Kamryn's Reflux Update

On Monday we took Kamryn for her most favoritest test (not really). To refresh some people, about a year ago Kamryn got a urinary tract infection (UTI) and when this happens in children under 3 they run tests to make sure there isn't some underlying problem. Well Kamryn did, minor, but this is when we found out she bilateral reflux. For those that don't remember, or didn't know, this is where the tube from the kidney's to the bladder basically goes straight in instead of at an angle. This will cause urine to reflux up into the kidneys which could cause problems. Kamryn's is minor and did not need surgery at the time, but we have to give her preventive antibiotics (which is very difficult for two parents who don't like having to rely on medication) and she needs to retake the tests in a year. So now we are up to speed. We went last week for the ultrasound and this week for the VCUG. The VCUG is the one that they put a catheter in her and fill her bladder up with dye and then she has to pee so they can see if any goes up. Well, it still does so we have to keep her on the medicine. We have only seen the radiologist and all he had was the test at hand--not the one from last year to compare. So I am not sure if it is better, worse, or the same. We will see the urologist Dec 23 and should have more information at that time. Just wanted to keep everyone posted, she does great--no infections or anything so we are still positive on the fact she will outgrow this and not have to have surgery.

Disney On Ice

We took Kamryn to her first ice capades, Disney on Ice was in town--and she loves Mickey and the princess'. She was really not sure about it, you could tell she was really watching though. She was trying to take it all in, her little head was just moving all around. She knows Mickey (she LOVES watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and she knew the princess'--she just wasn't sure about the rest. Kyle didn't want to go (can't imagine why not), so it was just the three of us--and she got to go to Denny's when it was over. Below are some pictures, we borrowed brother's camera so bare with the quality of some of the pictures. She wore her "pretty princess" dress, I didn't get them in the picture, but her Disney Princess boots. She loves those boots.

Kamryn and her daddy

Mickey and Minnie started off the show

Snow White and her Prince

Here comes Goofy

And don't forget Donald

Mickey came down from the ceiling in a hot air balloon--she thought that was neat and silly

Goofy and Mickey again, they are the band leaders

Lion King--Hakuna Matata is mommy's favorite

Here is the finale with all the characters

Dinner at Denny's--Kamryn loves her eggs now (still a big fan of pancakes too)

Halloween

I just realized I never posted the Halloween pictures. We had our annual chili night and the girls were adorable. Mom and Dad (Pops) came over, Zayne's parents and Tricia came with Angela. Kyle decided this year he was too cool to hang out with the "ole family" so he followed the girls with his friends. Zayne, Julie and Tricia took Kamryn and Angela trick or treating. Kamryn was a ladybug (that is what her dad calls her) and Angela was a princess. They started to realize this year what was going on and was excited. They lasted about an hour and then they came back and Kamryn helped pass out candy, she thought that was a lot of fun. Below are some pictures, hope you enjoy!!!

Kamryn and Nana playing with her toys.

No, Nana--it goes like this.

Kamryn and Angela really enjoyed swinging with Kamryn's Paw Paw

Aren't we just the cutest.

A little ladybug and a princess--we are ready to go. And we are off!!!!!!

Look what we got Nana!!!

Here we go, swinging again--this time with Nana.

Can you tell these girls love to swing.

Even with all the chocolate we have eaten, we are starting to get tired.

Kamryn the little ladybug. I even have Halloween pajamas!!

Kamryn's First Visit to the Zoo

I know, it is pretty sad my daughter is 2 and a half and she hasn't been to the zoo yet. I really wanted to wait until she could really enjoy the whole experience. So last week my mom and I took a day off work and spent the day at the zoo. Kamryn really loved it, she had a few meltdowns (expected with no nap) but was great overall. The first exhibit we went to was the rain forest and there was this section with a squirrel. This squirrel was running around and trying to dig in the sand for food. Kamryn was apparently yelling at the squirrel to eat its food. We were there for about 10 minutes watching this--I thought to myself at this rate it will take us three days to get through the zoo. We finally made it through there and off to some more. She was not sure about the monkeys though. She loves monkeys, she has a Curious George monkey and she absolutely loves him. She loved this stuffed animal to the point that we have monkey jewelry and several monkey pajamas. However, when you go to the zoo the monkeys don't look like her monkey at home so she thought we were crazy. Below are some pictures and I will add more with them.

In the rain forest building, there was this tube you could crawl through and be surrounded by the fish--Kamryn thought it would be cute to smoosh her face on the glass.

She really loved watching the "pretty fish" swimming around too. That is my girl--I could sit there for hours watching the fish.

Another animal she really likes are "baby elephants" (I believe this is my grandmother watching over her). I don't think she anticipated the elephants being so large.

At the children's zoo section there is a carousel, unlike her mother, Kamryn did not enjoy sitting on an animal and going around in circles. She prefers to just sit on the bench. She really loved the playground though, she would slide down and then run around for another turn--she could have stayed here all day. Except, a little girl took too long and it was the beginning of one of the meltdowns. There was also a petting zoo. This was right after the playground meltdown so at first she wanted nothing to with touching or brushing the animals. We finally got over the meltdown and then we had to brush every animal there.

They had this pretty cool exhibit where she could stand up in these domes like she was a gopher. It took awhile for us to be able to see her--she is on her tippie toes. You can't tell in the picture, but there are gophers around the domes.

Random statue there that Kamryn wanted to sit on. I believe it was a buffalo.

Then of course you can't leave the zoo without riding the train. However, next time we may do it first before she gets tired--I think she would enjoy it better. She was on her last stretch at this point--she fell asleep before we got on the freeway to come home.