Nose Doctor

We went to the nose doctor to get Leeza's nose checked out.  He found 3 blood vessels that he thought needed to be cauterized.  Leeza was all good with him looking until he put the cotton ball in her nose that had the numbing agent on it.  Then she was all done.  He started to do the first one and she let loose.  I tried to get her to sit still for the next 15 minutes.  She cried, she wiggled and did everything to  stop him from tounching her nose.  At one point, she got out of the chair, went to the door, and headed offf down the hallway.  Finally, he gave up and said we would have to schedule an appointment at the hospital to get her knocked out for him to do the rest.  We only needed about 20 more seconds of her sitting still for him to be done, but no way no how.

Update: about one month later she has only had 2 nose bleeds since then.  One was barely any blood and the other one stopped after about 1 minute.  So maybe that one vessel he got did it.  At any rate, it is much better than the huge ones she was having.

Update #2: Leeza had 3 nose blleds the first week of school.  One at night which ws really bad and 2 at school.  Now i am back to wondering if I should schedule the hospital visit.

Kindergarten Physical

Leeza had her kindergarten physical yesterday.  Yes, my baby is going to kindergarten!  She is at 85% on the height chart and 55% on the weight chart.  Tall and skinny!  Everything looked good, but we are finally going to a nose doctor about her constant nose bleeds.  When it came time to get her shots, she was all smilies.  Trying to convince the nurses to give mommy one too!  Plus I had told her she was getting a shot in the butt and they decided to give her the shots in her legs.  She was happily telling mommy how I was wrong when they stuck the needle in.  She looked surprised and looked down at the needle.  Then they pushed the plunger down and Leeza SCREAMED.   Very loudly.  Two shots later she was done, but still crying at the top of her lungs.  I gave her some hugs and then set her down so we could leave.  She bent over and said she couldn't move her legs.  So I had to carry her crying down the hallway.  When we got to the front, the nurse gave her a sticker AND a book AND a ceritficate for a free mini pizza.  Sudddenly, we were all better!
This morning, she had a fit because I put her in a skort-she wanted shorts so she could show her teachers anf friends her bandaids! 

Been a while!

It has been a while since I have bloggged.  Christmas was good, but since then it has not been the best of times.  I plan on going back and capturing some of the special things we did during the last 7 months, but we will see if I get that accomplished.  The girls are growing up fast.  Leeza grows a little taller each day.  Sasha grows a little sillier each day.  Both girls are doing great.  Edited:  I have added posts for some of the highlights of the first half of the year now so there shouldn't be any major gaps.

We have spent most of the summer in the pool.  They go in around 9 in the morning and come out for lunch and at dinner.  If they could eat in the pool, they would be happy!

 We have also had a frequent visitor-Maebee the dog.  She stays when her mom goes away for the weekend.  It is like having a dog without a long term committment.  The girls want a dog really badly, but Mom is not ready for one.

Leeza and Maebee are buddies.  This is a long way from how Leeza treated dogs when she came home.  Someday we will get another dog, but the girls need to be old enough to take care of it before we do.