Sickies

We had a super busy month planned for February. Unfortunately we ended up being a bunch of sickies for most of the month.

Little A started speech therapy. It has gone really well. She said two new words in the first appointment and has said several since. She still doesn't like to say words, she'd rather communicate through gestures, but it's coming along. She says the "D" sound for the beginning of almost all words.

We went visiting teaching and got stuck in the drive-way of the woman we visit teach. The week before we got stuck in my visiting teaching companion's drive-way. From now on when we go to that community we're parking on the road! We did have some fun visits with friends though while we were waiting to be pulled out.


We had Auditions for "The Wizard of OZ". They went really well. We are excited about the cast we have!

I was there the first week of auditions, but the second week I came down with the flu and wasn't able to make it. I pulled myself together for the dance auditions, but otherwise crashed. The Valentine show that I helped put together was that week as well. I was able to make it to the tech night, but missed the actual show, which was a big bummer. I heard it went really well though.

Little A had a check up for her ears. She always loves to climb up in the chair. She has gotten so brave and doesn't mind for her ears to be checked anymore. Her right ear looked great, but her left eardrum is pasted with wax. We're trying to get it to loosen up and come out on it's own; if not then she'll have to have a systematic cleaning. Boo. The Dr. did say that she probably isn't hearing out of that ear very well, so her speech will probably still come slowly.

Allan surprised me on Valentines day with a valentine from him, and one from little A. It was so darling! A was so excited to give hers to me.

He also brought home a flower for little A, and a box of Turtles for me. :) We were so excited that he was able to find Turtles. Our stores don't usually carry them! I was nice and shared one with little A. The next morning she got into them and ate some more, lol! Teach me to leave my chocolate within reach of little hands!

The following week little A came down with the flu. Allan was supposed to have surgery on his hip that week, so we were pretty nervous that he would catch it and not be able to. I took care of Ava as much as possible to keep him away from the sickness, and thankfully he never got it. Some of his coworkers were headed down to the city where he was having his surgery, so they took him down and met his dad somewhere. His mom took him to have his surgery the following morning.

Little A and I stayed home and watched a whole lot of Daniel Tiger and ate a little bit of noodles. Bleh.

We went down and picked him up a couple of days later when we weren't contagious anymore. We are so grateful for our amazing family. It was such a blessing that his family and coworkers were able to take care of that! He's had problems with his hip for 6 years! We're so relieved that he has finally had the help he needs, and it wouldn't have happened if not for some great friends and family.

Poor little A just wanted to play and play while we were sick, but she could only handle it for about 20-30 minutes before she was dead again. We did manage to play kitchen a few times though.

When Allan got home we explained to little A that he had a big owie and couldn't do a lot of things for awhile. She promptly went over and kissed his leg all better! She was very confused as to why it didn't work immediately, so we then had to explain how some owies just need a kiss, and some need extra time. We played with Daddy by bringing the toys over to the couch and setting them on a chair. Favorites were playing sandwiches or barn. Allan discovered a button on her barn that sings "Old MacDonald", and they've had a lot of fun with that!

Since then we've just been taking care of Allan, trying to make sure he heals correctly. He has two machines he has to use frequently throughout the day: an ice machine (in the above photo) and an exercise machine that moves his leg for him.

Little A wanted to have a hoodie like Mama. :)

A's new favorite place to play is underneath her highchair. This day we were having a little snack under there.

This is her new favorite place to hide. :)

The disposal on our kitchen sink fell partly off. There was a ton of water leaking before I found it. My step-dad came over to try to fix it, but we weren't able to get it back on, so we had to call the plumber. Allan was so bummed that he couldn't help.

My mom and step-dad also took little A for a day so I could get our house cleaned up and work on our new adoption profile. It was such a huge relief to have their help! Little A had a great time playing play doh, making necklaces, and playing with cousin P.

Grandpa made Little A an easel for her birthday! We are so excited about it!

Snuggling Daddy while he's on his ice machine. Little A watched the movie "Cars" with Daddy one day. Now she'll go up to him and say "Vroom, vroom?" and move her hands like she's driving a car. It's her way of asking to watch the movie again. Her favorite movie though is Kung Fu Panda; she thinks it's hilarious!

This picture makes us laugh. Little A is a definite Mama's girl, and we've joked before that she is tied to my apron strings. Now there is proof. Ha!

Our friends got little A this adorable dress for her birthday! I love it!

K3 and C came over with a gift for little A. They were sick on her birthday. It was fun to visit with them and their adorable little girl for a while. They gave A a Princess Sophia play set. She has loved it, especially the little treasure box that came with it. She also really enjoyed having her cousin there.