She Walks!

Yes friends she's taking steps. We're not talking a marathon here but we're seeing the extent of how many times she can fall in one sitting without her crying in pain. So far we're up to about 20 but I'm guessing that we'll hit 50 before too long. She's definitely getting more gutsy. One time she goes on her own but the next time she just decides she needs a cattle prod to get moving. I even promised her a car when she was 16 but we'll see if she remembers that! No chance!

So today is April's birthday and she's inching ever closer to the dreaded woman-mid-life-crisis known as 30. Seriously 1 out of 2 women freak out over turning 30 whereas 1 guy in about 1,248,675 even blink when 30 hits. What's the difference? I'll tell ya what: It's that Y chromosome Buddy! I'm really not sure why that makes any sense but I'll get back to you about it soon. In honor of April's birthday, here's some pictures of things that make her happy that don't involve humans:

Conclusive proof that both our animals can exist peacefully.

We upgraded the front room and this is the view from the kitchen.

This is right next to the front door across from the furniture.

This is the view from the front door.

This was at Christmas but we think the Camouflage Cat routine was cool.

V: Look boys, if ya want to see me walk I'm going to need a convertible!

Sick Kid

We are extremely blessed. I know you see the title "Sick Kid" and "blessed" is not necessarily the first word you would use to describe that situation. In fact there are a lot of words that mean the opposite of blessed that most would use to describe it. However, we have an insanely resilient kid. She has been sick with probably three different colds over the last three weeks and has yet to be phased. I'm positive that she has lost her voice because of her hacking at least 87 times. There are times where you hear about other people's children that don't sleep or eat, cry constantly or just become a complete disaster area 24/7. We are extremely blessed.

V still sleeps through the night for the most part while she's sick. In fact, we are the ones losing sleep because her hacking wakes us up through the monitor. We only have to get up once and sometimes nonce throughout the nights she's been sick. She's been really good about taking naps and eating for the most part and we haven't had to worry about fever except for 1-2 days. Thank God that science and technology have given us Tylenol that we can give to babies! With all the weirdness that is a sick kid, you really do need to thank God for the advances we have with thermometers, medicine, whiskey, etc. We are extremely blessed.

As most of you know, when you have a sick kid you generally let them do things you wouldn't normally let them do. I just found out about this too. Here's some great examples of this interesting concept:

Not only does she get to play with Tupperware, she plays in the cupboard.

She gets to ignore us while she plays in the cupboard.

She gets to close herself in the cupboard.

She gets to wear her pajamas all day!

She gets to read books upside down.

She gets to... well, it's pretty self explanatory...