't get me wrong, but I'm terrified that when it's time for me to go back to work she'll still be refusing the bottle. I'm also getting nervous... she has her second consultation tomorrow morning with the Children's Hospital Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist... this time it's the head of the ENT Department so that's comforting. When I talked with the office staff on the phone they mentioned that if they can do the ear tag surgery in the Walnut Creek office they will do it likely on 1/24/2013. I know I want to get it done but ITS . JUST . SO . NERVE . WRACKING. I know I will be a mess that day. What's funny is I think I've been on a journey with Kaylee's skin tag... At first I was shocked and worried, then embarrassed about the ear tag, then embarrassed about being embarrassed about my daughter. When she was just born and probably up until last month I purposely tried to take pictures of only the right side of her face showing... and when we would go out I worried what friends and people would say/think. Now I don't care. She is beautiful to me. Kaylee, on the other hand has started tugging, pulling, and straight out yanking the ear tag.
Dominic is also doing well.. he has stopped (for the most part) having potty accidents at school. We started a reward system where every day he is dry at school he gets a $1 to put in his treasure box.. then as his treasure box fund grows he can buy stuff.. so he bought a game for his LeapPad recently. He told me what game he wanted to get, I told him how much it cost ($10), he counted out $10, gave me the money, and I bought the game. I like this because he feels an ownership in the ability to buy stuff because he worked to get the $. Dominic is still not the greatest listener but we are working on that. He loves school, doing homework, and is able to read quite a few words.
Kaylee continues to do well.. I weighed her the other day and she is now 12 pounds... a chunker! She has the cutest rolls of skin and fat on her thighs! She is still nursing well... too well as she still won't take a bottle. :( I love nursing her, please don't get me wrong, but I'm terrified that when it's time for me to go back to work she'll still be refusing the bottle. I'm also getting nervous... she has her second consultation tomorrow morning with the Children's Hospital Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist... this time it's the head of the ENT Department so that's comforting. When I talked with the office staff on the phone they mentioned that if they can do the ear tag surgery in the Walnut Creek office they will do it likely on 1/24/2013. I know I want to get it done but ITS . JUST . SO . NERVE . WRACKING. I know I will be a mess that day. What's funny is I think I've been on a journey with Kaylee's skin tag... At first I was shocked and worried, then embarrassed about the ear tag, then embarrassed about being embarrassed about my daughter. When she was just born and probably up until last month I purposely tried to take pictures of only the right side of her face showing... and when we would go out I worried what friends and people would say/think. Now I don't care. She is beautiful to me. Kaylee, on the other hand has started tugging, pulling, and straight out yanking the ear tag.
Dominic is also doing well.. he has stopped (for the most part) having potty accidents at school. We started a reward system where every day he is dry at school he gets a $1 to put in his treasure box.. then as his treasure box fund grows he can buy stuff.. so he bought a game for his LeapPad recently. He told me what game he wanted to get, I told him how much it cost ($10), he counted out $10, gave me the money, and I bought the game. I like this because he feels an ownership in the ability to buy stuff because he worked to get the $. Dominic is still not the greatest listener but we are working on that. He loves school, doing homework, and is able to read quite a few words.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Happy Holidays!
The month started out with Kaylee's Red Egg and Ginger party on 12/02/2012. This is a Chinese tradition where you celebrate and "present" your child to family and friends when the baby reaches 1-month old. Here Kaylee is dressed in her princess dress.. ready to go and waiting for everyone. A lot of Tim's family and our friends attended the Red Egg and Ginger party and we had a great time! Thanks everyone for celebrating Kaylee's one-month birthday!
12/08/2012
We went to have breakfast with Santa. Here are some pictures from Breakfast with Santa. Dominic loved it! Of note: this is the first year Dominic has felt 'OK' sitting on Santa's lap. Previous years Santa was in the scary catagory.
