Imitating

Sarah has started imitating people. She will repeat what you say, she coughs if you cough, etc. Last night, Doug sneezed several times and then Sarah said, "Dada achoo(fake sneeze)", and then laughed. She was so cute and she knew it. She is really achieving. In speech and cognitive abilities she is right on target for her age. Motor skills are still behind, but she is improving!! By the way, found a great new product called Windows Live Writer. It is great for blogging. You can use all types of fonts and pictures are easier to do, I am having fun!!!

Butterfly Kisses

Sarah was in a loving mood last night, so she wanted to love on her daddy.  She also liked the fact that he had not shaved.  His stubble tickles her face and she will just keep rubbing against it.

Of course Elijah has to get in on the loving, so he joined the tickling.  They are so funny about loving on daddy.  They both get jealous if the other is loving on daddy and have to join in.

Word List

Sarah's therapist asked me to start a list of Sarah's words for her so we could see how many she is saying. So here goes:

momma

dada

lilah(Elijah)

bubba(Elijah when she is mad)

doll

baby

mine

done

more

dog

pig

woof, woof(when asked what a dog says)

up

bite

want

that

baba(bottle-used for wanting a drink)

clap

nite-nite(wants to go to bed)

no

yes

nana(my mom)

papapa(Pop-pop my dad)

nanma(grandma Doug's mom)

hi

bye-bye

Combined phrases:

dada clap

momma up

want that

momma nite nite

baby doll

lilah no

lilah mine

Sarah does not use words on a regular bases. Some days she only babbles, other days she talks. It all depends on her mood. She will also say her vowel sounds that we are learning in therapy. Not for the therapist, but at home or on the way home from therapy.

She still refuses to do any signs. She will take your hand and sign more and done, and will point to a sign if you are giving her an option. She will initiate patty cake and itsy bitsy spider by doing the motions.

Update: At lunch today Sarah signed more 2 times!!! I asked her if she was done and she signed more!! YIPEE!!!

Do you believe in Miracles?

I do. God blesses us with miracles each and everyday, but often we are too busy to see them. We just accept things as fact, and never question how things happen. Did you breath this morning? Did you have to think about it? Those are miracles. The human body defies science. We should not be able to stand upright on our feet. Too much weight on too small of a surface. Then our organs working like they do. All miracles. We forget so often to thank God for the miracles that happen everyday. We often see the big miracles. But the day to day miracles are amazing and even more amazing is that the continue to happen day by day. My family is a miracle. I was in my 30's when Doug and I met, through e-harmony. Many, Many, Many miracles took place to join us together, not to mention the 500 miles distance. Elijah is a miracle. I was told pregnancy would be hard to obtain. We did fertility treatment and were pregnant in months, not years. Sarah is a miracle. God used another family to conceive her and give her life and then to make a decision to place her with us. People who love her dearly and wanted the best for her. Then they picked us, we feel so humbled by that. God's Miracle. Tons of miracles happened to bring us Sarah. Miracles are still happening in our lives. Today was a day filled with miracles. Both kids slept last night, miracle. Sarah is better, no breathing difficulties, slight cough, miracle. Elijah all well, miracle. Then things change, and my outlook on the day could change, but I still see miracles. I have vertigo and sometimes it just hits. When it does I hit the ground and start vomiting violently. Today it hit. I hit the ground, a clean piece of floor, no toys, A MIRACLE! I did not begin vomiting, I felt sick, but ok, A MIRACLE. I convinced Elijah to climb on the desk and get the phone(got to lower the phone), he obeyed, A MIRACLE! I called Doug, he started home, he was out of his meeting, A MIRACLE. Sarah decided to venture down the hall, Elijah scooted her back to me, she did not cry, A MIRACLE. Doug got home, vomiting began, but it waited until I had help, A MIRACLE. A true friend, Jennifer came over and watched the kids, A MIRACLE. Kim, the preschool director from church called to check on Sarah, explained our situation, showed up an hour later with supper for us, A MIRACLE. All of these miracle were before lunch. There is no way this was coincidence. God is working miracles all around us. Do you see them? Did you see any miracles today? Were you looking?

To Cough or not to cough

Elijah coughs, Sarah coughs, Mommy coughs, Daddy coughs, then it starts all over again. The cough bug has hit. Elijah and Daddy seem to be allergies. They mowed the grass/weeds on Saturday. Mommy thinks she may have bronchitis. Her chest burns when she coughs. Ugh! Sarah has croup again. She started coughing some on Sunday. Sunday night was bad. I called the ped to get meds, they wanted to wait and see how she did. At 2am Monday night I called the ped back she was worse. Doug made a trip to the pharmacy. I did not even know that the pharmacy was opened at that time. It would have been easier if the ped just gave me the Rx and told me to wait and not give it unless she got worse. It is not fun to be up at midnight, 1, 2, 3, 4 and then she finally went to sleep and Elijah got up at 6:30. When Sarah awoke she was struggling to breath so we headed in. Her o2 sats were 88. They worked with her and got them back up to 95-97. She then did fine so they let us come home. She slept all night last night and seems fine this morning. Let's pray we are all on the mend.

Easter

Here are a few pictures of Easter. We did not get any pictures outside it was 30 degrees here! I have an appointment to get Easter/Spring pictures this week. We had a great day. Pop-pop and Karen were still here so the kids got to spend Easter with them. It is hard being so far away from family on holidays and special occasions. I am very grateful that so far we have been blessed to have family around on holidays! We are going to see Nana in April and will go see Grandma in June after Sarah's surgery in May. The kids are a bit sick today. Sarah has double ear infections again, a cough, and ran a fever last night-none today. Elijah has a cough. I even woke with a cough, sore throat, and earache. I think we will be staying in today! I will have to go at some point to wash a few diapers. Our washer is on strike. With all of the moving, it just quit on me halfway through a load on Friday. The dryer has been on the blitz for awhile, so we decided to just get both. They are suppose to deliver them on Tuesday!!! Have a great week!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

We dyed eggs this morning with Pop-pop and Karen. Elijah had lots of fun. Sarah just tried to eat the eggs. We then went out in the yard and hunted the eggs. Sarah has an ear infection again and it was a little cold so she watched from the door. We are planning on going to a egg hunt later today if it warms up!!!