Saturday, December 20, 2008

Baby, It's Cold Outside~

Although we nearly froze our important parts off, we ventured out with those crazy Ramirez' to go ice skating. Little did we know Jon has been holding out on the ice skating skills for years... apparently he used to be quite the ice skater (picturing Jon Heder in Blades of Glory). Well... it turns out he has some fierce competition with Miss Avalyn. For her first time she got out there and was fearless to say the least.

Not too shabby and you sure look good doing it...

I can do this.. really I can.

Monday, December 15, 2008

On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

So before I give you the latest Simard update, who can explain to me whether the 12 days of Christmas are the twelve days prior to Christmas day or is it twelve days beginning with Christmas day? Inquiring minds want to know. Jon thinks it is after, I say before.

Okay, on to the updates. First is Avalyn and Murphy's Law. So last week she gets her urine tested and we get the good news that we get to wait a whole month before she needs to be tested and we are all cheers, yeah... ! ... until two days later she is puking her crazy little guts out and they want her back in pronto. (figures?!) The good news is everything turned out fine and the peds office is kind enough to be as paranoid as her mother...= )! (As an aside, they were afraid that the kidneys could be the culprit of the vomiting, although as most would suspect she had the same stomach flu as everyone else.) So we are back to a month (yay...) Assuming Piper stays healthy!

So non--health related news. Get ready! Next month starts our first Girl Scout cookie adventure and we are expecting you to stuff your face with tag-a-longs and thin mints for a good cause! I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile she is having tons of fun with her troup and making new friends every day (lol, must get that from dad).

As for Piper..no walking but oh my goodness she is a character. Today she began doing the monkey walk (on her hands and feet, booty in the air). She is cutting a few molars right now and in spite of the random crankiness she still has time to make us crack up regularly. She is the Simards' daily reminder that life isn't so bad. She can even make Avalyn crack up.

As for Jon and I we are just trying to get ready for Christmas. We are filing a formal complaint against our HOA for giving the Halloween awards to 3 "other" houses (apparently they don't like to give it to the same house two years in a row..bummer!).

Well, that's all for now...

Merry Christmas to all! And to all a Good Night!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Good news!


Not much to report except Avalyn's scores are back down to normal and she now gets to test only monthly. Dr. said if she gets sick (cold or what not) then she will need to go in regardless of it's seriousness just to make sure kidneys are tolerating it. Otherwise, she should be good to go for a while. Don't be surprised if in a month the levels are back up though; that is expected.


SO YAY!!! I don't have to go to the pediatrician's office for a whole month!

Friday, December 5, 2008

OMG... there is less than three weeks to Christmas!


Well I finally got these two finals turned in only to realize in all the chaos I managed to turn 29 amidst some drunken debauchery ala Downtown Denver (okay no debauchery, just good times), and Piper has become a babbling wild woman, Avalyn thinks it is okay that she sit at school all day in soaking wet clothes, in 20 degree weather and WTH! there is less than three weeks until Christmas. Where have I been?

Aside from this I am going to be rendevue -ing as an independent consultant for The Body Shop at Home (in other words, call me so you can have a party or order some goodies for yourself).
Jon is doing well too. He is disappointed we haven't got the formal award for our Halloween House yet but he is still working diligently to place for Christmas as well. It is the funniest thing when people find out where I live they say... "OMG, you live in the Halloween House?!" Yes- that's us and despite our creepy exterior the inside is fairly normal (aside from the people in it anyway...) What can I say? There are some things Jon does very well and Halloween tops the list.