Sunday, February 9th

So Mike has accomplished what we were thinking may be impossible.  He had Emmy Ya Ya sitting in her booster seat for part of lunch and then all of dinner!!!!  She started in the booster before dinner with coloring and then moved straight into dinner.  After dinner she didn't want to get down and moved straight from food to coloring again.  Mike briefly got her down and she pointed to get back to get into the booster seat.  We are hoping the trend will continue as she can sometimes sit at the table for a meal for an hour or more.  She likes to eat slowly and eat a lot!!!  Over the last few days she has really enjoyed watermelon, watermelon, watermelon, some burger, eggs, and also Mike's smoked BBQ.

Emmy had a checkup with our pediatrician and it went well.  I thought she would cry a lot but she did not.   We will be referred to a children's neurosurgeon to discuss her spina bifida a bit more.  What a blessing it is to have such wonderful children's health providers here in our town.  Emmy ended up having the congestion, fever, and cough that has been through our house.  It's hard to know if it was 2 different viruses or what but it has been a tough go around here.  All of the congestion made it hard for sleeping for a few nights but I think we are getting back on track.  There were a few days where we were mainly sitting and snuggling children most of the day.  For Emmy, she has been a bit fussy when she wakes up since she didn't sleep very well.  Landon, Ella, nor Eli can stand to hear her cry so it is sweet to see how they try to cheer her up.  They are really enjoying their new roles as siblings to little sister.  

Emmy is enjoying wearing Landon's, Ella's, or Eli's shoes around.  I remember Landon and Ella doing this too as toddlers so it is fun to see Emmy do the same thing.  She seems to try all different shoes from crocs to snow boots.  Maybe this week we will get to see a little more snow, wouldn't that be fun to experience since we missed it last time.  The kids are excited at the possibility of sledding but realize that homeschool can still meet when other schools would be cancelled.  It will be fun to see what Emmy thinks of the cold white stuff.