These two love to play ball, rolling and taking it from each other. LOVE seeing them being friends!
My crazy Bell – she still fits in the sink at five years old. She was having a great time on the swing set. And she has finally, four months post op, starting to take some steps again!!
Our friend Zachary stopped by. She wanted to check him out.
All dressed up for sisters’ piano recital. Love how she is leaning against the door and it looks like she is standing. Note to self: Bella isn’t ready yet for piano recitals. Sitting quietly for that long – no way! Oh well, it was worth a try! At least she looked cute.
Sammi did her hair. Bella is the cutest kid ever. Playing the Wii
Bella’s 5th Birthday – Wednesday was Bella’s 5th birthday. Her birthdays always blow me away. And to see how far she has come this year – amazing!
I went up to her school for lunch. She ate two grapes. Crazy kid! I brought cupcakes for her class. She didn’t eat hers, but she liked the attention.
I stopped at Sonic for some tator tots for lunch. She ate a couple! Wahoo!
So much of how we celebrate revolves around food, and she doesn’t eat. Oh well. We tried to present a dinner something she has shown interest in the past – chicken nuggets, tator tots, and cheese puffs. (Not nutritious, but it’s her birthday.) She ate one puff. Sweet girl.
They were so cute – one of the boys turned off the light and they use a battery operated light.
Her teachers and therapists were kind and gave her little gifts.
Her big surprise for her birthday was to talk to Miss Rachel from Signing Time and Treeschoolers. We all loved that!! Twenty minutes one on one with Miss Rachel!
Happiest birthday my Bella – we love you! We are so grateful you are in our family!
Here is a short segment:
The Buddy Walk – we went downtown to the Reliant Stadium. There were a few games and some fun food choices. We lasted for two and a half hours. Bella loved everyone that was cheering for her!
Later Jason, Bella, and I went shopping. She is such a happy little girl right now. I am so happy that she is doing well enough to show us her personality. How I love this little munchkin!
Daddy and Bella snuggling and watching Rachel and the Treeschoolers.
Therapy – PT went to a class and now wants to take a step back and focus on her core. She is looking into getting her a DMO. Oh this girl – it was eval time and no way was she going to show what she can do for Speech.
We went to visit our GI doctor. We have been having too many hard, distended tummies (and having a BM is a screaming affair) so we were hoping for some answers. We got orders for a bunch of tests. My poor baby – I hate that she knows what is coming. I hate how she locks her wheels. I hate that it takes so many grown adults to get blood. I hate that she is terrified of x-rays. Pretty much hate hospitals. But still we are hoping for some answers.
After that trauma, we needed some fun:
Making owls from pine cones in Speech
Working hard on feeding (one day….)
OK, this just made me mad – how many clinics, doctors and nurses have been through her chart? Oh, about a million. And who notices that Bella is missing a Hep B vaccine? The school nurse. Really? And yes, if you don’t get vaccinated by Monday, she can’t come to school. (sorry but, really? her unprotected status from Heb B is going to become a problem on Monday, but not today or last Thursday? No, I didn’t say any of that out loud, but yes, I obviously thought it) So we had to go back to the doctor and get a shot. And after Monday’s trauma that just wasn’t nice!
At the park for PT because it was so nice outside!
At the DARS Fall Festival. Bella is funny – if she gets bored, she just takes off. Love that she has that ability with her chair. Looking so intently at the ducks
She got a beautiful lunch and ate – the pickle! I’ll take it!
Meeting the animals and riding a pony!
Watching the ipad on the stairs like Joy does. Watching TV in a boat with Joy.
