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Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
PT and Preschool
I had to share the pix below ... Hailey, Laura and Karen sleeping in the "infamous" box
This morning we had a PT evaluation for Hailey per my request. As many of you know she has been in gymnastics and I have noticed subtle things that caught my eye. I also noticed some small, some bigger differences between her movement and that of her friends.
This morning we had a PT evaluation for Hailey per my request. As many of you know she has been in gymnastics and I have noticed subtle things that caught my eye. I also noticed some small, some bigger differences between her movement and that of her friends.
Sure enough Hailey has some "tightness" in her upper legs (which is where she is always complaining of having pain) ie, when she had strep and I took her in for upper leg pain. She also has issues with climbing stairs, sitting cross legged, jumping and posture in general. She did notice Hailey cannot sit/stand still and believe this could have to do with muscle tone, but only time with tell. Its nothing life changing or anything that can't be fixed with a little PT. Her PT said she is about a year behind in some general areas that I mentioned above. We will be going once a week for 6 weeks and then re-evaluate.
She will also be starting preschool January 5th and we are quite excited. I think both these things will help her alot in general areas. Her preschool was actually a suggestion from her PT and the teacher is actually a certified occupational therapist so all in all she is well covered.
Tomorrow we are going to the preschool for two hours in the morning for a test run before the big day.
All in all, for being premature we have been VERY blessed with how well Hailey has done. I am slightly nervous with Hailey starting preschool (and how bad she did at gymnastics) to see if any more physical or learning issues come up, but I think at this point we are doing the best we can to make sure she succeeds!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
its beginning to look alot like christmas
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Per Hailey's (numerous) requests she had her ears pierced last weekend. It was funny because here and there a few people stopped to watch how this little 3 year old would handle it and believe it or not she didn't even cry and she tells me they didn't hurt. Maybe she has a high pain tolerance or maybe the excitement was more than the pain, but either way she now believes she is more beautiful than ever. In the pictures above she is trying to mimic me putting on makeup.
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On Saturday Hailey's friend Sidney, and her baby sister Riley came up from Mass for a visit. Elijah also joined us and the kids had loads of fun playing as usual. Sidney ended up getting her ears pierced as well!
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This past week the area where we live was devasted by an ice storm. Many of my family and friends are still without power and it was a week ago from Thursday. On Sunday, Meme and Papa were still without power and Jon was in the hospital so daddy and Hailey decided to make them some homeade meatballs to cheer them up!
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Hailey requested I take this picture tonight of her and "her" christmas tree. She loves to hug, yes, hug her tree and all ornaments are fair game. In the past years we have never had a problem with her taking ornaments off or messing with the tree. This year I cannot keep an ornament on the tree. There is a pile of them by our recliner and I still do not know why?!
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Lastly, a story I won't soon forget. On Sunday we were doing our usually laundry, washing sheets etc. Well, our sheets came out of the laundry and felt gritty, like dirt was smeared all over them. I couldn't figure out what had happened, but I knew the load needed to be re-washed. As I was putting them back in the washing machine a pull-up had fallen out! Hailey who is potty trained now, wears pull-ups at night for safety sake and is so used to putting her undies in the laundry basket she must have thought that is where her pull-up should go! It was gross at the time, but looking back now I thought it was quite funny!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
home for the holidays
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
stories
Hailey has strep throat. She was complaining of leg pain and had a fever so I took her to the doctor and her diagnosis is strep! Go figure. As with most kids she hates taking meds, but it helps that amoxicillin is pink, so with some "coaxing" that it is the medicine of "princesses" she decides she likes it.
I am also having a hard time keeping her in bed at night, her ploy last night - "mom, I have many cavities and need my medicine!" Now where did that come from? (and no she doesn't have any cavities :-)
Tonight we watched the Polar Express on tv which got Hailey quite excited about Christmas so she starts telling me stories about when santa will arrive at our house. Tonight she said that santa would wake her up when he comes and eat chocolate with her!
Lastly, she randomly has decided she wants to start playing what she calls "pay". So we set up shop and use monopoly money to buy toys. Her prices are a bit high at $100-$200, but how she pronouces $100 is the funniest part. You would have to hear it yourself, but its something like ... one hundy dolla's. Its so cute!
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