30-day shred

today marks DAY 1 of the 30-day shred dvd by jillian michaels

since for now i only get to run 2-3x a week...

and since i'm no longer breastfeeding...

i needed something else to help me lose that baby gut...

even though i DO fit into all my jeans-but i don't like having that muffin top hanging over. hahaha!!!

christmas 2010

our christmas eve was an all day affair

it started off with brunch with the martinez fam
then we had our intimate martinez fam dinner
our beautiful little girls
then headed off at about 10pm to my side of the family to our traditional stay till midnight and then pass out and open presents
my dad likes to be the entertainment and put on an actual, really bad puppet show
and on christmas morning our little family opened up presents!!!
and let me tell ya...the more kids=the MORE mess
then christmas day we had lunch and dinner with the polintan side of the fam
i like this pic cause u can see reagan actually looking
beautiful little girls
(insert group pic below-haha-waiting for a pic from kris)


and this year the day after christmas we were able to have christmas with "the guys" although we were missing the castros and the other luna's. thank you manalili's for hosting and big thanks to everyone and all the delicious food we all brought.

i didn't get a group pic or really pics (i don't think anyone else did either) but i did capture some at the end of the girls playing
the babies

T W O m o n t h s

happy 2 month birthday reagan grace!

lola and lolo came over with a cake
and reagan was super intrigued by lola's scarf
these 2 were super excited for the cake...i mean for reagan's 2month birthday!
haha!!!

QUEEN of.the.valley

wednesday, dec. 8th i took reagan to one of her weekly visits to her pedi. turns out she lost an ounce and actually wasn't gaining from the last week. and not to mention she had been vomitting a lot prior. her pedi had me nurse her while we were there...and guess what reagan did? she vomitted. so the pedi didn't like that and wanted to run more tests. at first she wanted her admitted to the hospital just so it'd be easier and faster to get all the tests done. the dr at the hospital felt differently and wanted us to go through ER. so to ER we went and suprisingly it wasn't busy and we were in right away. they ran their few tests then once a room opened up we were sent and reagan was admitted. from there many tests were run. poor reagan. what we thought would only be a 1 night stay turned into a 3 night stay (i stayed 1 night, my mom the next and jino the last night). so they ran many tests and scans..trying to get to the bottom of her vomitting so much and her distended belly. and while we were there i wasn't allowed to breastfeed so they could see if that was causing it-the protein in the cow's milk that is. so she was on formula the whole time there..not just any formula...but one of the most expensive kind-Nutramigen. then at one point they were saying her thyroid levels were too high and so more tests and scans were done. to sum up an already long summary....they came to the conclusion that she was allergic to the proteins in the cow's milk that was passing through my breastmilk...and once we were discharged we were supposed to go see another specialist-and endocrinologist-but it turned out that the doctor who was making his rounds that weekend was a pediatrician who specialized in endocrinology. he said she was fine. it was a roller coasted ride. lots of emotions. drained physically and emotionally but thankful that i had (have) Jesus on my side cause seriously we both wouldn't have been able to get through it without Him. thank you for your prayers!

at the hospital
still there
we thought we were gonna have to go to another hospital
drank formula the whole time and from a bottle and praise God she was gettin the hang of it
finally day 4 and we get to go home.

Reagan update

Today we took Reagan to meet with more specialists. In the morning she went to see the Pediatric Neurologist and then in the afternoon we were off to CHLA so she could take another hearing test. We left the Neurologist's office feeling pretty good.

So the good news is that she CAN hear...in her left ear. That was all they got to test. The audiologist was at the mercy of Reagan. It took a while to get the test done on the left side cause she'd either wake up or the tubes would come out of her ear or un-stick from the sides of her head. So we still have to go back to test her right ear.

As for the neurologist...we left with a more positive outlook so we are truly thankful and happy!

PRAISE GOD!

weekend fun

friday night

went to jino's company work party @mario's right across from the infamous mission inn

saturday
we celebrated lola(lola)'s 88th birthday.
had lunch with the entire family @uncle tim's
then went back to the db house for coffee and dessert.
lolalola and her great grandchildren
and did i mention she's also very stylish at 88?!

sunday
went to church then after papa put up the christmas lights outside.
oh and did i forget to mention we painted the exterior of our house? hehe. well, we did. and we forgot to take a before and after pic of course-boo me.
before:
after:
then papa went and got us a tree and we decorated!!!