Little Bella has captured the hearts of our family and everyone that meets her. We want to share her story with all.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christmas Day!

Love her excited face!        Checking out a pop-up book from Grannie Annie!

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Opening her pink tent from Grandma Ball!

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She’s saying, “Thank you” to Becca for the new hair bows                    

                                                                                  She makes me smile, such a little lady!

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So she and Joy can play school, so intent!

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A new doll from Grandma Turpin

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A purple Hope bracelet – love her expression!

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Merry Christmas Arabella!

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Playing outside, she’s still not totally steady on her feet, but she is going to try 100% every day!

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Getting Ready for Christmas

Such a big girl!

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School crafts plus putting a million Christmas stickers onto paper – very good OT

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Christmas Eve Jammies

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Because it’s cute

Teacher gave them these cute glasses.  I just love this series of the two of them!

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She is so cute!  Morning toast

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Funny girl – after therapy she thinks she gets chips.  Every single time!

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So there you have it, she’ll eat crunchy things.  But she’s cute doing it!

Friday, December 19, 2014

School Christmas Party

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Sweet girl – everyone loves her!  That last picture – her entire plate was full, and all she would eat was the veggie straws! :)

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Visiting Santa!

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We visited BassProShop to visit Santa’s Wonderland.  So fun!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Riding a Bike!

Look what Miss Bell got to do in PT!  She is amazing!  I was so proud of her!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Life with Bella

Results from her sedated ECHO were amazing!  Her valves are leaking, we will continue to monitor.  But her pulmonary pressures are NORMAL!  Amazing – that is a miracle!  I am so grateful!

Sweet Bella was sent home on Monday.  She kept crying and they were afraid she was in pain from her surgery.  As soon as I saw her and heard her cry I knew what was wrong – poor thing was constipated!  It’s a chronic problem for Bell, add in anesthesia and you have a recipe for disaster.  I had increased her laxative, but evidently not enough!  As soon as I got her home, we got her cleared out and she was happy as a lark.  I texted this pic to her teacher who couldn’t believe it was the same kid they had just sent home! :)

Signing Time Christmas and a Christmas card from Miss Rachel came for Bella!  So thrilling!

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OT eval  She loved the swing!  I loved the circle she drew!  I’ve been trying to convince school that she can produce a circle, she just likes to hide her abilities! Ornery girl!

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Playing with Daddy