Still home ... and sick

Mom had the bright idea to try and go somewhere today... we had other plans for her. Look at this mischevious face! Liam and I got sick in the van. That made her turn around real quick. We feel better this afternoon so we are playing in our bus.







Sometimes we need to do maintenance work in our bus. Liam is getting the tires, and I'm making sure all the beads are in place.


Look at this handsome driver!










And the best is last... my usual two handed hold on something and then bam! A one handed hold! Mommy has to help me get into this position... she has me sit on her leg while she is sitting.. then I push up to a stand. If I have my shoes on then I like to stand up for awhile.

The sequel

Liam and I have the same bug that we came back from Hawaii with. After 10 days on Augmentin (antibiotic), daddy took us to the pediatrician on Saturday because we started the same symptoms again. Mommy, Nate and Hannah were at a horse show.... so daddy was on his own. And can I tell you how FABULOUS my daddy is? He takes really good care of us. If only mommy would stop calling his cell phone and asking "how are things going?".

The dr said Liam has double ear infection (STILL) and I have the same upper respitory bug. Heavy sigh. Back on another 10 days of Augmentin. And back to **LOTS** of poopy diapers. Mommy is tired. See last night in the wee hours of the morning, daddy got sick. And he hasn't had any energy today. So mommy has been wiping butts, bleaching down bathrooms, running the washing machine (Dear Lord don't EVER let my washing machine breakdown), using the Lysol wipes everywhere, making chicken noodles and dumplings for those that want to eat.... and rocking to sleep those that don't want to eat.

This bug needs to leave our home..... now. So, no developmental therapy tomorrow, no feeding therapist, no OT.... Just lots of time at home to get better and rest. Please say a prayer for our health to return soon.

Pictures from this week

Finally mommy got her act together and took some pictures! Here are some random pictures from this week to enjoy:

Mommy, me and Liam at Promise. Mommy and daddy were both at work today, so we went to Promise and had LOTS of fun. But before mommy left for work.... the teachers said something about a mommy's day surprise so they took this SWEET picture of the three of us.









Here is the only picture mommy snapped of me at Children's this week. She wanted to get more pictures, but the appt just didn't go the way we wanted it to!







Hannah has the WONDERFUL opportunity to have a 4-H horse project. She was given a free older horse named Mac (huge blessing) and has taken great care of him. She will be showing him tomorrow at a horse show in Lynden. Go big sista!






Here is my younger brother asleep with the feed bag on! Hey, those were mashed potatoes and gravy.... come'on Liam, wake up!

Cardiology follow up

Yesterday I went to see the heart doctors at Children's as a follow up to my open heart surgery last year.

While mommy and I waited for our appointment the clowns came to visit us! They were SO SILLY! I was laughing, mommy was singing their silly songs and I tried to pop all the bubbles they were blowing..... if only we could have visited the clowns and then gone home.

We had three doctors join us for the appointment because I'm so cool! I didn't really enjoy any of them though. They did an EKG and talked to mommy about continuing the heart medications. The mitral valve has a "moderate" leak. A bunch of blood goes this way and that way and gets all mixed up... it's called regurgitation. Not what we wanted to hear.

What's next? We will be heading back to see these doctors in October for an echocardiogram and a look at the valve. We will know more about a plan of action at that point.

More farm animals

Today at playgroup they had farm animals! Once I saw that table with those familiar animals... I got right over to it. And they had real baby chicks! Liam and I had fun today with our friends.

Westward Ho!

We enjoyed the spring day with a wagon ride from big sis Hannah. I look serious only because the wagon stopped for these silly pictures. Once the wagon started to go.... I smiled and had my hands in the air! Thank you Hannah!

Tater man soup

Mom brought home a funny looking toy. It was a Mr. Tater Man. Liam and I didn't really know how or why we should play with this toy.

Mommy seemed to really enjoy taking his eyes off, his hat off and his nose.... naming the parts of "tater man"... then naming our body parts... anyway, her game got boring in a hurry.

So Liam and I made pretend 'soup' out of him. Not literally, but that's how we played with him. We took him apart and with mommy's help we placed him in ...and out of bowls and she gave us big spoons to stir the pretend pots with. That was much more fun with tater man.