Friday Fill-In

Here is a random post about things from last week..and some new Caitlin updates!

1st, Caitlin started rolling last week..and is rolling all over the place!  I never know where I'll find her, cause she rolls all over the family room.  She is also rolling onto her tummy to sleep, which of course makes me nervous, but she seems to be sleeping well on her stomach!

Random tummy time while playing outside...sporting the sweater Rob's Aunt Karen made for Abigail (and Caitlin).

Caitlin has also started rice cereal.  She is getting it once a day.  She needs it thinned out, so I don't think she's anywhere ready for baby food yet, but we are continuing to practice once a day.  (More on that at bottom).

1st attempt at rice cereal.  We knew she was ready because she was using the spoon herself!  :)

Love that bib!!!

Last week we went to Joey's Lacrosse game.  He plays for Notre Dame in Niles.  Joey and Nick are Kim (Rob's cousin) and Steve's kids.  We had a lot of fun watching the game and are hoping they  make the playoffs so we can go watch another game.  I think Lacrosse would be a really fun sport for the girls to try one day!

Joe scored like 3 goals today!!!!!

Nick did a great job as the "ball boy"...and kept us entertained too!!!!

Last week Abigail got her 1st real haircut....one where I didn't wimp out and have them barely cut any hair off!!!!  Here are the before, during, and after pics!

And finally, an update on Caitlin!  We went to her new doctor at Children's Memorial yesterday and LOVE him!!!  (Thank you so much Jenny for watching Abigail during the appointment!)  They did another hearing test and confirmed she still has severe hearing loss (minimal 40 decible loss) and her ear drums are not vibrating/echoing due to fluid.  So they want the tubes put in asap.  So we schedule the surgery for Monday, May 17th.  We will get more information about the surgery the Friday before (time, procedure, etc).  We know we'll be at Children's Memorial in the city for the surgery, and it will be in the afternoon.  I am looking forward to the surgery being over...so I'm happy they were able to get us in quickly!  After the surgery, they will retest her hearing a month later and we'll go from there!!!!  After we get the hearing under control, they will be doing another swallow scope on her (tube down throat while swallowing) because of continued concerns over swallowing issues...but we won't worry about that until we get there!  So that's Caitlin's update..and we are very confident in the ENT doing the surgery...and with Children's Memorial in general!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and a wonderful Mother's Day!!!