Wednesday, January 28, 2009

stories

We are finally feeling better - yeah! Now if the snow would stop we would really be on the right track.

From Jan.09


Today we are due for 8-14 inches on top of the tons of snow we already have, its unbelievable and I didn't think anything could be worse than the end of last winter! And yes, Hailey wants summer so badly she is making sand castles in the snow! Truly, she asks me every couple of weeks if she can put on her bathing suit and go to the beach.

You know those classic moments when your child unrolls the whole roll of toilet paper and you have to smile because every child does it. Well, Hailey is 3 and has never done that - until this week. Her nose is still mildly running and she has been obsessive over wiping it. To the point where I was wondering if it was sensory issue (that is another subject all together). So a couple days ago I went to check on her in the bathroom and found her all entwined in the toilet paper. I ran to get the camera as I was laughing, but she was already unwinding by the time I got the pix.



From Jan.09



She also fell in the toilet for the first time which I thought was hilarious (though she didn't think so). It was bedtime and she had to go potty before going to bed. She is perfectly capable of going all by herself so I waited in her room. All of the sudden we hear a scream and loud cries. We both run in and she is just climbing out. She must have thought her seat was on and just sat back. After she looks at me and told me "mommy, I didn't want you to flush it while I was in there." Ha, ha Thankfully, she is not afraid of the toilet after that incident!



From Jan.09


Back a while ago our laptop crashed. Just this week we hooked back up our desktop and because it is a desktop it is much more accessible to Haileyand we let her play a few games on it with us. Yesterday, Tim was home with her in the morning and she was climbing into the chair, Tim asked her what she was doing and she responded, "I am checking my email daddy." When he told me this I burst out laughing. She must hear us say that so often she thinks its just the thing to do!

From Jan.09



From Jan.09

Thursday, January 22, 2009

how are we doing?

Still sick! Hailey has an awful cough and runny nose that will not go away and now I have caught it. I also had to go back for another strep test (just in case). The tonsillectomy word was brought up. No thanks! I will find out the results tomorrow.

So now on the 22nd day of January all I have for pictures is us at home trying to recoup.


From Jan.09

I love this picture below. Many of you who know Tim, know he likes chinese food, but I am not a big fan so he usually only gets it with his buddies at work. Well, when Hailey was in the NICU one of his friends from work bought her mini chopsticks. In preschool they are learning about the Chinese New Year and will be having a party complete with chinese food and chopsticks. So to help her out I pulled out her chopsticks and she practiced on what else, but waffles :-)


From Jan.09


Here she is tonight playing her first video game. We went to Circuit City tonight to buy a wireless router and found this game for $10. Since it was Sleeping Beauty who could resist for the price.

From Jan.09


As far as preschool, other than the germs Hailey is doing great and loving it! The teacher has all good things to report and Hailey comes home very happy at the end of the day which is a good sign. Also, I am already noticing a difference since she started PT which is great. Thankfully all it seems to take with her is a little nudging in the right direction and she seems to excel.

Lets hope my next post has more to share than sickness!

Monday, January 19, 2009

germ sharing

Welcome to germ sharing, I mean preschool ... in the last couple of weeks we have had strep, bronchitis, colds and now Hailey has conjunctivitis! Is it spring yet?

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

preschool

From preschool

Hailey started preschool on Monday! I found a great preschool in my town. She goes on M/W/F. From 8:30-11:30a is the actual preschool and then after that is more of a daycare format till I pick her up at 3:30p.

I have to admit I was a little nervous leaving her for the first time with someone other than family, but she had a great time. She actually cried when I told her she was not going back the next day, which made me feel good because she had a good time.

The teachers feedback was that ... "Right now there are a lot of new things and getting to know the schedule can be overwhelming but Hailey seems to be able to go with the flow!" Talk about changing times, I was able to email the teacher during the day and get feedback without even a phone call.

Tomorrow she has her first PT appointment. She is still complaining of leg pain so I am hoping the PT will help with that.

Thursday, January 01, 2009