New pediatrician (15 mth checkup)

Bright and early this morning Hayden and I ventured to Georgetown for Hayden's 15 month checkup with Dr. Pickens. My hopes and expectations were high. I told myself, ANY pediatrician is better than the douchebag we've been seeing for Hayden's first twelve months of life.

We arrived at Chisholm Trail Pediatrics at 7:45am. Hayden's appt wasn't until 8:30. (random fact: I HATE BEING LATE TO ANYTHING!!!) So 8:15 I get Hayden out of his carseat and we go inside because I knew I'd have a stack of paperwork to fill out. (medical history, insurance, waivers and such) It took me thirty minutes to fill out five pieces of paper that normally takes me a few minutes because I write so dad-gum fast. Of course that was juggling Hayden, getting after Hayden after he's digging in a complete stranger's purse. Dumping the trashcan in the waiting room, opening the cabinets to the fish tank, dump about 25-30 books on the floor and throwing them across the floor, and finally taking a little girls shoe off. I guess he figured since he doesn't like shoes, everyone else should dislike them as well. Oh this boy is a hoot. A comic this one! So after I get my paperwork filled out FINALLY, we are called back for Hayden's measurements. Thankfully he's growing right on track and is doing so well. His head measurements put him in the 50th percentile. His weight of 23lbs 4ozs keeps him at the 25th percentile for weight. And his height of 31.5 inches puts him at 55th percentile. So thankfully he's growing vertically instead of horizontally like his mother. Bahaha! So after we got measured and weighed, we went back to what I call a "holding cell" to wait for Dr. Pickens to come in. The little exam rooms in any doctors office are always so small so I jokingly call them holding cells. :) After a few minutes Dr. Pickens came in, he introduced himself and had already won Hayden's heart. Hayden took to him like peanut butter does to jelly. Yay because Hayden hated Dr. Bacares. (his former pediatrician) After Dr. Pickens and I talked for a few minutes and I explained Hayden's scar on his hand, we hit it off immediately! I REALLY LIKE THIS GUY!!! He asked me to get Hayden's discharge summery for DCMC and his current chart with Dr. Nunez who is Hayden's endocrinologist. I can already tell he's very throughough. Yay!!! Finally a great pediatrician for a great kid! He reviewed Hayden's shot records (up to date) and told me Hayden didn't need to get any shots today since his shots are actually ahead. So extra bonus.

Now we're at home and playing. In a few hours we're going to head to the outlet mall and go visit an old friend of my mom's that I hadn't spoken to in years. Looking forward to seeing ya Kathy!!

Oh and I forgot to post the results of Hayden's labwork. Hayden's endocrinologist called to let us know that Hayden's vitamin D levels were lower than normal. She said it was borderline. And instead of waiting to see if it will come back up, she had me get an over the counter Vitamin D D3 drops to put in his juice or milk. So more Vitamin D until further notice. I'd rather it be a single drop than oral medicine!! Amen!

I better get, Hayden is tugging at my pants and yelling "Googer" (Hayden's version of Sugar) He wants me to let her in so they can play.

XOXO

I hate June!!!!

I love the summer months, except the month of June!

For starters, the June bugs and love bugs (I call them fucker bugs) are absolutely horrible!!!! This evening I ran to Sonic to get hubby and I some icecream and I was literally attacked by at least thirty june bugs. The poor carhop had to chunk my icecream in the truck and run. It was soooo gross! I nearly had a heart attack backing out because one flew in the window without my knowledge and flew by my ear. EWWWW!!! I hate bugs but June bugs give me the heeeby geeebys!! Ick!!!

I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CRICKETS!!!!!!!!!!! :::crunch crunch crunch:::

The month of June is going to be a busy one for us. Tomorrow I have my dermatologist appointment for my Kenalog injections for my Psoriasis. It is a last resort treatment that we discovered four years ago that is the ONLY thing that will help me. Praise God! Unfortunately I can't recieve the injections while pregnant. On the flip side, when pregnant your horomones counteract against the Psoriasis and helps keep it at bay. So we'll see how this goes. Thankfully my husband took off of work and will be there to help me with Hayden. Since I'll be laying on a table getting injected with a potent steroid it will help to have someone there to wrangle Hayden. I'm also having the mole on my neck examined that I've had all my life. I'm hoping Dr. Cabrera can remove it. I hate it. Hayden loves trying to pull it off. So gross!!!

Next appointment is for my husband to have a full workup done. He's certainly not getting any younger. He is going to be run thru the wringer. I want them to check his cholesterol, blood pressure, a colonoscopy(since he has GERD), have his heart checked, his knee since he had surgery 20 years ago, and his back re-examined. Getting him to a doctor is like getting a kid to sit still in a candy store. So this shall be interesting.

Then I have to get Hayden in for his 15 month checkup. Ick... more shots! I'm hoping he's grown out of his 25th percentile he's been stuck at all his life. The boy is a midget! :)

Then I need to see my OB-GYN to get some testing done and check my vitamin d and calcium levels to see if I need to still stay on a supplement. *fingers crossed for that one!!*

We have STILL yet to get Hayden's blood results back for his low vitamin d bloodwork. I'm still beyond irritated with their office. That is a can of worms I'm not opening right now.

I'm headed for bed. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite! XO♥XO

Sweet Summertime!

In the great state of Texas the heat is dry and HOT. The past few days its been pushing close to 100 in the early parts of June. I can't even imagine how bad it's going to get when August and September roll around. Yikes!!

One great thing about summer, swimming!! And now that Hayden is old enough to enjoy it we've been doing alot of swimming. I drag out his inflatable pool and put it on a giant industrial strength hunk of plastic to protect the bottom of the pool and we have a grand ole time. Hayden is a fish, he LOVES the water. The trick for me is to protect his scar on his hand from the sun. So I have to load him up with sunscreen several times while we're outside. But it's worth it. The smile on his face is priceless.

This coming Monday we're going to take Hayden to his first Round Rock Express baseball game. I hope it will be windy because I know it will be hot. It's the night the ball club is supporting Autism Awareness and a portion of the gate proceeds will goto fund local Autism Awareness groups. I think its awesome so we'll be there with our game faces on! :) (Stay tuned for pics)

Happy Saturday everyone!!