May Mayhem

Sisters

May was a busy month and we tried to get some routine into our home. Between little Alexandria crying and wanting to feed all the time and my busy appointment schedule with therapies and doctors appointments, we were lucky to get some help from Auntie Marilyn and Godma Yi.

Auntie Marilyn, Audrey and Alexandria

Auntie Marilyn and Alexandria

Audrey and Godma Yi's boob

We also had other visitors in May, Grandpa Mike came to help and so did Grandma Florence and Grandpa Joe.

Grandpa Mike and Mommy bathing Alexandria

Grandma Florence and Alexandria

In May we also celebrated Daddy's birthday and my first birthday!

1st Birthday

Daddy's Birthday

On the medical front, I started getting physical and occupational therapy through the California Children's Service and early intervention services from the Regional Center via Easter Seals. I am officially in the "system" which is a nightmare to navigate with all it's various rules and eligibility criteria's. Plus with the California budget issues, there is always hurdles to getting the services I have been deemed eligible to receive. Basically if you don't ask and escalate you may miss out. I am lucky that Mommy and Daddy are not shy to push the envelope and not take no for an answer. I just feel sorry for other kids who's parents are not as well versed in navigating the system. Daddy has had to reach out to the Care Parents Network for advice but ultimately Mommy and Daddy have to be my biggest advocate to get sh!t done!

I got my first set of orthosis which are called AFO's (Ankle Foot Orthosis)...basically torture devices to try and keep my feet flexed at the ankle since I have a tendency to go into extension. Suffice to say I do not like them.

My Pink and Leopard print AFO

Doing physical therapy with Mommy

That was May 2011...many thanks to all our visitors and people who can over to help us take care of Alexandria....baby burrito #2

No fooling in April

There was no fooling around in April with the arrival of my little sister Alexandria just 11 months after me....she came in at at whopping 5 lbs 12 oz, almost three times my weight of 1 lb15 oz. Despite her hefty size, I made it very clear to her who is the boss in the family.

We were all very happy that Alexandria didn't have to spend any time in the NICU even though she arrived a bit early at 37 weeks.

Alexandria's Godmother Jenny visited the day after and got to hold her.

Mommy did her usual non-compliant patient trick and got herself discharged two days after her c-section because she missed me so much and wanted to get home. I think it was actually that she was afraid that Godmother Yi would kidnap me and take me back to SoCal. She came to the hospital incognito to visit Mommy.

The rest of April was pretty quiet...well as quiet as could be with little sister crying and wanting to be fed every two hours. We just spent time as a family.

Daddy wanted to get a picture of Alexandria in his hands and Alexandria decided it would be funny to pee on him (look closely at Daddy's hand holding her legs)....so I guess there was a late April Fool's joke on Daddy!

Happy Holidays...I'm back!!!

Hi Everyone...it's been awhile since I last posted in April and let me tell you lots has happened...good (my baby sister Alexandria arrived) and bad (some more medical hurdles). I'll try to catch you up with a few posts over the holidays....but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holidays with family and friends no matter what you celebrate...Christmas, Hanukkah, Kawanzaa or Festivus.

Here is a picture of me in my holiday bow and Alexandria as a Santa's Helper.