Lots of things!

So, I still haven't proven to be very good at keeping up with this thing. I always forget that I have it! Quite a bit has been going on since the last post even though it hasn't been very long...

I'll start by saying that we finally got Reagan into the pediatric urologist. The news is great news. She will not require surgery in the future! The doctor feels as though she should remain on her antibiotics for the next 18 months to ensure that she doesn't contract any infections until then. He said that after 18 months her hygiene will be adequate enough to feel comfortable taking her off the meds. He will also give her another renal ultrasound to prove that her kidneys have grown and developed since her last ultrasound in June of 2010. Overall, he is confident that she is healthy and will go without corrective surgery. Hooray!

We put Reagan into gymnastics this month and today will be her fourth time to go. The first two were not great by any means. She did not want to listen at all and kept running off from her coaches. I understand that she is three and it takes time for three year olds to warm up to these types of things, but goodness! You don't like to see that every other three year old in the room is doing as they are told and yours is running off doing her own thing. I would find myself pressed against the glass in the parent room pointing my finger at her in the direction she needed to be in. Still nothing. On her third visit, Daddy got to come along and she also got a new coach and she did significantly better! We took her out for ice cream as a reward because she did so well. I am looking forward to today's class. I hope she continues to improve!

As most everyone knows, I have a constant battle on my hands with my thyroid. I like to call it schizophrenic. It really doesnt know which personality it wants to have. Lately, I have been switching back and forth between hypo and hyper. I have been doing this long enough now to know which symptoms go with each. For hypo I feel really lethargic, my hair falls out like crazy, I have horribly mood swings and super dry skin. For hyper, I have trouble catching my breath, rapid heartbeat and a general yuck feeling. Those are just the big side effects. Im not really sure what normal feels like anymore. The switches to and from are happening more frequently now and I am finally headed to a specialist in mid February. Thank the Lord! I hope to get some answers and a plan of attack because I am tired of feeling like crap!

Josh is doing well. He is working alot more now since all the leave time is over. Now starts the fun time of constant training. Jumps, field time, schools, staff duty every 2 weeks and so on. I appreciate the time he is home. I miss half day schedule right after he got home from deployment! At this time we are unsure of when the next deployment will be, so until then we are working around his work schedule to have fun as a family. :) I am thankful that he does have a good job and a guaranteed paycheck every two weeks as I know many people do not. We can work around any late nights, field training, staff duty and schools! We have been kicking around a few ideas for changes, but nothing is working out yet. We have some time on our side this time to figure all that out.

All in all, things are going great for us. We are just going with the flow of things and cherishing our time together! We hope everyone else is doing well too!

P.S. I am STOKED that MY team made it to the Super Bowl! Woo hoo! GO PACK GO! :D Better luck next year to Josh's team, the Cowgirls. ;)