Caidys' ENT Appointment.

We had to make a special trip to the coast once again this week so Caidy could have the tubes in her ears checked. The ENT said everything was looking great and he would like the tubes to stay in for at least another 6 months to 1 year. I was a little upset when I told him about the ear infection Caidy had a week after the surgery and he told us that it most likely wasn't an infection but the tubes working and draining all the fluid out of her ear!!! I couldn't believe that both James and I missed him telling us this would happen, that the dr we took her to at the ER didn't know this, and that she was on a super strong medication that made her very ill for weeks after. I am glad now that we know this and have a prescription for ear drops if it happens again, oral antibiotics are not as effective as ear drops for fighting the bacteria.

Caidy was also able to get another hearing test preformed. It is a small room where she sits on my knee, having differnt sounds played and if she looks in the direction the sound came from a drum playing monkey will light up as a reward. Caidy did very well this time compared to the hearing test she had before the tubes were put in. The last hearing test the lowest she could hear was 40 decibels, and this time it was as low as 20! Both drs were really impressed with her improvement and because of this she should be making more and more sounds because of all she is now able to hear.

All in all the trip to Childrens Hospital was great and very encouraging!

Fun day with Grandma Jolene

This is the moring of Caidys' ENT appt. Great Great Grandma Wright made Caidy this poncho and hat for Christmas and she had to wear it just because she looks so adorable in it!!

Leah and Elijah had a blast while James and I were gone for the day. They were able to spend the whole day with Grandma Jolene and I think did every single thing possible they could squeeze into their one day together. They went to Mc Donalds for lunch, to the mall and were spoiled, and of course had to go to the park and play!

This picture of my favorite!! Elijah is such a character right now, every chance he gets he is silly and if he isn't running like a mad man, he is laughing about his 'bunka butt'. We have no idea where it came from, but he his always trying to get people to watch his shake his little behind!! I am trying to think of this as just a phase, hopefully one that doesn't offend too many people!! :)

Auntie Megan and Uncle Nicks house

To end our trip to we spent the night at Megan and Nicks house. The kids had a blast, especially playing with their new cousin, Kayden. He is really going to be a big boy, his hands are already bigger than Caidys being 8 months younger!!

First Visitors

Well the first visitors to Grand Forks are Papa and Grandma. The kids were very excited to see them again and were able to open up some presents from Christmas. Jaime and I also recieved some presents, one of them was a new webcam! Below are two pictures that we took with it.

Lots of fun !
Who is going to be NEXT? (To visit)

New Siggy

I am a member of an online chat for moms and I wanted to show off my new siggy, they appear every time I leave a message, and I think this is one of my favorites!!

Big Girl!

Caidy has really been doing well this past week. I have weaned her off breast milk and am finally finished pumping! I made it past both of my goals and to Caidy's 10 month b-day! It felt good to make it so far, but at the same time I felt a little guilty for not making it to 1 year, but she is doing extremely well on formula, Enfamil A+, and is growing. We took her for her weekly weigh in today and she is up to 16 lbs 11oz, exactly where she was when she first had the surgery, so all the weight she had lost is back and she is eating like crazy so it won't take long for her to get caught up!! Her palate is perfectly healed and her ears are all cleared up, we go back to the ENT at the end of January to check on the tubes, and I am assuming all will be fine. Her lip has also been loosening from all the sucking on her sippy cup and straws, we just need to continue to massage and I am sure it will be looking perfect in no time!!

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Bring on 2007

If the past couple days are any indication of what 2007 will be like, I am ready!

Caidy has finally learnt to suck out of a sippy cup!! Yesterday we tried yet again with a new cup (3-4 different ones bought in the past 3 weeks!!) she instantly liked it. At first she would only let us pour it into her mouth, just removed the stopper, and after a couple pours she was sucking away!! At first it was a little messy, but she caught on so fast and now can even do it with the stopper in place! I am so happy, it is amazing how the Dr's have repaired her mouth, to look inside you can't even tell she even had a cleft!! It has been a very long 3.5 weeks, but I am so thankful we can now look back and say to ourselves WE DID IT!!!