helping daddy shovel the snow in March
inspecting geese
having fun at the Baltimore Aquarium
playing in the cave that Grandma built
Mommy, Aria, Aunt Jennine, Grammy
swinging with pop-pop at the farm near North East, MD
making a "forest" of sticks and river junk (ew)
painting!
tea time!
our little couch potato :-)My mom, Kevin and I finished baby brother's room after a lot of hard work! I'm so happy with it :-) Kevin helped me with the wall painting. I did the painting details and helped my mom pick out fabric. And my mother was the talented seamstress who made the matching bedding, curtains and diaper holder. THANKS MOM!!!! I really enjoyed decorating Aria's room and I had just as much fun with this one. I hope baby brother likes his room as much as Aria likes hers. Here are some pictures of the finished product:
We have about a month to go! We're getting ready, but I don't think we could ever be fully prepared!Aria is continuing to recover well from her surgery. It definitely didn't slow her down except for those few hours. Her eyes are looking great - just one little red spot left in the outer part of one eye. She has a follow-on appointment next Monday with her eye doctor. So far we've noticed that her up-turn is gone and her over-all alignment has improved :-)
And on to some fun stuff...Aria, like most kids, likes to dance. Here's a couple of her latest moves:
She likes Radiohead just like her Daddy and Mommy and it appears as if she took dance lessons from Thom Yorke
Her favorite song recently is "Boom Boom Pow"
GoofyDaddy!
Kevin and I needed to put ointment in Aria's eyes before I left for work this morning. The last 4 times were huge struggles and ended with us pinning Aria down and just getting it over with. She screamed & cried, but then got over it a minute later (it's for her own good).
This morning Kevin put on a winning performance to show Aria what we needed to do...he laid down on the floor, I pretended to put the ointment in his eyes, he acted scared but then let me do it. No sooner after Kevin said "All done!" Aria laid herself down in his spot! She let me hold her eyes open and get the ointment in with little struggle. She's such a good little girl. I'm sure it won't be that easy later, but it was sure funny and so nice :-) Good job Daddy!
UPDATE FROM GOOFYDADDY: I tried the same thing before I ran to work at 11:30. Only this time, I asked Aria to put the medicine in my eyes. I quickly realized this was a bad idea, as she started to take the cap off the tube! So, I asked Grammy to put it in my eyes. I added a bit more to my performance, squinting, getting upset, saying "I don't want the medicine! it hurts!" and Grammy acted the scene out with me (take note goofymommy). Once Grammy was done putting the medicine in my eyes, Aria lay down just like before. She let me put the ointment in her eyes, only flinching just a little!
Aria took a long snooze on the couch and when she woke up we had her drink more juice. She got sick again - poor thing! But, all seems well now...about 6:00 she jumped off the couch and started playing and chatting up a storm. She's kept down a bunch of crackers and some juice! YAY! We are happy she's doing A LOT better now. Getting her to bed will be interesting because she has so much energy :-) Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Aria made it through her surgery fine. The prep was a little hard. Try convicing a 2yr old to take her comfy PJs off and put on a weird yellow gown! The nurses were nice and worked around it. It took longer than Kevin and I expected. She was in there for almost 2 hours and recovery took another hour. But, we are home now. We set up a little nest on our couch and turned on Wall-E. She did get sick once already :-( Now she's sleeping, so with time and rest she should feel much better and begin to eat/drink again.
Her buddy Doogan was with her the entire time! Tonight Kevin went to bells and I finished up the bedtime routine. Aria was so easy and agreeable tonight which was really nice after yesterday. (It was an interesting Mothers Day...She missed her nap and was a mess and so dramatic about everything the rest of the day.) After her bath and putting on PJs I told her we needed to go downstairs to have a snack.*** She got her cheese and a banana. We sat down on the floor together and had a "picnic" together. She was happy and just babbling about all sorts of stuff. She stopped, looked at me and said, "I love you mommy." It was the sweetest thing! She's said I love you before, but I think it's ALWAYS been prompted or a response to me saying it. This time it was out of nowhere! It was really nice to hear it so sincere.
*** Tomorrow Aria is having corrective eye surgery. We've been patching for the last year and both her eyes have great vision now, which is good news...before she had one eye that was more dominate. But, her eyes are not aligned straight. She has some upturning and crossing at times. The surgery will re-stretch the muscles in her eyes so that they will be more aligned. We received the direction she can't eat before her surgery starting at midnight. Thankfully we will be leaving the house the time she normally wakes up (7ish) and they should start around 8:30. Poor little thing! I just hope that it's not too traumatic for her. Keep us in your prayers. The recovery shouldn't be too bad. She'll be home from school for a week while she heals. Kevin and I will be with her the first couple days and then my mother will come to help out so we can return to work. We'll keep everyone posted!
