Vincent

Vincent started stuttering about 6 months ago. And not just a few words here or there, it is more like every 2nd or 3rd sentence. He will also have to repeat the word up to ten times before moving on in his sentence. He also have a few other little odd ball traits that we noticed so I confronted his pediatrician with the concerns. Over the last 3 weeks he has been evaluated 3 or 4 times and they say while his stuttering is a concern it is not bad enough to enroll him in a program but that he should be watched. On the other hand he has a grip of sensory issues and Occupation Therapy issues that the state will provide free therapy for him to help with those. They say we all have sensory issues, which I am not surprised, some just have more than others. He will be re-evaluated when he turns 3 and again every year until we either deny the issues or he improves on them.
Other than that he is very happy. JJ and him grow closer every day, thinking up new ways to get themselves into trouble. A weekend or so ago we went to an event called, Special Day for Special Kids. It was held at a beautiful train park here in Scottsdale. Vincent was invited by his Speech Therapist. What they did for the kids was absolutely amazing. Free food, drinks, petting zoo, pony rides, bounce houses, slides, carnival games, and train rides. The boys had a blast and there are some pictures form that.
Gianna is doing well also. She has been moving frequently and reassuring me that she is just fine. We have another realm of doctors appointments next week so they can check her growth and see how she is doing.

Gianna, Gianna, Gianna

I have figured out she really loves attention. Everytime things seem to be calming down with this pregnancy she does something. Yesterday Jason was home from work and we were working on paperwork for the business. It was cloudy all morning and the boys were being very good and just playing with each other while we got done what we needed to. It was such a peaceful morning we barely noticed the time go by and before we knew it, it was already 11. I had noticed hadn't felt Gianna move yet for the day but it was still only 11 so I did not think much of it. My mom was coming over and we were going to go run some errands with the boys so Jason could finish up with some phone calls. We went about and ran our errands and by the time we were done it was already 2 and I realized she still had not moved yet.
I called my doctor and they said I would need to go to the hospital. So Jason and I went to the hospital. She finally started moving while I was there. But at the same time my kidneys had started acting up again. The pain is ridiculous. So they did an ultrasound for my kidneys to see if they were still backing up. And of course they were. However they said because this is my third pregnancy that it is exepected to some degree to happen. So basically after 6 hours at the hospital and 8 hours of not being able to eat, they said baby is fine take some tylenol, put on your big girl panties and deal with it! Nobody ever claimed pregnancy was easy, but it is well worth it!

Gianna

Gianna has a condition called single umbilical artery. For some babies this can be tragic for most they come out just fine. A normal umbilical cord has 3 vessels to it. This condition causes the umbilical cord to have 2. For babies who this causes a problem for, all the problems can be detected before hand in the ultra sounds. She has been checked thoroughly and has not had any signs of there being any problems and my doctor expects her to be just fine. I will continue extra exams and tests for the rest of the pregnancy though to make sure she is doing okay. Their biggest concern now is that it is common for babies to have to be taken up to a month early. Starting at 32 weeks I will be going to the hospital every 3 days for her to be checked.

March 1st she has her first echo cardiogram. Them another ultrasound on March
2nd. And another doctors appointment on March 9th. It seems every month from here on out there will be about one or two additional appointments. LOL she is already high maintainence. Other than that she is kicking often and keeping me hungry. She is also growing into my ureter ( the tube that drains your kidneys) so they are keeping an eye on that to make sure it does not become completely blocked. If it does they will have to put a stint in to keep it open. Right now my right kidney is only slightly backing up and it is not neccesary fo the stint. I will try to keep updated posts. Live, love, and pray.

Gianna Marie Sirico

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One little, two little, three little indians!

We found out we are expecting again! That's right a third little baby. We do not have an exact due date yet. I haven't been to the doctor yet because we are between insurances right now. We do know that the baby will be here the end of June begininning of July! We are very excited and hoping for a girl but will take either because it is more important that the baby is healthy!

Sad, my blog is so out of date!! Well a million and one things have changed since I last posted. I am staying home with the boys now! YAY, no more work. Well I shouldn't say no more, I am doing the in home care again just 2 days a week for now. I am back at my sewing projects as well and have been making some head way. I would like to get back into the baby boutiques again. But I only just started staying home again about 2 weeks ago so we will see where it goes. It has been so nice to be with the boys, be able to prepare some descent meals and keep the house in order.

Jason started his contracting business back up and I am helping him manage that as usual. He landed one pretty big job in Avondale that will start at the end of November once all the permits for this persons property is through. There is also another job pending in Utah. If it goes through he will be gone for a month but it will be well worth the money. We are attempting to pay off all our debt so we can buy a house. You can keep an eye on his work at Empireconcrete.blogspot.com it still is a work in progress but we got some stuff up there.

The boys are doing great and growing more and more everyday. JJ will be 4 already in February. It makes me want to cry, I can barely believe it! One more year and he will start school! Vincent turned 2 this past June and is turning into such a little man. He copies a lot of what JJ does but it also very independent and has a totally different style than JJ. He is also still the little instigator he has always been!

We are excited for the holidays and what they have to bring! Maybe now that I am not working I will update this thing more often!