Thursday, April 30, 2009
Easter video.
Diagnosis is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosinophilic_esophagitis
Here is a fun video of the kids looking for Easter eggs.
Here is a fun video of the kids looking for Easter eggs.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Endoscopy - news pending.
Hi all!
Last Friday I had an upper endoscopy completed to investigate my swallowing issues. For those that haven't heard, for the last 7 or so years I've been having some issues with swallowing. It had gotten progressively worse over the last few months so I finally decided to do something about it.
They took 3 separate biopsies to determine the cause of the swelling. In the process of pushing past the narrow section, the scope created a 5cm tear in the muscle tissue. It is just a tear and not a perforation - thank goodness. I'm on a semi-liquid diet for the week while it heals. I hear it is a great way to loose weight. I guess that depends on how many beers, milk shakes, and ice-cream sandwiches I eat and drink. Early speculation from Dr Do, suggested that it might be a possible allergic reaction to something in my environment. The biopsies will give a better determination within a week. I'll keep you all posted.
The kids are doing AWESOME. They love hunting for Easter eggs. They even like to just look for them, knowing they are empty. The hard part is getting them to sit around the corner without peaking. They say... "no peaking" in the cutest voice. (video coming). They are talking more and more. Tyler just loves to tell us how his day went. 80% is in his twin language, but occasionally we understand a word or two. They have been getting better and better on their Strider bicycles. Sometimes Kristina will even glide a little. Time to go buy some knee pads.
We had a pretty good heat wave here over the weekend. We busted out the water toys for them to play with. Kristina just thought it was a hoot to dump a cup of water on Tyler's head. She did not like it much when Tyler returned the favor. Tyler liked to sneak up behind me and poor a glass down my leg. While the kids were playing, Amy planted her garden; as always it filled up faster than she wanted. We look forward to some fresh veggies in a month or two.
Yep... that's me, probably about 30 years ago. Kristina's face with Tyler's hair.
Uncle Scott having a blast with the kids.
Greg and Elle Itoh - good pals from School.
Kyle and Zack - Welcome to the NW!
Uncle Scooter and the kids enjoying the fire pit. mmm smores.
Tyler, ready to hit the slopes.
mmm... this egg had M&M's in it. See... it melts ON your mouth, not just IN your mouth.
Last Friday I had an upper endoscopy completed to investigate my swallowing issues. For those that haven't heard, for the last 7 or so years I've been having some issues with swallowing. It had gotten progressively worse over the last few months so I finally decided to do something about it.
They took 3 separate biopsies to determine the cause of the swelling. In the process of pushing past the narrow section, the scope created a 5cm tear in the muscle tissue. It is just a tear and not a perforation - thank goodness. I'm on a semi-liquid diet for the week while it heals. I hear it is a great way to loose weight. I guess that depends on how many beers, milk shakes, and ice-cream sandwiches I eat and drink. Early speculation from Dr Do, suggested that it might be a possible allergic reaction to something in my environment. The biopsies will give a better determination within a week. I'll keep you all posted.
The kids are doing AWESOME. They love hunting for Easter eggs. They even like to just look for them, knowing they are empty. The hard part is getting them to sit around the corner without peaking. They say... "no peaking" in the cutest voice. (video coming). They are talking more and more. Tyler just loves to tell us how his day went. 80% is in his twin language, but occasionally we understand a word or two. They have been getting better and better on their Strider bicycles. Sometimes Kristina will even glide a little. Time to go buy some knee pads.
We had a pretty good heat wave here over the weekend. We busted out the water toys for them to play with. Kristina just thought it was a hoot to dump a cup of water on Tyler's head. She did not like it much when Tyler returned the favor. Tyler liked to sneak up behind me and poor a glass down my leg. While the kids were playing, Amy planted her garden; as always it filled up faster than she wanted. We look forward to some fresh veggies in a month or two.
Yep... that's me, probably about 30 years ago. Kristina's face with Tyler's hair.
Uncle Scott having a blast with the kids.
Greg and Elle Itoh - good pals from School.
Kyle and Zack - Welcome to the NW!
Uncle Scooter and the kids enjoying the fire pit. mmm smores.
Tyler, ready to hit the slopes.
mmm... this egg had M&M's in it. See... it melts ON your mouth, not just IN your mouth.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Howdie
Hi all.
Well I finally became a pop-culture Internet user and joined Facebook. It is a lot of fun, actually. I was able to find some really good friends that I hadn't talked to in a while. One bad side of it... I just spent several days looking for friends.
This last month has been full of good times and bad. The winter season Day care colds are in full force. The whole family has been trying to knock off this last cold for 2 weeks.
I managed to escape with my good buddies Kyle and Peter to Solitude, Utah for a long weekend ski trip. That was a real blast... Minus the head cold that ended up clogging my ears when the flight home descended. A week later my ear finally cleared. We had so much fun, that we took just 1 picture. I'll share that later.
Some more recent pics.
always ready to smile for the camera.
Cute smile Kristina. Note that Tyler has the same hair calic in the front as me.
All the sign language training pays off in one moment. I love you too buddy.
Kristina just loves reading about Mickey Mouse.
The boy, refusing to take a nap, 10 minutes later, collapses on the couch.
Be sure to look us up on Facebook. facebook@thevincentfamily.com
Well I finally became a pop-culture Internet user and joined Facebook. It is a lot of fun, actually. I was able to find some really good friends that I hadn't talked to in a while. One bad side of it... I just spent several days looking for friends.
