Sunday, June 8, 2008

Recently....



Kaitlyn FINALLY lost her top front tooth. Her permanent tooth was coming in and pushed her baby tooth all the way to the side and out. We think she resembled Nanny McPhee (a fun, family movie if you haven't seen it). It was really weird looking! I even had a dentist appointment scheduled for her, but the night before Scott took the advice of a friend of ours. He put a warm wash cloth on her tooth and then yanked the tooth out. Kaitlyn didn't even know it came out. The wash cloth idea was great--the warmth kept her mind off of the tooth and the wash cloth acted as a gripper to get the little tooth out.



Brynn graduated from preschool. She can't wait for kindergarten. She also saw the ENT last month. They did another scope to see her vocal chords. They stick a wire with a tiny camera on the end up her nose and down the back side of her throat to see the vocal chords. She is such a trooper and so brave. They compared last years picture to this year, and the vocal chords look so much better!! Her nodules on both vocal chords have also shrunk to just a tiny pinpoint. YIPEE!! I guess this means her prevacid (for reflux) is really working. She will continue to use it for another year before we try to take her off of it to see what happens then.


Jared is just hanging on! He loves having his sister's home (most of the time).

Happy Birthday Ellie!

Ellie turned one in May. The girls helped me make a birthday cake, and of course we all enjoyed watching her eat it. She ate the frosting, and dropped the cake on the floor--typical kid, right! I remember when Kaitlyn turned one, eating the birthday cake was a big deal--the first sweets for her. Not so for Ellie--but still fun to watch her.

Notice Ellie's little hair barrette. She barely has enough hair to keep it in, but I love the way it looks--and seems to cut down on the number of people commenting on my cute little "boy." She probably has another year before her head is covered with hair.

Ellie has become quite independent. She refuses to eat unless she is feeding herself. Occasionally she can get the spoon full of yogurt in her mouth, but mostly she holds the spoon in one hand, and dips her fist in the yogurt and licks it off. It's a huge mess every time she eats anything!