12/11/2012
Dominic participated in his school Christmas program. Here he is while singing the song "Paint the Town December." He was incredibly cute and I'm not just being biased! As we were leaving a woman grabbed
my arm and yelled over the chatter "Can I tell you how incredibly cute your son is?!" In the weeks leading up to the Christmas program Dominic could be heard singing songs about Kwanzaa and Hanukkah... we had no idea where he learned the songs until we were at the Christmas program. :)
12/25/2012, Christmas
Every year it is always a goal of mine to give Dominic the type of Christmas I had as a child.. I have fond memories of Christmas, from going to my Auntie Carol and Uncle Miguel's home on Christmas Eve for dinner to my sister Lori and I waking my parents at the 'butt-crack-of-dawn' to open presents. I'm not gonna lie... when Christmas comes each year I become a child and I believe in the magic of Christmas.
This year Dominic also really got into Christmas... singing Christmas carols, helping me decorate the tree, and always asking me to turn the car radio to the Christmas music station. I love doing little special Christmas things with Dominic. On Christmas Eve, Dominic and I sprinkled oatmeal and glitter on the front yard. I told Dominic we were doing this so that Santa and the reindeer would see the sprinkles and know to stop by our house with presents. :)
We also baked sugar cookies for Santa and put out some carrots and celery for the reindeer.
Some of the presents Dominic got: A Wii from us, lots of Legos (including the Utlra Sonic Raider which he asked for and got from Santa), lots of clothes (including his favorite Avengers sweater and vest outfit from Grammy and Grandpa Nakamoto), and a castle with knights and horses from Grandma and Grandpa Yep. This year Tim and I decided to buy ourselves an early Christmas present: and snazzy coffee maker that does a carafe but also the single cup. Here are some pictures from Christmas morning:
12/31/2012
We rang in the New Year with good friends at the Berberian home. We played poker up until the count down and Tim and I ended up the last folks standing in the poker game.
12/25/2012, Christmas
Every year it is always a goal of mine to give Dominic the type of Christmas I had as a child.. I have fond memories of Christmas, from going to my Auntie Carol and Uncle Miguel's home on Christmas Eve for dinner to my sister Lori and I waking my parents at the 'butt-crack-of-dawn' to open presents. I'm not gonna lie... when Christmas comes each year I become a child and I believe in the magic of Christmas.
This year Dominic also really got into Christmas... singing Christmas carols, helping me decorate the tree, and always asking me to turn the car radio to the Christmas music station. I love doing little special Christmas things with Dominic. On Christmas Eve, Dominic and I sprinkled oatmeal and glitter on the front yard. I told Dominic we were doing this so that Santa and the reindeer would see the sprinkles and know to stop by our house with presents. :)
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| Goodies for Santa and Reindeer. |
We also baked sugar cookies for Santa and put out some carrots and celery for the reindeer.
Some of the presents Dominic got: A Wii from us, lots of Legos (including the Utlra Sonic Raider which he asked for and got from Santa), lots of clothes (including his favorite Avengers sweater and vest outfit from Grammy and Grandpa Nakamoto), and a castle with knights and horses from Grandma and Grandpa Yep. This year Tim and I decided to buy ourselves an early Christmas present: and snazzy coffee maker that does a carafe but also the single cup. Here are some pictures from Christmas morning: |
| Tim and Dominic building his castle. |
12/29/2012
We missed the pre-Christmas Flag Football Game but were able to go to the pre-New Year's Flag Football Game. Unfortunately, the fields were reserved for a soccer tournament but the guys improvised and played on the basketball courts. There was a good turn out and we're looking forward to the 2013 Annual Holiday Flag Football series.
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| Flag football |
With the heavy rainfall the prior night there were earthworms ALL OVER the basketball court and Dominic was FASCINATED by all the worms.
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| Baby earthworms. |
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| Kaylee ready to go out to watch football! |
12/31/2012
We rang in the New Year with good friends at the Berberian home. We played poker up until the count down and Tim and I ended up the last folks standing in the poker game.
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| Happy Hew Year's! |
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| Kaylee in her NYE party dress. |
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| Dominic ringing in the New Year with pal Jasmine. |
SEE EVERYONE IN 2013!!!
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