This last month has been full of good times and bad. The winter season Day care colds are in full force. The whole family has been trying to knock off this last cold for 2 weeks.
I managed to escape with my good buddies Kyle and Peter to Solitude, Utah for a long weekend ski trip. That was a real blast... Minus the head cold that ended up clogging my ears when the flight home descended. A week later my ear finally cleared. We had so much fun, that we took just 1 picture. I'll share that later.
Some more recent pics.
always ready to smile for the camera.
Cute smile Kristina. Note that Tyler has the same hair calic in the front as me.
All the sign language training pays off in one moment. I love you too buddy.
Kristina just loves reading about Mickey Mouse.
The boy, refusing to take a nap, 10 minutes later, collapses on the couch.
Be sure to look us up on Facebook. facebook@thevincentfamily.com
Friday, February 13, 2009
Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day.
Ahh the joys of parenthood. Enjoy...
Give the snow man a kiss!
Having fun in 1 inch of snow.
Ahh the joys of parenthood. Enjoy...
Give the snow man a kiss!
Having fun in 1 inch of snow.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Happy Birthday (belated for the twins, on time for me)
Can you believe they are 2 years old now? I get reminded every time they say "NO!". But really, they are SO much fun now. They are now able to repeat words that you ask them to say. And get this... they sometimes will say "Thank You" without us even having to ask... Whoo hooo!!!
The biggest achievement lately is that the pacifiers are gone! Hurray. Perhaps that will reduce the orthodontia bill 14 years from now.
They've started to run around on their strider bikes - soon they will ask for the car keys.
Circles in the house on the striders.
Hip chick Kristina!
Ready for a bicycle ride in those new shades and helmets.
They LOVE to watch Mickey Mouse... Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey... get the point?
What's that on the upper right? Tyyyylerrrrr!
Great-Grandpa Westlund with Tyler.
The Vincent Family.
Kristina and Tyler both spoiled their lunch with a couple feet of popped-corn string. Yummy, week old popped-corn.
The biggest achievement lately is that the pacifiers are gone! Hurray. Perhaps that will reduce the orthodontia bill 14 years from now.
They've started to run around on their strider bikes - soon they will ask for the car keys.
Circles in the house on the striders.
Hip chick Kristina!
Ready for a bicycle ride in those new shades and helmets.
They LOVE to watch Mickey Mouse... Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey... get the point?
What's that on the upper right? Tyyyylerrrrr!
Great-Grandpa Westlund with Tyler.
The Vincent Family.
Kristina and Tyler both spoiled their lunch with a couple feet of popped-corn string. Yummy, week old popped-corn.
Monday, November 10, 2008
another video - xmas
The plans this year are to drive down to Southern CA for the week before x-mas.
For those wanting to know the kids sizes... They both will be in size 3T by the spring.
For those wanting to know the kids sizes... They both will be in size 3T by the spring.
Finally, some more pics ;)
They are growing up fast. We are getting to practice "time-out" quite a bit. Tyler has learned the word NO and now knows when to use it to push Mommy's and Daddy's buttons. Good times!
I had my good buddy Brent and his family stay with us for about a month. We went to several places that we hadn't been to. We will be visiting Hood River for the self pick fruit again next year. It is silly that we had to have out-of-town guests show us the places to visit. Anyone else want to come visit?
The kids have started daycare and therefore have become walking petri-dishes. Who knew you need to learn how to sniffle. You've gotta love those long green buggers. My shoulder sometimes resembles a sidewalk after a short rain fall when all the snails and slugs come out and leave long slimy trials. The worst was when they both had ear infections at the same time, and in addition to that, Tyler had the Croup. What an awful sound that is. It seems the worst is done for now. Hopefully the exposure to some of the 120 or so rhinoviruses will help them build an immunity when they start school.
Any here are some more pics...and a Video!
Checking out the Tilamook Cheese Factory. Tyler and Kristina were a hit to the workers below. We had them all waving back.
Feeding the goats in Tilamook
Kristina had a great time at the pumpkin patch.
She says, "this one daddy!"
The whole family.
I had my good buddy Brent and his family stay with us for about a month. We went to several places that we hadn't been to. We will be visiting Hood River for the self pick fruit again next year. It is silly that we had to have out-of-town guests show us the places to visit. Anyone else want to come visit?
The kids have started daycare and therefore have become walking petri-dishes. Who knew you need to learn how to sniffle. You've gotta love those long green buggers. My shoulder sometimes resembles a sidewalk after a short rain fall when all the snails and slugs come out and leave long slimy trials. The worst was when they both had ear infections at the same time, and in addition to that, Tyler had the Croup. What an awful sound that is. It seems the worst is done for now. Hopefully the exposure to some of the 120 or so rhinoviruses will help them build an immunity when they start school.
Any here are some more pics...and a Video!
Checking out the Tilamook Cheese Factory. Tyler and Kristina were a hit to the workers below. We had them all waving back.
Feeding the goats in Tilamook
Kristina had a great time at the pumpkin patch.
She says, "this one daddy!"
The whole family.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
More pics from July.
Tyler, helping out with the sweeping.
Tyler and Kim saying... "Ooooo Wow"
Woah... the kids are looking at the camera.
She works hard...
She plays hard. (Nice Kim, hehe)
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