Regan with her husband

I'm sure that you all remember that Regan's friend Christian has declared that he is going to marry Regan when he gets older. Well, he has taken it to a new level. Now he says that he is going to marry her and they are going to have a daughter named Charlotte. He told Matt that Regan was going to have a baby in her tummy. Matt was not thrilled with the idea of that. : ) He got the above pictured vehicle for his birthday. Regan tried to ride it by herself, but she doesn't understand how to control it. Christian is more than happy to take her on rides, though. On this particular day his dad was running the sprinkler, so Christian kept riding into it and sitting there. You can't tell by the look on Regan's face in this picture, but they both thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Easter Bunny

We went to see the Easter Bunny today after Kindermusic. We went with the same friend that we went with to see Santa, and it worked again....like a charm. Addison did not cooperate, but what are you going to do. She was more interested in chewing on her dress than anything.

Per Request

I am posting a picture of Regan's Big Girl room as requested by some. Now tell me why she wouldn't want to sleep in there. Her only reason is "Because I don't want to." Okay, then.

We went to the zoo yesterday with some of our playgroup friends. I wish that I would have had my camera to film Regan. Her favorite part of the zoo is the "choo choo train." It's particularly exciting right now, because we just got two zebras. Well, Regan likes to say All daboard the whole train ride. And she says it at the top of her lungs. Maybe she wants to be a train engineer when she grows up, I don't know. I'm not even sure where she learned that. She also put her hand on her friends shoulder and told her "that was very nice of you to share your goldfish with me." She's our little nerd. : )

Addison is doing much better with eating since we went to the pediatrician and he prescribed the antihistamine. I have been pulling so much stuff out of her nose lately, it is amazing that she can breathe. I still obsessively weigh her...although, I have relaxed about it a little bit....and she has gained 4 oz. since Tuesday.

Regan is doing really well with potty training. She has been wearing panties all day since last Saturday with no accidents (knock on wood). She won't poopy on the pottie....even though we have a care bear that she wants (as if this house needs another stuffed animal) sitting on the kitchen counter as bribery...and waits until her nap because she knows that we will put a diaper on her. That's fine with me, though. I know it will all come with time, and now I can relax about losing my deposit at the school that we plan on sending her to next year.

Weekend

We had a busy weekend this weekend. It seems like the Spring is just as busy as Christmas time. We have a birthday party almost every weekend. Next weekend we have three. We didn't have one this weekend, but we did have a neighborhood party Saturday evening and I had my twice annual tea on Sunday. Matt's mom was nice enough to come to keep the girls for our party and to help Matt on Sunday while I went to Mandeville.

We took Regan to the park on Saturday afternoon. It was a beautiful day, so we wanted to be outside. She had fun sliding on the slide and feeding the ducks with her dad. Addison slept through all of the fun.

I took both girls to the doctor today for the first time by myself. It wasn't to bad. I was right, and Addison had only gained 2 oz. since last Tuesday. He said he is not worried, because she has fat stored up. He thinks she is not eating well because she has a lot of congestion and it hurts. So, he gave me a prescription for that. We also have to give her 2 oz. a day of apple/prune juice to help with her constipation. He said Regan looks good. She had a bad cough that had sounded croupy a few days ago. He had given her an oral steroid, and that seems to have done the trick with the croup. He said her cough now is allergy related with all of the pollen in the air.

Sorry it's been so long

Sorry it's been a little while since I have posted. Nothing really exciting has been happening here. Regan has slowly but surely been continuing with her potty training. I have been letting her go naked at home for the past couple of day's, and she has been recognizing the urge to go tee-tee. I still feel completely clueless with this, but am listening to other parents advice on what worked for their children. Thank goodness for mom friend's is all I have to say. We are planning on moving her to her big girl bed soon. She is not wanting to give up her crib, so we are expecting a rough transition. However, Addison will want to move in soon (or her parents will want her to move out) so Regan has to move to the beautiful room that has been prepared for her. She does not do change well.

Regan is getting funnier every day. Some of her most funny comments have been the following:

Matt: I love you
Regan: Well, THANK YOU DADDY!

