Just a few of the things Dominic loves....

Today was the last day of Kadence's Tiny Tumblers class.  She really loved it.  I love the fact that our Saturday morning routine for the past 6 weeks has been spending time together taking Kady to Tiny Tumblers.  What great memories we made.

 

 

 

Next on the list....Toddler Ninja's class.  I can't wait.

I just love the way kids think and their untouched imaginations.  This is a collection of Funny Love Quotes by Kids that I came across while browsing the web.  It put a smile on my face and hopefully it does yours as well.

Funny Love Quotes by Kids

Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way.

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.

Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.

Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.

Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.

Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you don't like to play with.

Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no sometimes.

When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.

There are two kinds of love- Our love & God's love. But God makes both kinds of them. Love is important to God.

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.

Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.

During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.

My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.

Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.

Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.

Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.

You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget, and it's good for them to get reminded.

Kady has a pair of pajamas with peace signs, happy faces and hearts all over them.  I think they are by far her new favorite pair of PJ's.  Ever since she's had them a heart isn't just a heart anymore.  Every heart she sees is now referred to as a "happy heart."  All thanks to her groovy new pajamas.

I love that she has her own unique name for certain things and that they make so much sense yet I'd never think of them that way.  It definitely makes me smile.

"When love is not madness, it is not love." ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca 

Dom and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day.  I personally have never been a fan of the holiday.  I think everyday should be like Valentine's when you're spending it with the person you love. Unfortunately it doesn't always work that way hence the reason for making a holiday for it.  Either way the reminder is there, to hopefully bring those who are in love closer together and make those with no one feel more miserable about themselves.  On the years when I had no Valentine, my parents were my Valentine.  They never let me down. Now I am fortunate enough to have 4 Valentine's and next year 5.  I love family traditions and am having fun starting some of our own...maybe it's time to make celebrating Valentine's day a new tradition. 

Happy Valentine's Day
from the Guinto's

Kady Update

This morning was Kady's CF testing.  We we're unable to do the blood work at the Hospital...weird, however we did do the sweat test.  Results were in yesterday afternoon but of course they wouldn't release them over the phone.  Hopefully Monday we'll be hearing from her doctor and most likely it will be a negative result. This week I'll take her to get her blood work drawn.  Whatever the results of the sweat test are I'm fairly confident will give us our answer. The blood work will just solidify it.  We'll keep you posted.

I love that we'll get to meet this precious package very soon....

Zoe Joelyn Guinto
10 days and counting...

 

Photo taken @ 35 weeks

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"A mother's joy begins when new life is
stirring inside...
when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the
very first time,
and a playful kick reminds her that she
is never alone." ~Unknown

I love......my husband. our baby girls. being a mother. my family and friends. traveling. summer jazz on green grass Sundays. stars on a clear night. sweatpants and candlelit movies. skydiving. stick shifts and safety belts. mountain biking. dirt biking. scuba diving. canyon river rafting. ocean waves and sunsets on the beach. gymnastics. reading a good book or poetry. art. photography. yesterdays jeans. snow and snow skiing. water skiing. wake boarding. surfing. the smell of rain and a freshly mowed lawn. japanese sake with sushi. hippy eats. i-pod shuffle mode. acoustic tunes. open mikes. bar stools and kitchen conversation. laughing. street performers and city lights. 2am flafels in NYC. fine wine and napa vines. italian food. patio daiquiris. last minute weekends. soulful intent and meaningful actions. wet streets and noisy rain top roofs. tall tress covering outdoor hike ways. the roar of thunder and lightning storms. red rock mountains. the sound of falling water and trickling streams. hiking. fly fishing. camping and the smell of campfires. roasted s'mores. interior decorating. dogs. s.e.x. a good massage and adjustment. reflective thinking. Sunday dreaming. fierce love. life. soul. God...

Listen 
Observe 

Value

Encourage

"The art of love... is largely the art of persistence."  ~Albert Ellis

I love that I have the opportunity to master this art on a daily basis and people in my life that have the patience to let me.

Kadence received a bathtub baby for her birthday from one of our friends.  Baby came with her very own towel, slippers, diaper, tub toy fish and shampoo bottle.  What a GREAT gift.  Kady loves it.  What I love the most about bathtub baby is, watching Dom feel completely emasculated as he goes through the motions of drying baby off and putting her slippers and diaper on =o)  Not that I enjoy when my man feels emasculated but this is different...precious.   I know he feels weird doing it but he does it all for his baby girl, Kadence....that is true love.  I think she's a daddy's girl for sure.

"Let me tell you a secret, about a fathers love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then

It's a love without end, amen..."

