Reggie Lots has happened with Reggie over the last month. Most important, he is finally healthy! He lost 2 more teeth, so 5 total now. One fell out during a game of take-out. Ryan saw Reggie fall and thought it bounced out of his mouth. Reggie swears that dad’s hand brushed his mouth and it fell out. Whatever happened, it was good it was out. No one likes pulling teeth. The second one came out last night while eating ice cream. He was reading a book to me and stopped and was fiddling in his mouth and out came his tooth. I think he almost ate it!
On Thursday night, Reggie was in his first play. The play was about a spider named Anansi. When he first started talking about the play, I thought he said ,”A Nazi”. Glad that wasn’t the case! He was a Zebra and sang a couple songs. He was excited about it, so I think he enjoyed it on some level, although you can see from the pics it doesn’t appear he is having much fun.
Last weekend was opening day for baseball and Reggie has already had 2 games since. He is not too confident, but getting better. He got a hit in the second game and everyone was soooo excited for him. He got the game star :o). I’m still not thinking sports are his thing, but time will tell. After school, he asks to practice and is really enjoying catching and throwing and I’m glad he is having fun.
We had his teacher conference last week and he is right on track. A little slow in reading, but at his grade level, so we are just continuing to practice, so he can get faster. I have noticed a huge improvement in his reading over the last month and many of the words I think he won’t get, he is able to figure them out. He is still having friend issues….they fight over who sits next to him and apparently in the lunch room, his friend Colin has one spot everyday and the other is up for grabs. The lunch monitors have told me that they usually have to step in to sort out the order and make sure everyone gets a turn. Funny thing is that Reggie could care less! I’m glad he is such a good boy and well liked by his friends :o).
We visited the orthodontist at Reggie’s request last week. His loose tooth was hitting the top tooth and he would cry out in pain. All of his x-rays and molds are done and we go back in a week to see how they are going to fix his cross-bite. It was not a fun process, but he did AWESOME! Nothing like bribing him with a meal at Sweet Tomatoes.
Ainsley Two days after finishing her antibiotics, Ainsley got another fever and sore throat and ended up having strep again. This created quite a predicament for the Dr. and we all got tested recently to make sure we weren’t carriers and giving it to her. Because of her ear infection and then strep, we had to try yet another antibiotic. I think the meds just didn’t work the first time because she has been fine since the second round.
We missed quite a bit of school, dance and gymnastics and are happy to get back into the swing of things. She is in a recital at the end of the year and has the most beautiful outfit, which she shows to everyone and is quick to tell them no one can wear it or touch it until her performance.
We also had Ainsley’s conference a couple weeks ago and I was a bit surprised that they wanted her to have one more year of preschool. She is fine academically, but they are worried because she is so shy. I have been encouraging her to talk to her teachers and ask questions and let them know that she can be herself at school. She raises her hand in circle time and gives comments to her classmates during this time, which is more than Reggie ever did in preschool, so I think it will be fine. She’ll also have a few friends in her class, which I think will help with her comfort level. Amazing that they both are so different in public settings. I have had a couple very surprised parents when the real Ainsley comes out to play at their houses…turns out she isn’t quite as docile as they thought :o).
Sunday we headed to Cal Berkeley for some college gymnastics. Stanford, Cal, Oregon and Denver were there, so it was plenty busy and the girls were in awe of all the flipping going on. Ainsley choked on a pretzel and threw up all over herself, which wasn’t so much fun, but other than that, I think the girls had a good time. Laura brought a portable DVD for the ride, so Ainsley was in heaven!
Oh, I almost forgot, when Ainsley was sick, she crawled in our bed a couple nights and we were so tired we didn't take her back. Then she got better and was still coming in. We had to firmly tell her no more, so she decided to crawl into Reggie's bed. He decided he liked it, so now they both sleep together in a twin bed. It seems to be working, except the morning...when one wakes up, the other does too. And it isn't so convenient when Reggie pees the bed, not once, but twice in one night and the first was so bad that they both had to have new pj's! Ryan took a firm stand that they weren't sleeping together anymore and they cried and cried and after about 8 minutes, he couldn't take it and caved. I think we are stuck with this for awhile.
Trina
Well, I am finally getting back to myself, slowly but surely! The last couple weeks have been great (minus a couple days) and my energy is returning. I’m down to dropping my eye 4 times a day. It has decided to stay dilated for some reason and the doctor isn’t really sure why, but is hoping it will return to normal at some point. My blood pressure is at a much more comfortable level and is continuing to go down, so it will just take some more time. Still a mystery why my body responds this way, but they have ruled out some things, like lupus and RA, so that is good. Even better is that my back has continued to be amazing. When I think back to this time last year, the picture was very different, so praise God for that!!!!
Ryan
Work is still crazy busy for him, although the travel has slowed down a bit which has been nice since we’ve all been sick and I’ve not been myself. We’ve been praying that something changes, so we’ll just be patient and make the best of the situation we are in. I finally had enough of being left home with sick kids, so I will be going with him on his next trip and I’m starting to get a little more excited about it (was initially concerned about traveling with all that is going on)! We leave in 3 weeks and are going to Germany, Norway and Italy. Grandma and grandpa can deal with the sickies….no, hopefully, everyone stays nice and healthy!!!
We’ve also had the babysitter come a few times this last month and have enjoyed going out to dinner, the movies and a basketball crab feed fundraiser. That was sure an interesting event…lots of drinking and dancing. We had a great time people watching and I think we left before it got really interesting.
Multi-tasking
Video of Reggie's play:
The trophy:
