Today Sophie and I went to visit the newest addition to the Huang family, Mackenzie Kayla, who arrived on her due date last Friday. What a cutie! We look forward to more play dates with Parker and now Kenzie too!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Mother's Day Out
I can't believe Lydia has been in Mother's Day Out for almost a year now! She will be promoted into the three year olds class in a couple weeks, which I'm sure will take same adjusting. Now that Lydia knows her classmates better, we've being slowly invited to their birthday parties. We're still debating whether or not to have one for her this year; we'll probably just have a small gathering of some sort. Anyhow, Lydia attended Elizabeth's 3rd birthday party Saturday with a bunch of other classmates. Elizabeth lives off of 360 and Bull Creek, so her house had a nice view of the country. If was fun getting to socialize with the parents more since we rarely run into each other with Lydia's drop off at 9 and pick up at 2:30.
Sophie just hanging around.
The majority of Lydia's classmates
Lydia hugging Elizabeth so that she can get her bubbles party favor, which she has added to her sleeping collection.
Oh, and another thing I discovered...typically just the mother and the invited child go to American birthday parties, while the entire family usually goes to Asian birthday parties. Hmmm, must be a cultural thing.
Oh, and another thing I discovered...typically just the mother and the invited child go to American birthday parties, while the entire family usually goes to Asian birthday parties. Hmmm, must be a cultural thing.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
To Amy's house we go
Lydia held Sophie's hand (and her pants) all the way to Amy's house.It's soooo sweet when the girls are nice to each other.
Some refreshing water fun!
The three musketeers
An oversized Lydia in the water tableFriday, August 07, 2009
Unrevealing (and a lot of venting)
Due to the pediatrician's urgings, I took Sophie to a pediatric endocrinologist a few weeks back to find out if her low weight gain was due to hormones, chromosomes, or what not. I had a horrible experience because not only did I feel that Dr. Nunez did not know what she was talking about, but I had to spend an additional hour in the waiting room with a tired toddler while the assistant tried to get a hold of the pediatrician's office to find out what additional blood work they needed. Normally this would have been a routine thing, but what really bothered (more like perturbed) me was that Dr. Nunez said that I had to contact the pediatrician's office myself and get the test names to tell the assistant. So, I did just that, but then I find out that the assistant ended up calling them herself and had to wait 30 minutes for the pediatrican's office to call her back, when I had just gotten off the phone with them! Basically, lots of time wasted.
Two weeks passed and I hadn't gotten heard back from Dr. Nunez's office, so I called and left a message with the nurses. Two days later, a nurse calls to say that the blood test results were back and the doctor had looked at them, but didn't tell her what they said. Sheesh... Finally, three weeks after the visit, another nurse calls me back to tell me that Dr. Nunez said that the results were "unrevealing" and that I needed to go to a GI specialist and immunologist. Okay, it was tough enough to bring myself to take Sophie to the endocrinologist in the first place, and now two more specialists? I KNOW that Sophie is fine, but what if she's not, so I have to take her, right? So, I called the pediatrician to kind of complain and not only did she agree with Dr. Nunez, but she wanted me to add a hemotologist to address Sophie's anemia. WHAT?!?!?!
Okay, so I make all the appointments and am finally okay with everything. The pediatrician than personally calls me back today and tells me that after our conversation, she looked at the test results again and didn't see any reason for the immunologist. So, she called Dr. Nunez who agreed that everything was normal and who sounded a bit confused. The pediatrician doesn't even think Dr. Nunez looked at the test results! So, I guess, in a way, it was a good thing I got all disturbed because it made the pediatrician take another look and saved us a trip to an unnecessary specialist; the one time my hot-headness came in handy!
So, Sophie's got her hemotologist appointment in a couple weeks and the GI specialist apointment in October. The hemotologist appointment is mainly for her future, to understand where her anemia is coming from though treatment is not needed. The GI specialist is essentially our second opinion to see if Sophie has any absorption problems because of her low weight gain. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for letting me vent.
Two weeks passed and I hadn't gotten heard back from Dr. Nunez's office, so I called and left a message with the nurses. Two days later, a nurse calls to say that the blood test results were back and the doctor had looked at them, but didn't tell her what they said. Sheesh... Finally, three weeks after the visit, another nurse calls me back to tell me that Dr. Nunez said that the results were "unrevealing" and that I needed to go to a GI specialist and immunologist. Okay, it was tough enough to bring myself to take Sophie to the endocrinologist in the first place, and now two more specialists? I KNOW that Sophie is fine, but what if she's not, so I have to take her, right? So, I called the pediatrician to kind of complain and not only did she agree with Dr. Nunez, but she wanted me to add a hemotologist to address Sophie's anemia. WHAT?!?!?!
