"You have 2 eyes" and WE HATE BEING SICK

The other night I was sitting at the kitchen table with Emma. I was sitting in James' chair (he was not home) which faces way from the TV in the living room. Let me dialogue how this conversation went:

Emma said "Mommy sit over there (in my chair facing the TV) so you can see the TV."

ME- "Emma, I want to sit here so I can watch you eat. You are cuter than the tv."

Emma- "Mommy, listen. You have 2 eyes. You can use one to watch me and one to watch TV. See, It will work."

ME- "Well, Emma you are smart, but I am still going to sit here and watch you."

I seriously don't know where she gets this stuff. She is always trying to think of something to outsmart me and James.

Someone in our family has been sick for 1 week now. Emma started this whole chain of events. Last Thursday I was called to pick up Emma from School with stomach issues. She got better Friday.... Sunday, James' turn... Tuesday, Lillie's turn... Today, my turn... and Lillie's turn AGAIN. Her poor little system is so sensitive the doctor seems to think it was not quite ready for food again so she is on a liquid diet for today, bland foods tomorrow and 1/2 strength formula then Sunday, bland foods, full strength formula... Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, bland foods, full strength formula. Let's hope it works this time and we can get her over this horrible sick...

I will get some photos up soon. I just don't want many photos of my sick kids so let's wait a week or so!

"They missed me, I just know it!"

So Emma has been out of her 'regular' daycare this summer. She has been home with me and occasionally been going to Lillie's school for 1 day per week. So she woke up on Monday ready to go back to her school and I will chart out how the conversation went.

Emma will be purple, I will be black font colors.

"Today I get to go back to my old school. My friends are going to be so happy to see me. They are going to run up to me and give me a hug saying, 'Emma, I missed you, I am so happy you are back."

"Oh is that right Emma. Do you think your friends missed you?"

"Yes they did, I just know it. They are all going to be so happy I am back."

Now we are driving to school. She is playing out this reunion in her mind and outloud the whole drive there.

Now we are at school, she is carrying her nap mat and blanket down the hall. She pops her head into the kitchen where they eat breakfast and sees her friend Noah.

Noah says- "Look everyone, Emma is back!!"
"Hey Noah. Hold on I gotta put up my nap mat.... (she walks out of the kitchen and begins walking so fast down the hall to her room.) See mom, told you they missed me. (drops off mat and begins walking faster back to the kitchen for her LONG awaited reuinon)

"Emma, do I get a hug bye."
"Mom, I gotta go see my friends, they missed me so much. See you later."

That was it.. She was gone in a flash.
I stood there, holding Lillie in disbelief of what just happened. She was so excited to be back at school and has already rejected my hug goodbye. Then I got in the car and LAUGHED about the whole story all the way to Lillie's school.

Videos!

Here are some videos of the girls.

Here is Lillie walking pushing her push toy. You can see what happens when she gets to a dead end... (There might be some temper in that sweet baby after all!!!)


Tonight I was just laying on the floor with Lillie watching her play with her blocks. I thought it was quite fascinating watching her put the blocks in and out of this box. She had so much concentration and determination on her face. (and the doctors were telling me she possibly had brain damage?!?! What did they know?!?!)





Emma loves the jeep she got for Christmas. She puts a baby in it, and we go outside to drive it around the cul-de-sac. There are specific parts of the street that mean different things. (Daycare, Work, Walmart, mall) She will drive to a spot, say, this is Walmart, get out pretend to shop and get back in her jeep. Other times she will park, say its daycare, take her baby out, lay it in the grass, get back in her car and drive away. It is so funny to watch. Then when she goes back to 'daycare" she will pretend to ask her baby's teacher how her day was.
So in this video she is going to Walmart... See if you can hear her say it.




Enjoy!!!

(ps- no results on the milk allergy yet. Still waiting. Hopefully Monday!!!)

Milk Allergy???

So we introduced Lillie to yogurt at 9 months, as we did with Emma. And we started noticing a slight reaction. So we took her off the yogurt while we were on vacation. The reaction went away. We returned from vacation, gave yogurt, reaction came back...

So after many calls, emails and internet researching, Lillie's pediatrician ordered an allergy test for this morning. It is a blood test that will test a variety of things, one of them being milk and dairy products. We are all hoping for a negative result, or if it is a positive result, we will be thankful that we caught it this early. (the results should come back in 3-4 days)

I am not sure what happens next, if she has the allergy, as far as what she can or can't eat.. That will be a learning process.

I will keep everyone posted.

Happy Ending

No photos today.. Just a quick story..

Emma spent the morning at her cousin's house. They were talking about the movie Harry Potter. When I went to pick up Emma she said she wanted to watch "Mary Potter". I had to explain to her that is was actually Harry Potter and it is a little scary and that she may not like the movie. After much discussion she decided if she got scared she would hug blue baby and be ok to watch the movie.
Then as we were leaving, she was still convincing herself it would be ok. Then she looked at me and Aunt Karen and here is how the conversation went:

Emma- "Mommy, is Harry Potter a movie or a show."
Mommy- "It is a movie."
Emma- "Then if it is a movie, I can watch it. movies all have a happy ending so even if it is scary, I know it will be a happy ending, so it's ok"
Mommy- "Well, I guess you are right. If you want to watch it, I guess you can."
Emma- "Ok lets go home."

So there we go... ALLLLLLLLLL movies have a happy ending. Oh to have the joy like a 3 year old again.