Is it Spring time yet?

I thought I would catch y'all up on our last two weeks all at once! This is the face I came home to this past Saturday after working. Jason had fixed Kelsey's swing so that she could sit in it comfortably and she was having a great time! She would just sit and watch Julia Kate play and she loved to swing! She really is such a happy baby!
Now, this is little Miss Growny, Jason said he couldn't find one single short sleeve shirt for her to wear so he gave up....she started out in a turtleneck and when he made her take that off she ended up in her Saints shirt (from last year's playoff games) and her leggings with pink boots! In this picture she is trying to blow up one of the 500 water balloons she has, thankfully she can't quite grasp how to fill them up and tie them so she just acts like she is going to blow them up! She is facing Kelsey, you can see K's bouncy seat in the background. I do believe she was rotated from seat to swing watching her sister all afternoon!

The Sunday before Valentine's we had a birthday party in Monroe and on the way we had to stop at Lowe's for a few items. I let Julia Kate choose a Valentine's treat and she choose an herb garden! You know, the kind with little pots and even smaller seeds and then you close it up and put it in the windowsill to watch grow! Well, last Monday night she and her Daddy started the process. This is Julia Kate with the finished product, she is so excited about her parsley and basil. (As of one week the basil is the only one that has sprouted...but we are hopeful) Jess, when you are home maybe y'all can swap herb growing tips :)

This is Daddy getting all organized, he poured the seeds out on the counter and counted them out to make sure there were an even number of seeds in each pot....JK concentrated too!

Tiny seeds = too tempting not to touch, I laughed as Jason said "Don't mix the seeds!" So we may end up with basley or parsil.....I'll keep you posted!

The birthday party we attended was at the Children's Museum in Monroe. It really is a fun place for little ones to play and run off energy! This is Jason and Julia Kate in the canoe, she thought it was hilarious!

This is what they saw looking forward....at one point our MeMe (babysitter) and most of her kids were in the canoe together! Great fun!

Her is Kelsey playing in her rigged playset! This is her longsitter which helps stretch out her legs, Jason figured out how to get her toys to stay close enough for her to reach. Notice her open right hand...yay!

More serious Kelsey......

Finally, our new outifts from MK! And the best picture I could get...we have to work on that!

Thanks for checking in with us and for praying for our little family!

Nora

2011

I don't know why I can't get my writing to be at the top, but in case there is anybody reading this just scroll down to read our update and please leave a comment to I know there is someone out there listening!!

Warmer weather last Saturday had JK outside swinging.....we can't wait for spring!!
One of their "play therapy" sessions!

Kelsey sporting her eye patch!

Kelsey with her glasses...notice both hands are occupied. As long as she has something in her hands she is ok for maybe 30 seconds. Jason told her the other night if she grabbed them with her right hand he would let her take them off (her right hand is her weaker hand).....it took her maybe one minute and she reached up and grabbed them!! All he could say was good job Kelsey!

Ok, so it's February 6 and this is the first post of 2011. Actually it's the first post in a few months! I have been meaning to sit down and post since I love to read other blogs and I CAN see how this blog would be a wonderful "memory book" of our lives! The truth is our life is wild and crazy and some nights making time for supper, baths and just living together has us all at our wits end....but I do enjoy looking back and seeing where we were last year or two years ago, etc!! So, for my one faithful blog reader, maybe two ;) here is an update!

The week of Thanksgiving we were discussing Kelsey with one of her therapist and she said, "y'all do understand this is neurological, right?" Well, Jason and I have always known that there was a chance Kelsey would have cerebral palsy but now we finally have a specific diagnosis. To some people this may be scary, and I am definitely not saying we aren't scared, but for us it was such a relief in a way. Now we have a game plan and we know that we are doing exactly what Kelsey needs to help her live her life! We have a neurologist in Baton Rouge, a CP expert at Oschner's and a wonderful system of therapists at MMPT in West Monroe!! We are so blessed to have this team of great people loving on our baby girl. She is doing great with her therapy, she is now wearing AFO braces that help her ankles, it positions her foot in a 90 degree angle instead of her constantly pointing her toes. She is supposed to be wearing glasses, we just got those this week, but as of yet she isn't a fan!

Julia Kate is wonderful and she loves "her little baby sister"....which is what she has recently started calling Kelsey. Sometimes I will hear her start to say Kels...my little baby sister. They have "play therapy" and she is the first to congratulate Kelsey on any accomplishment! Julia Kate is three going on thirty! We laugh constantly at her conversations, we never know what to expect! We got her hair cut last week, 3 inches! This was her first real hair cut and she was so excited.

These are a few pictures over the last few months. I do hope you enjoy and I promise to at least have one post each month.....maybe an extra here and there :)