She has to call Matt every time she tee-tees on the potty. Today we got Matt's voicemail and I told her to leave a message. So, she says in an uncharacteristically quiet voice "I tee-teed on the potty." and then her normal loud voice says "Mommy, he's not der!"

She has learned all of her letter's and there sound's. She likes to figure out what letter's start with. It started with us asking her what letter words started with, but now she likes to do it on her own. However, she does not always pronounce things right. So, she will say things like tookie starts with a T!

Sometimes I feel like I should just follow her around with a video camera.

Addison has another ear infection, and is on ear drops. Even though we are not thrilled about another infection, an infection with tubes is better than an infection without tubes. I am concerned that she is not gaining like she should with the on demand schedule, so we may be going back to every three hours during the day when we go back for her next weigh in. We shall see. All in all, though things have been much better. She is very smiley, and loves to be talked to. It's so much fun!

Addison at 3 months

Went to see the Dr. on Tuesday. Addison is now 12 lbs 6oz. We can now feed her on demand during the day and night, instead of a set schedule. We only have to go for weigh-ins every two weeks. This message posted by Matt (you could probably tell already by the lack of colorful language).

UL Baseball Game

Matt took Regan to the UL Baseball game today with some of our friend's. He said it was fun, but that Regan was more interested in playing on the stairs than she was in watching the game. Apparently, she was trying to get our friend's little girl to play with her on the stairs and she was trying to get Regan to sit. Maybe Regan will be a leader after all. She seemed to have had fun, and was very excited that she saw our neighbor from across the street. She is a twelve year old girl, and Regan is really taken with her. She played with Regan one evening, and now anytime she is outside Regan is her shadow. I think she may rue the day she ever paid attention to Regan.

Addison Update

I took her to the doctor yesterday and she had gained six ounces again. They said that I now only have to bring her in every week, and if she continues that I will eventually only bring her in every other week. He also said that we can let her start feeding on demand at night, so no more waking her up every three to four hours to eat. Matt was especially excited!

We also saw the ENT yesterday. She said that her right ear looks perfect, but that there was still some fluid in her left ear. But she said it was much better. The tubes have been a godsend. Knock on wood, we think we are over the hump. They will check her hearing in the beginning of April, and then we just have the surgery. After that she should be as good as new.

Addison Smiling

Princess

Regan wanted to put on her princess costume to twirl around in her pull up diaper. She really likes the pull up diapers, but still doesn't get the concept of the potty. She will sit on it, but doesn't always go. I can't figure out if she doesn't get the concept, or if she doesn't want to stop what she is doing to go potty. Maybe a little of both? This is still progress from where we were, but I just feel clueless with this whole potty training thing.

Story Time

Regan likes to read to her stuffed animals before and after her naps. Don't ask me how she has room to sleep in her bed, but she does.

Weight Update

I took Addison for her twice weekly weigh in. She had gained 6 oz., which is especially good since she just had surgery on Monday. She has been doing really well since her surgery. She still has pain from it, especially when she yawns but the ENT said that that was normal. The Pediatrician said that if she has gained well on Monday that I can start bringing her just once a week to get weighed. So exciting!!!

Ear Tube Update

All went well. We left our house at 6:30am and were home for 8:30am. Matt's mom was kind enough to come stay, so that we didn't have to ask Jennifer to get here that early. Addison has been fussy all day and hasn't really eaten well. But they said to expect that. My friend told me that it is one bad day, and then we will see a huge improvement. It seems like she is starting to get better now, but it has been a long day.

Seeing Shadows

It was a pretty day today, so we took the girls to the zoo today and I guess Regan noticed her shadow for the first time. We were leaving and she was walking along, and she said"Oh! There are two of me. I am a big girl."

In other big girl news....Regan poopied on the potty tonight! I still think we have a long way to go before she is potty trained. I'm not even sure she knew she did it. She doesn't seem to quite make the connection, yet. She more sits on the potty for fun or for a stall tactic. But I was in the middle of reading her book to her this evening and she said I want to go sit on the potty. So maybe she is making the connection, I don't know. Either way, we were very proud of her.

