Vocabulary wise, it's amazing what they can say and I'm glad that I've been able to keep bad words to a minimum. Signing is good and Emmie is still doing great and moving along. M isn't very interested but we keep trying. Grama has him counting to 5 (ok...1,2,3), we'll have to work with Em on that.
M has really been wrestling lately, which is great that he wants to roll around with me BUT he is head butting me constantly, so I'll have to work with him on that because it kinda hurts.
We're doing better in the pool, it did help that the pool was 86 degrees the other day. Em and M had a great time just floating around with Grama, Mommy, and daddy. I think this weekend Em and M learned how to kick their feet, finally!
I try to play hide and seek with them every night, M is a great seeker and Em has learned to hide, it's usually the same place everytime but cute that she'll sit in the corner and wait for me.
Last night I started reading a book before bed. They were super excited to see mommy "playing" with the books. I think I was handed 5 books and then each of them grabbed a book and flipped through pages like mommy did. It was very sweet.
M is back to regular milk as of today, I hope his cow milk protein allergy is gone now. We had an episode in Cincinnati, where a full Pediasure caused hives all over his body. The good news is that he wasn't itchy. After some benedryl for a couple of days and Rice milk for 4 weeks, we hope to be back to normal.
Em's surgery is tentatively set for November 12th in Cincinnati. I'll have to follow up with them in a couple of weeks, to see how that date works out. She'll have all of her toes and metatarsals amputated and her tendons will be moved. Recovery time for this surgery is 2 to 3 months and I have no idea of how long we'll be in Cincinnati or if we can follow up with doctors here. I'm a little nervous about this surgery, not only because it's her 3rd s but it's going to be tough on her. I'm not sure how to keep her from walking or if she'll have walking casts. I just dont know, so I'm putting together a list of additional questions for Dr. McCarthy and Azizkhan. We know that we have to do this surgery sooner than later, it was very clear by both teams in Cincinnati and Boston that the surgery needs to happen before the age of 3 or 4. So that's where we are. I have nervous energy already! We'll start talking about her right buttock when this surgery is behind us.
