busy weekend

I had big plans to complete for this weekend. Hoped for more....but that is the story of my married life! The house is in far better shape and the kids have clean undies...so thats good. I probably need to check into jeans though.....

And several update letters have been wrote to several wonderful families that sponser us. The latest request was for an update picture so .......groan, I made an appointment. Last year we had a fun time taking outdoor pictures like the one in my first post. I almost considered doing that again....but the allergies...and our friends who did it at the same time moved ...and I had a coupon. You can see they got me to a little more than a coupon - but I am behind on getting pictures of the kids ( you might even have evidence of Shark Boy's every 3 month pictures!!) Mermaid girl has been neglected in formal pictures but the digital camera makes up for it. She is so into pictures this year. She wanted Barbie hair so we did it. It takes forever to straighten and I kept misting it down ---bringing the curl back! Crazy Momma! She is beautiful and the pictures show it! They gave us a disk --- and you can see the pictures were pretty good. The disk has 102 pictures so lots of scrapbooking ahead!

Also Yeah Packers!!!! Would we ever have loved to see that game!!!!!!!!!

BEAUTIFUL!!

Check out Aunt M! at her blog.

We love Aunt M and Uncle J! MG thinks she is so pretty!! (And that uncle J and her other uncle J dance wierd!) We have lots of other Aunts and Uncles we love too. I don't think they'll start blogs...but we hope so.

Mermaid Princess

Aunt M and Uncle J went to China and sent home Mermaid girl a beautiful princess crown. Maleah loves it and it is beautiful! We have it on her wall above the 2 chinese butterflies we already had on the wall. It is perfect. Aunt M and Uncle J have been waiting a long time for their Thank you. I keeping meaning to do this, but wanted to send a picture with it. When I download pics to the computer -- I need to name them and print them right away....or it never happens. Sorry M and J -- MG's mom is hopeless! Thank you "Pretty Aunt M" and J

Shark boy recieved a really neat Tshirt with a dragon on it. He loves it -- but I don't have a picture yet. He doesn't like his picture taken. MG on the other hand is all drama and will pose forever! I'm trying not to post so many extra pics or stories about MG. But, SB doesn't always cooperate or would be furious if I posted some of his stories!!

The dress is how you'll often find MG! MG is playing dress up in one of a huge box of recital dresses that a friend back home gave her. Thanks T.G. -- She loves them!

I am an expert at sleep!

Well the sleep study was interesting. The nice tech said "I won't tell if you passed and I won't tell if you didn't pass". I think I passed though, because she had me test out all of these masks and I never had to use them. I am relieved because the masks are really claustrophobic and the only one that wasn't puts a lot of pressure on the eustachian tubes. I don't desire either one. Basicly EEG electrobes were Super glued to my head, EKG electrobes were placed and wires on my legs, then a vibration microphone place on my throat (tests snoring), and bands placed on my lower and upper chest. Oxygen prongs were placed in my nostrils and above my mouth. Then all of these plugged into a box next to me. It took forever to fall asleep. Mostly, because despite all my medical knowledge-- I was scared they could read my mind!! 2 electrobes came off initially, then I learned how to turn avoiding the leg wires -- but my wrists were all tied up in the morning. I guess that is pretty common. She used a chemical to take the glue off my scalp and it didn't hurt at all. I see the pulmonologist tomorrow, hopefully he will have the results.
Tomorrow I have a mandatory medical insurance body mass index and blood test. All of the employees need to do this -- well it's not mandatory - but it will cost about $50 more a month for my insurance if I don't -- Makes it mandatory in my book! The worst part is my appointment is 4:40 pm and I need to fast for 8 hours. Thank goodness, I can at least have breakfast! And all the water I want! (but- no Dr. Pepper ) :-(

Sleep

Wish me luck....I'm off to sleep at the hospital for a sleep study. I was really worried I would not fall asleep with all of the wires and people watching me, but a friend's husband works there and set me up with the "nicest" and "best tech" they have! I am feeling a little better. I am tired after a busy 4 days at work. So hopefully this will work. I need to sleep for at least 3 hours. Shark boy gave me his Jigglypuff Pokemon card. It's a cute little pink animal that can sing any opponent to sleep! What more could I need?

Braids

We love Cool Cuts. Mermaid Girl sits in the Princess Chair, while watching Barbie movies and has her hair cut and braided. Shark Boy loves it as well to play video games while his sister takes an hour and a half to become even more beautiful! It's a tad more expensive...but only about $4 per kid.....So worth it!! I am amazed how fast they can put in the braids and such clear parts. I'm learning more every 3 months!

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat! B took the kids this year -- as he has not taken them here. How did I miss that? His 3rd year must be either easier...or he's better at time management. I think a little of both. So, Mommy did not have to go as an Asthmatic nurse....with her nose mask and goggles. That was my allergy Dr's suggestion. He is moving my testing really slow to avoid an allergy attack. Thus far molds and popolur trees are positive. Cats are OK --- Yeah!! But, I reacted REALLY bad to dogs! :-) And.....doing dishes, washing windows and cleaning toilets also. Big welts from all of those!

To do these tests, I need to be off 2 of my meds, especially Zyrtec. I know Zyrtec makes a difference now. My red eyes were a huge clue. What a sight I would have been at campus....grey face mask from Home Depot, Luke's swim goggles, firy red Right eye thus only a contact in my left eye. A asthmatic, cyclops nurse....best I stayed home!