Bowling

We went bowling with some friend's yesterday. Matt and Regan bowled. I am not a very good bowler, so I was happy to have Addison as an excuse. It was Addison's second time out in a inside public place. We took her to the book store last weekend. Bowling lanes are smoke free now, so we didn't have to worry about that. She is getting older, so we are slowly letting her out of house arrest.

Regan dressed for spring, because she wanted to wear her new dress. I bought it yesterday, and I tried it on her to make sure it fit. She was so excited about it, that we let her wear it. Even though it is not officially Spring, it is Spring like weather right now.

I think Regan had a lot of fun, and Matt was happy because he won among the adults. I think one of my friend's husband's is just as competitive as Matt, because he said that he and Matt are going to have to play again.

Addison's Ear Tubes

We saw the ENT today. Her surgery for her tubes in her ear's is scheduled for Monday morning. We are hoping that this will be the answer to our prayers.

Update

First the good news. Addison gained 6 oz. at the doctor yesterday. Their scale was, again, 3 oz. higher than ours so I will not be shocked if on Thursday she hasn't gained again according to their scale. However, the doctor seems to be leaning towards no feeding tube. He said that as long as she continues on an upward trend at a good rate that we should be fine. He told Addison that she was doing well. That she was making everyone worry about her, but that she was doing well.

Regan has an ear infection and a sinus infection. She has had a cough for a few days and yesterday we noticed that she was wheezing, so I made an appointment for her. She has to do breathing treatments every four hours for two days and she is on an antibiotic and an oral steroid. We are worried that she could be asthmatic. The doctor said that it is a possibility, but that he is not going to say that right now since we have only had two episodes of wheezing. Three, if you count the first one that I did not take her to the doctor for. He said that if she is, there is nothing that we can do to prevent it. The good news is that at least this time we are already getting up with Addison. So, it's not like last time when I was pregnant and we had to get up.

As for potty training....we had our first accident today. She wanted to wear panties and sit on the potty yesterday morning until Jennifer got here and then she wanted her diaper back on. Last night she wanted to sit on the potty, but didn't have any luck. This morning she wanted to wear her panties and sit on the potty. No luck, but she wanted to keep her panties on. Well, next thing I know she had a stain in the back. So, I took them off and cleaned her off and she wanted a new pair of panties. I reiterated that she should tell me when she needs to go potty, while not making a big deal about the accident. She wore her panties for about an hour and a half and just now asked for a diaper. I think she gets annoyed with us asking her if she needs to go potty. It's hard not to, though. Anyway, I see this as progress because before she would not wear panties or sit on the potty. I am going to tell them at school to at least take her to the potty everytime her friend Maddison goes. Maddison is potty trained, and I am all about positive peer pressure.

Visit

Our friends, the Liuzza's, from Mandeville came to visit for the day, and to see Addison. We had a great time with them, and are so glad that they came. Regan really liked playing with her friends. And the best part..... Regan tee-teed on the potty tonight, and we think it is all thanks to them. Their oldest is a year older than Regan and is, of course, potty trained. Well, she sat on the potty before she left and Regan and I sat in the bathroom with her. Tonight Regan tells us that she wants to tee-tee on the potty. I think it helped that it was bedtime, and she saw it as a stall tactic. We sat for a half hour, and she would not get up until she tee-teed. I was starting to think we were going to be there all night, but I didn't want to make her get up when she wanted to sit there because she NEVER wants to sit there. Especially on the big potty, which is where she was sitting. She finally did and she was very excited. We gave her stickers to reward her. We are very proud of her. I am going to try to convince her to wear panties tomorrow. We will see how that goes. Stay tuned!!

Regan Helping

Regan's Love for Elmo

Saturday night we went to a birthday party for one of our playgroup friends, and leave it to Regan to find the elmo in the house. He was attached to a push walker. Of course, Regan wouldn't walk behind one when she was learning to walk....prefering our fingers instead... I guess I should have gotten one with Elmo on it.

She also thought it very important that we all wear our birthday hat's. She wore her's the whole time, and everytime she discovered that I was no longer wearing mine she would bring me another one.