Hanging In There!

What a crazy past couple of weeks we've had! One by one we all have seemed to come down with something, so you guessed it... we've been back in lock down! Luckily those synagis shots have kept Emily's cold from turning into RSV for which we could not be more thankful! Our little friend Meredith from church is in the hospital right now with RSV and after talking to her mom yesterday I won't complain anymore about the high cost of synagis injections! They are worth every penny if they keep her safe from RSV. I am SO thankful that Emily is getting a little boost in helping her immune system fight off this nasty virus. Please keep Meredith in your prayers this week as she is having a tough time recovering.

Speaking of synagis injections.. Emily got her third dose yesterday and since the dosage is based on weight we stripped her down to weigh in and much to my delight she came in just under 14 lbs. We are still working with a nutritionist to make sure she takes in enough calories to gain weight without making her constipated or over feeding her and making the GERD worse. Poor Emily has such issues when it comes to eating. In speech therapy we are working on overcoming texture issues with oatmeal and veggies... it looks as though we still have a ways to go in this area but we'll get there sooner or later! Emily also seems to have found her voice, I'll have to try a post a video, she is so funny and quite expressive in her new sounds. She even raises her voice a bit to make her presence known! I love it!

Lila has found a new hobby these days... and no it doesn't have anything to do with markers... she has been banned from markers for a good long time! She has taken up collecting Christmas ornaments from the tree! It's really fun for me to redecorate the tree each night just putting back the ornaments she collected from the day. I even bought her a little tree of her very own and let her pick out all her own ornaments but she still seems to prefer all the breakable ones from our family tree. These next few weeks are going to be a lot of fun! At least she leaves the presents alone! Emily's physical therapist told me this week that she had just come from a session where the girl's got up at six that morning and opened all the presents under the tree before their mom got up... um, yah, I'd be a LITTLE upset if that happened here!

I decided to let the girls participate in our Christmas card this year. I guess it has been all the time on our hands stuck at home that caused this crazy lapse in judgement. We made a wreath for our cards, Lila's thumbprint the wreath and Emily's the berries. They didn't look right when I had them color copied so I've made my girls paint over fifty wreaths for our cards this year. I was afraid I would never get all the green paint off Lila's thumb and fingernail! Now the cards are almost done we are just still trying to capture the perfect family photo for the cards... with the way that is going we might get these cards out next December. Why is it so hard to get FOUR people to look at the camera and smile at the same time... Here are a few of the rejects... We're trying again tomorrow and hope to have better luck!





Emily is really being the stinker looking at everyone else and not the camera. Lila does it occasionally too but that Emily would really just rather look at her Daddy than the camera.... maybe she is wondering why there is a lot of fur on his face right now... now that's a whole other post for a another day!