Sleep Machine

So, for those of you who are not aware - over the last several weeks I have gone through a series of Sleep Studies to ascertain whether or not I have a sleeping disorder. These are pictures of my CPAP machine (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure).

The story behind this goes a little something like this:

Basically, for as long as I can remember, I have had trouble sleeping through the night. In fact, I used to believe I was not a morning person because I have always been so tired in the morning no matter how soon I got to bed the evening before. AND, it was a very rare ocassion for me to sleep through the night with very few, or no, interruptions; that being waking up during the night for whatever reason.

I think on average I would wake up 5 or 6 times a night. Anyway, here I was, struggling to get up every morning because no matter what I never slept enough. Times like this you wonder what's wrong with you, while others start to form opinions regarding the type of person you are.

Eventually I started learning about sleeping disorders - this was information I randomly came across, not sought for. More particularly Sleep Apnea. And as I learned of these conditions I began to become convinced that I had one of them; just wasn't sure which one. But curiosity and everything else stopped there because I had no means or resources to check it out.

As my 20's kept moving forward, I started hearing about sleep clinics, and that certainly raised an eyebrow. But, again, that's where it ended because years ago I just didn't have the means to do anything about it.

Recently, however, I did something about it. You ever heard that phrase, "tired of being tired"? Well that was me!

Shortly after Amber and I got married I was just tired of being tired. And what's worse, I believed it was significantly affecting my ability to perform, learn, and progress at work - simply because doing some of the most routine tasks was hard for me because it made me want to doze off. I just plain could not focus enough because I never got adequate sleep the night before.

(Yeah, yeah, and I'm not going to get any with the baby either, right..........................)

So I finally decided to do something about it. And since I am holding down my first real job with great medical coverage, and a double income, I could even afford to do something about it.

What I finally did will have to come later. This is taking longer than I thought and I need to get to bed. SO, more to come. And if you comment on this, I might actually post the next entry much sooner than I otherwise would!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last ones

Here is the last of the pictures of my old apt. Hope you've enjoyed them as much as I've enjoyed finally posting them and can now delete some!

more & more

More apt. pictures - getting close to being done!

A Parental Surprise

So, even though this video took place several months ago, I figure it's better I show it now, rather than later.

Basically, after we found out we were pregnant, we decided to surprise both sides of our family with the news. For my family, we invited them over on a Sunday to have dinner at our home. After everyone had arrived we let my Dad read our part of the Christmas Letter my folks were doing. This was merely a distraction to catch them off guard from the real purpose of the letter and invitation for dinner.

As you watch the video, the rest will make sense. Get ready to laugh your tail off from the reactions!

A few more pictures

We're getting closer to the end!

Some more

Here's a few more!

A year past due

So these are pictures of the apt. I lived in before Amber and I got married. I intended to post these a year ago. But hey, better late than never.

Due to the image limitations I'm going to do this in several separate posts, so this is only the beginning.