Father's Day 2012

Father's Day recap:

  We had biscuits and gravy for breakfast, 

 then Nick and Lexi took a nap

 and Lila hung out reading books while I made red sauce

 and marinated the steaks for dinner.   

Then we headed out to "Paint The Town" 

for a local Down Syndrome event.

  The activity was to paint a picture 

of an owl on a canvas.  

The girls were a bit young

 but we made it work!

Listening to an "owl" story

 outside in the courtyard.

 

And splashed among the unique creations 

were little pearls of wisdom.

 

What a fabulous place!   

We met some lovely people and had a great time. 

I can't wait to hang these up!

It will be a busy week.   

Tomorrow is the inspection of the house we are buying.   

Nick will be at the house with our realtor

and the inspector the entire time.  

The girls and I will head over 

after Tif is finished working.  

She hasn't seen the house yet! 

 I will try to get some pictures while we are there.  

Also, the house we are currently leasing 

is going back on the market tomorrow.  

And Lexi has OT.  

At least we won't be bored!

Last but not least we will find out 

what Lila's IGG levels were last Thursday 

when we went to get her IVIG treatment.  

 She wasn't able to get her treatment that day. 

There was no way to tell exactly how much

 treatment she had received the previous week 

and the pharmacist wasn't comfortable 

with "guessing" how much treatment to give her.  

The doctor will call tomorrow 

with her levels and a game plan. 

Wish us luck.  

Ever since Lila's surgery 

she has been on sensory overload.  

 We finally took her hospital bands off last night.  

She doesn't want us near her port.  

We need to take the bandage off but 

she seriously freaks out when we talk about it. 

 When she is changing her clothes she

 watches us as if she thinks we are going to

 sneak up on her and rip the bandage off.  

 She's on restricted activities right now 

so fighting with her to get the bandage off 

might not be a good idea.   

I will call the surgeon tomorrow and find out 

what she wants us to do.   

We may bring Lila in and have them 

take the bandage off.  

Unfortunately, we need extra people 

to hold her down.

 The good news is that we now have 

a prescription for EMLA cream

 so when it's time to access her port

 we will be ready. 

It will all work out.

We are blessed in so many ways and we know 

that these issues we are having

 are minor compared to the problems of others. 

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Happy Fathers Day!   

 I am blessed to have an amazing dad.   

I am very proud to be his daughter. 

 I am also so thankful for my awesome husband 

who takes such good care of us every single day.  

We hope everyone had a great day today.

We sure did!