Okay, so I make all the appointments and am finally okay with everything. The pediatrician than personally calls me back today and tells me that after our conversation, she looked at the test results again and didn't see any reason for the immunologist. So, she called Dr. Nunez who agreed that everything was normal and who sounded a bit confused. The pediatrician doesn't even think Dr. Nunez looked at the test results! So, I guess, in a way, it was a good thing I got all disturbed because it made the pediatrician take another look and saved us a trip to an unnecessary specialist; the one time my hot-headness came in handy!
So, Sophie's got her hemotologist appointment in a couple weeks and the GI specialist apointment in October. The hemotologist appointment is mainly for her future, to understand where her anemia is coming from though treatment is not needed. The GI specialist is essentially our second opinion to see if Sophie has any absorption problems because of her low weight gain. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for letting me vent.
Monday, August 03, 2009
The Houston Zoo
Trung took the Monday off and we took the kids to the zoo for the first time. Jennifer and Calvin joined us in viewing the always interesting animals and battling the heat. Overall, the adults had a good time, but I think the kids were still a bit too young to enjoy everything.
The chipmunks were so cute; I wanted to take one home in my pocket!
What are YOU looking at?
The head honcho giraffe watching over all the other giraffes (and us).
Jennifer, Calvin, and Sophie makes three!
Speedy monkey
This clip reminds me of those monkeys on National Geographics that pick each other's fleas off and eat them.
Toby the Red Panda
Posing with Toby
What a fun (and hot) time!Sunday, August 02, 2009
Mom's Birthday Bash(es)
We went to Houston Saturday afternoon to celebrate my mother's 60th birthday. She started off her birthday weekend with a lovely dinner at Ocean Palace with family and close friends Saturday night.
My sweet girls before the party.
Lydia just loves her "ah-ma"!
The family sans Mike
Lydia being a good big sister.
Mom's second birthday celebration at church on her actual birthdate.
Sophie took a liking to Uncle Jimmy's finger that afternoon; her pouty lips are sooo cute!
We cooled off at Jimmy's community pool in the afternoon where Thomas, his boys, and his mother soon joined us.
Mom's third "party" at home with a bunch of MY friends. :P Trung did a great job grilling steaks, which was, as suspected, only the second time the grill has been put to use since we bought it last time we were in Houston.Friday, July 31, 2009
News!
Not me, of course, but my brother-in-law Sing, and his wife Maggie! Yay! Little girls are so precious...we should know, we have two! :)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Making a move
Susanna and I took the kids to watch Curious George at Lakeline Mall. I didn't find out until just a few days before that Regal Cinema has been offering free movies at 10 AM every week for the entire summer! Well, the girls didn't make it through the movie because Sophie was fidgety and Lydia got scared from some of the scenes. So, we headed out early and Susanna and Ethan met us after the movie at Gymboree.
Afterwards, we ate a simple lunch at the Food Court. While I was off washing Lydia's hands, Susanna caught Ethan on her cell phone camera making a move on Sophie. Poor Sophie, she didn't even know what was happening though I'm sure Ethan's Mommy had something to do with it. :P
Afterwards, we ate a simple lunch at the Food Court. While I was off washing Lydia's hands, Susanna caught Ethan on her cell phone camera making a move on Sophie. Poor Sophie, she didn't even know what was happening though I'm sure Ethan's Mommy had something to do with it. :P
Looking all innocent...
eyeing the prey...
making a move...
SCORE!Sunday, July 26, 2009
Kids Swap
When we ate out for dinner tonight, the girls ate much faster than Trung and I, so we were glad that they found something to entertain themselves...booster seats. They kept standing up and sitting back down on the seats for the longest time.
Lydia loves seeing herself in pictures, so she's been putting her arm Sophie lately to insure that a picture will be taken because who could possibly pass up a sisterly moment? Certainly not I.
After dinner we went to see newborn Ethan, so that Trung and Lydia could meet him.
Imagine having three kids...wow, I'll definitely have to think long and hard about that one!
Gangsta Ethan
Nick and the petite pansiesSaturday, July 25, 2009
Mayfield Park and Reserve
This morning we met Persephone, her mother, and Kyan at Mayfield Park to check out the peacocks. There wasn't much for the kids to do, but it was a nice serene place to visit.
The master of all peacocks
Persephone, Kyan, and Sophie
Sophie running away from a peacock
Checking out the waterfall
Sweet smiling girls
Me and my girls
A spying peacockA peacock getting just a tad bit too close to Sophie...
and then to Lydia.
Fingerprints in the dirt
Sweethearts on stairs outside of Mozart's
Best buds
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