(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Eva's not crawling or log rolling yet but she does manage to get around a little by just "wiggling"...really, that's the best way to describe it.  She was playing and I kept hearing some "beeping."

Yep, she found the power button on the PS3...on, off, look around to see if anyone cares, repeat.

Really, I'm innocent....

Dylan got new boots.  He wears them all the time.

And Kira just wanted her pic taken! :-)  Yep, she's 6!

Love this song.....

Tutu cute!

This morning Kira decided that she wanted to wear her tutu...with her pj's.  (Notice Eva sticking her tongue out in the background!)

Kira was ready to pose today....

And then Dylan wanted to get in on the action and pose for a picture...

With a pink tutu on.

And for a brief few minutes...they got along! :-)

It's time for Daddy to come home...

Mommy is exhausted and feels crummy.  Dylan has had a cold and seems to be getting towards the end but has had a terrible cough the last few nights which has been waking him.  Kira is just getting the cold but like with every cold Kira gets the cough is the worst part.  I can tell that her inhalers are helping but we're sitting right on the edge of needing an oral steroid....nononoonono!  Eva was up last night throwing up and had a fever of 102.9 until this morning and now it's around 100.  And I have the cold that K and D have...cough, sore throat and head that is pounding.

Jason has been in Minnesota since Thursday night and will get home tonight, late.  Why is that when I was gone for 2 weekends in February he had relatively healthy kids....a little snot here and there but nothing more....he leaves I get this.  Something doesn't seem right about that.

Hurry home dear!

Wordless Wednesday

Appointment updates.......

Let's start with Kira! :-)

Kira had her appointment this afternoon with the Communications and Aides Clinic at the Waisman Center.  We have been talking with the therapists and teachers about trying to get her set up with a voice recognition system on the computer to help her with some of her "writing."  Her hands and fingers get really tired, really quick and it's made keeping up difficult.  We did a trial of Dragon 10 which they normally don't use until kids are closer to 10 or 11 years.....I wasn't so sure that it would actually work BUT Kira impressed the socks off of ALL of us!  She figured it out pretty quickly and had the basics down in less than an hour!  You go girl!  The biggest "problems" were 1) she would talk too fast and 2) she wouldn't say her words clear enough which would mess up "the dragon."  I was excited to hear that we can buy this program at Best Buy for a reasonable amount of money!  I have emailed her teachers and am hoping that we can get this included in her IEP for next year.  I'm pretty sure they will be supportive of it.  We plan on getting the program so that we can all becom familiar with it and Kira can work with it over the summer.  It is NOT our intention that she stop doing the writing activities...we will work to find the balance that she needs.  Kira has adjusted BEAUTIFULLY to her new classroom and it's been a very positive experience for her.  Even though we were disappointed about the change, there have already been great things happening and I really think it's a great change for her.  Kira has a couple of appointments coming up....behavioral ped in a couple of weeks and pulminologist in April.

Eva has her 1 year well BABY (she's still my baby) appointment last Friday.  I was disappointed to find out that she has lost enough weight that she has really dropped off on the weight chart. :-(  All her food allergies really make it hard to find high calorie, healthy foods for her.  We are hoping to touchbase with a nutitionist soon (although getting them to return a call hasn't been easy....) to see if they have any suggestions for us.  Her head has grown and she gotten a little longer which is good.  Her dr was happy that we've continued with therapy.  She's sitting like a champ and will spin herself in circles but she hasn't figured out any way to actually be mobile...frustrating and disappointing to say the least.  She impressed the doctors and nurses with her vocabulary and her very serious expression....no crying other than shots but no real smiles either! :-)  We got back at the beginning of April for a couple of shots that I held off on and for weight check.  Eva has an appointment at the beginning of May with the allergist and will be re-tested for her current allergies although after this weekend and a SMALL slip-up on Mom and Dad's part, we know that she is still very, very allergic to dairy!!! ;-)  OOPS!

Dilly Boy.......Dylan had his screening with Child Find to check out his gross motor skills, fine motor skills and overall development.  He has been referred to have further evals in gross motor skills and fine motor skills.  I wasn't surprised...atleast on the fine motor skills.  While I'm disappointed that he might need therapy again and slightly overwhelmed at the thought of adding more to my week, I'm so very thankful that we live in a place and time where these services are available.  All of my kiddos have benefited from therapy and I am grateful for that.  Dylan still loves preschool and talks about his friends everyday.  It's been fun to listen to him share more and more about his day as the year has gone on too.  Dylan has an appointment with a neurologist in April so I'll update about that afterwards.

Those are our updates for now! :-)

Party!!

Kira had to wait awhile but I think it's safe to say that she had a GREAT time celebrating her 6th birthday with her friends this weekend.....Eva seemed to enjoy having all the people around but didn't want to get too far from Mommy or Daddy for very long!!!

We started out the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa coming!  After we went to dinner at Pedro's, Kira couldn't wait to open her gifts!

Eva was tired......

And Dylan waiting "patiently" until I told him he could help Eva open her gifts! ;-)  It's tough when BOTH sisters are getting gifts and you're not!!!

Saturday was the party.....

The kids had fun playing.....man, it was wild but the kids had a blast!

Ethan

Fancy Nancy AKA Sawyer!

It got awful quiet when it was time to eat...

It was fun to watch the kids be as excited to GIVE Kira and Eva presents as they were to recieve them.

Then it was time for cake!!!  We made these cakes but then the kids decorated cupcakes which was a lot of fun!

Eva ate a little but had more fun just playing in her cake...and I think it's a good thing she only ate a little because something really bothered her tummy.  The only things that were different were the frosting and the cake so no more of that for Miss Eva. :-(  She was up most of the night crying and pretty uncomfortable!!!

It was a great time but I'm sure glad that birthdays only come once a year!....parties are a lot of work!!! :-)