Best Buds Together

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Donut Day

Today has been a low key day. We started it off at the Donut Hole. Yummy cake donuts in all kinda of flavors.


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It's a Pony Day

I am so ready for a cut and color.

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Big Mouth

At least I can honestly say she has a big mouth!


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Not Exactly Exciting, but Necessary

Went to the annual medical malpractice meeting. Woo hoo.


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Brownie Art Project

Tonight they made an art project. Trish, their leader wrote their names on paper and everyone left their "print" on it. It was cool (and messy).






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The Lion King

Tonight we went to The Lion King. It was a fantastic show! L was on the edge of her seat the first half.


Although we were in the back, our seats were good.


L with her Simba doll.


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Yarn Bomb at WSU

A local knitting group decided to "bomb" the art exhibits at WSU. It was a really cool idea. Today, L and I walked around campus today. The weather was gorgeous.


Millie the centipede was our favorite.


A little birdy.


The front of Millie.





A flower garden.
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Beerfest

Today we went to Beerfest. It was in a new place that was much bigger and the festival rocked. I volunteered while Jeff partook in the drinking. After my job was done, Maria and I had wings and then a few beers.


Two happy girls.


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Titan Girl

Watching South High lose their football game.  She had a blast and that's all that matters. 

Lulu

My sweet just before she went into a huge sneeze fit (all over my feet).


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Reggie

She gets left out of my blog often. She's old and set in her ways and by that I mean she stays upstairs all the time and doesn't socialize downstairs. But she's still cute and sweet.





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Yummy Dessert

I love Blue Bunny cookie dough ice cream comes.

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My Sweet Girls

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The State Fair

We spent the day at the fair looking at the exhibits, petting baby lambs and going to the Girl Scout 100th year celebration.



L got to milk a fake cow. The girls loved it.


Beautiful chicken feathers.


S and L goofing around.


The sky ride. Pretty cool.


Mama cow and her two hour old baby. We saw him try and walk.

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The Faces of Oreo

He is tired but he wants to make sure he's got his toy. It would be awful if Lucy stole it while he was sleeping.








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KC

The view from my room-The Intercontinental (which was the Ritz when I was growing up). We ate supper at The Capitol Grille (which was the Bristol). So many memories. I love the Plaza.


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This is a Seizure

 I thought I'd share with you what L's seizures look like on the EEG (electrencephalogram).  At the beginning of the screen is normal brain activity.  The thick dark lines represent the seizure when all the cells are misfiring.  They last about 5-8 seconds each.

Meeting Fritz

Tonight L and I went to a friend I met through Twitter. She has a beautiful cat named Fritz. He's a Scottish Fold. He's four so he's old enough to know better but young enough to play. His mama was worried he'd be skittish, but when we got there, he walked right up to L. They played mouse, played chase and hide and seek. We got to feed him treats (he eats out of your hand). He is adorable!!


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She Can Ride Her Bike!

It's been a big week for L. 

L's News

This will be a long winded post. A few weeks ago, I noticed L would stare off. I know many kids do this, but when she pauses she forgets what she was talking about. Some days I see it often, other days none. Being the pediatric neurology PA and a worried mom, I talked it over with Dr. Shah. He thought we should do an EEG just to rule out seizures.
So we did the EEG yesterday and BAM! it was abnormal and showed seizure activity. My heart sunk a little when I saw them pop up on the EEG (mind you I only had 5 hours of sleep the night before to prep her for the test).
So....L has absence seizures. Other names for it is petit mal seizures or generalized seizures. Basically she checks out for a few seconds and then she's back. She is going to start taking a medicine called Zarontin twice a day. She will need to take medicine for 2-3 years but she will likely outgrow it. It's very benign, not caused by something serious or bad and she can do whatever she wants while she's on the medicine.
So that's the facts. How do I feel as a mom? My heart drops in my stomach when I think, she has epilepsy. And I hope others don't judge her. But I move on from my negative thinking because if she was going to have seizures this would be the kind I'd want her to have. And no one really knows. Her teacher hasn't seen them. And it's fixable. There's lots of worse thing she could have. I know I can handle this hiccup in the road.



L getting her EEG done.
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Brownie Night

Tonight's activity was making sock catapillars. L loves her new buddy.





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Another Day with Karleigh

We saw the Konda's today. Karleigh stayed awake for a long time today. Kam was a little jealous that L was playing with Karleigh.


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Zoobilee 2012

The night was beautiful. We had tons to eat and drink. And the company was great.


One of the bears was posing for us.


Jeff's enjoying a cigar.


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It's a Be-u-ti-ful Night

...for some football.



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Dance has Started

On Thursdays, L has modern dance and hip hop. She has an hour break in between so she can eat, do homework and act goofy.


It's a cheese walrus.


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The Snaggletooth is Gone

L has a Snaggletooth. We have tried getting her to pull it out but no such luck. So I took her to the dentist and he pulled it out (I don't want to see that bill). Yea! Now her permanent tooth can come in properly.



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Relaxing

I had an hour by myself before J and L got home so I had a glass of wine and read by literary magazine. I know, I'm a wild woman.


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She Lives the Life of Luxury

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Reading Time

I'm really trying to get L to read chapter books. It's a huge struggle. She reads great, but she'd rather read a picture book. Today we went to B and N and got her free book for summer reading and I convinced her to get 'Lulu and the Brontosaurus'. She was skeptical but after a few pages she fell in love with it.

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Another Day with Karleigh

We spent the evening with Karleigh. She is such a good baby.


Look! She can hold her own paci.


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