Great Weekend!

This weekend has been filled to the brim! A lovely Thanksgiving with our friends Lidia, Jon and Max. Then yesterday we went a picked out the tree and decorated all day! And then today we did some Christmas shopping and baked Spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! Tomorrow we plan to lay low and watch football! (Sry photos are out of order, posting from my phone!)

Lucia's EEG

So our sweet Lucia has been displaying some odd behavior since she was about 14 months old. When she's sitting, she basically goes through a conscious seizure like behavior. She squeezes her legs tight, she grunts and drools, her face gets red, there are times when she cant or wont stop and it seems to be triggered mostly when she is tired. It first started out happening only in the car. And then recently it's been happening outside of the car. We have thought that it was constipation and then we thought it was a relaxation technique, I thought maybe it's motion sickness. Some have even mentioned restless leg syndrome. But we honestly have no idea. Rafa and were very upset at first, and then we decided to just observe and not worry. But then a month ago at Lucia's 18 month apt she started exhibiting the behavior on my lap. As soon as the doctor saw, she referred us to get Lucia an EEG. So on Monday we headed to the diagnostics center at Legacy Hospital. The doc talked with us, I showed him a video, and then we began the set up. Lucia did awesome; there were 30 connections, all which had to be prepped with a scrub and then glued on. She only fussed getting the last few. From there she was monitored for a half hour or so. We hopefully will get the results/analysis soon.

I tell you, your child is born and you just pray they are ok. And then later on down the road something unexpected surfaces. While what Lucia exhibits may just be quirky toddler behavior, it's very upsetting to see her do this so often and then to sorry that something is stressing her or something is physically wrong. While part of me worries, the part that gives me peace is that she is a very smart, loving, active and well adjusted toddler. She eats well, sleeps well most of the time, and is hardly ever sick.

Anyhow, here's to hoping for uncovering high octane brain waves for a super baby ;-)

Halloween Fun!

Halloween was so much fun this year.  Lucia did so well at both our company party and out trick or treating with her friends later that night.  My usually shy and reserved with strangers little girl was not letting anyone get in her way.  She partied in the afteroon, took part in all of the events (excet the bouncy house) and filled her bucket to the rim.  For trick or treating, she seriously amazed me.  She went to probably 20+ houses, said trick or treat please, thank you, and Happy Haloween!  She was bound and determined to keep going so that she could put more candies in her bucket.  At the ed of the night, she had one Hershey Kiss and she loved it :)  Now mom and day are eating the rest!