George Strait 'A Father's Love Lyrics'

This post I am going to dedicate to Dominic.  REALLY, I would have none of this without him.  I'm not talking about the materialistic things and what not either.  What I'm talking about is the people in my life.  I can't make babies on my own. Haha!  Without him, I wouldn't have Kadence or Zoe.  I wouldn't have the wonderful in-laws that I do without him. I wouldn't have the friends I have without him, I wouldn't have my best-friend, rival, confidant or soul mate without him.  All of this is a part of my life because of him.  I love him for choosing me as his partner.  To help him build this life together.

"When we love, it isn't because the person's perfect, it's because we learn to see an imperfect person perfectly." ~Jessica

Kady Update

Went back to the Allergist today to rethink our strategy being the liquid diet so far has been a flop.  I'm  going to hang on to all the formula (100's of dollars worth) in case we need to revisit it in the future.  The meds he had mentioned previously that we could put Kady on are a year long commitment.  Not sure why, but once you start there is no stopping them for one full year and after that who knows what happens...not me.  We didn't discuss it because we aren't there yet.  We are back to a crap load of testing...oy vey.

First on the list....a full DNA or Genetic Testing and sweat test for Cystic Fibrosis.  We are VERY confident that she will test negative for CF however the genetic testing will be able to tell us what other gene mutations she has (being there are any) in conjunction with the CF mutation she already has.  When I say the CF mutation she already has, I mean that she is a carrier of the CF gene and that is a mutation.  I'm a carrier too.  That part is no biggie unless she marry's a person with the CF gene as well and wants to have kids.  But, there could be another mutation that is causing the chronic diarrhea.  That's what were looking for and the rest is just to eliminate all other possibilities.  If they do find another mutation, I don't fully know how it relates to CF exactly...at this point.  I was honestly on information overload.  I believe that even then, it doesn't mean she has CF.  I'm sure it'll all make sense soon.

Next, we are doing patch testing.  It's still possible that there is another food allergy that has yet to be detected.  Patch testing will pick up on different components of the same foods, plants, animals, allergens she's already been tested for that the skin test and blood panel wouldn't have picked up on.  For example, she's not allergic to peanuts according to the skin and blood test results however, she could be and the patch test would pick up on that.  So we leave the patches on for 3 days ( no bath) and then take them off and see what the results are.  I hope she's able to sleep well.

Lastly, we will be rescheduling a colonoscopy and endoscopy in about 2 months (after I have this baby...ugh) to see if the eosinophils in her esophagus, intestines and colon have increased or decreased in the past year.  Her's are at 16 and the magic # is 20.  Having 20 or more eosinophils in a cluster means it's food allergy related, 16 meaning it may be food allergy related it may not.  If they drop even lower that would be great.  You want 0 eosinophils.  In the meantime we will start her on Prevacid....remember she has the reflux also.  It's possible that her eosinophilic esophagitus(ee) is a reflux ee and therefore the Prevacid should help.  We will follow up with him the first of April, all testing will be done before then and then we can schedule the 2-oscopy's.

This weeks goal...get her in for the CF and sweat testing.  Test results take about two weeks to get in and GOD forbid they find something genetic worth looking into, I'd like to know before I bring Zoe home from the hospital so they can just test her while we are there.

Needless to say...yesterday was not a good day for me.  Other than minimal conversation here and there regarding Kadence and I as being carriers of the CF gene, I was hoping to NEVER have to hear those words spoken in regard to my children's health.  It brought back a ton of memories.  I guess it'll be good for peace of mind to get this out of the way.  I just hope nothing crazy pops up because I AM NOT prepared to deal with it and I know Dom would be even less so.

February is often considered a month of  L.O.V.E.  Without getting too sappy on you, as I blog I'm going to share the non-obvious bits and pieces of our lives that we love.  Otherwise every post this month would be about our families, daughters and dogs.  But, I'm sure I'll be sneaking in a post here and there about our 3 aforementioned loves anyways.  It's too hard not to.

What is Love ?

My favorite description of love is from the movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin:

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."  -St. Augustine

A Memorable Birthday Journey....

We weren't planning on celebrating Kady's 2nd birthday for 2 days in a row, it just kind of happened that way.  Sunday was her actual birthday.  Dom had to work that evening so we did our normal Sunday routine.  Went out for breakfast and church.  The birthday girl decided she wanted "e-fries" for breakfast, so that's what she got...along with a bowl of fruit *wink.*  Monday morning we took her to the pet store to pick out a fish.  OH...how exciting!!!  It was for us at least, not so much the fish. Ha!  Let me take you through our epic journey to the pet store....

 

 

Yes...we dropped the bag of fish on the floor.

  

 

So...We decided not to name the fish since we were told at the pet store the first time round they usually don't live.  However, Kady decided to name them anyway..."Mommy" and "Daddy"...Thanks bug =o)  They managed to survive the first night, barely.  We'll just have to wait and see if  "Mommy and Daddy" can pull through the week.  Let's hope so!

 

  

Kady's vegan birthday cake!  My first vegan cake too...It was Yummy!