The After-Shock of Camp - July 6

We had a crazy busy week after we got back from EYL Camp! In addition to getting everyone home, laundry done and sister's repacked for church camp, we also had to get ready for Big Sisters to be gone for a month to their mother's house. Our house has been way too quiet and every time we go up or down the stairs you look into their rooms and then ask "Where are they?"

You've also been COMPLETELY obsessed with babies - you've played with your baby doll every day and when we go out you are constantly pointing at babies and signing "baby" and then smiling REALLY big. You had a great time playing with your third cousin (I think that's what she is anyway...) on the 4th of July...until she tried to take your water cup :)

On Monday when we got back we had another trip to the ENT to get your trach upsized back to a 4.0. You've had some trouble adjusting to that - you won't tolerate your cap anymore because there isn't enough room to breathe around the trach; you are ok with your speaking valve for short amounts of time - but not if you're coughing or eating; you've had some blood in your secretions because it's so tight it's irritating the inside of your stoma. Other than that. you've readjusted to being back on the vent at night and we've finally gotten a good setting with the humidity that isn't causing you to drown in your secretions at night! The first few days were pretty rough nights :( We've got another sleep study scheduled for September 10 so hopefully we'll get everything figured out by then and can get some results that don't completely baffle everyone that looks at them.

Here are a few videos to get us through the rest of the week since the only thing to update on this Thursday will be a trip to the orthopedic specialist which should't have anything out of the ordinary to report...

You have become quite the little giggler - which is awesome to hear after having to work so hard to get it out of you!

You also got your first experience with swimming on July 4th - you weren't sure about the water at first but once you started splashing you were good to go! Today, every time you passed by the bathroom you would point and ask for a bath so we finally stuck you in a plastic tub of water in the kitchen to play - and you loved it! You played for about 30 minutes each time and were not ready to get out!

You were getting a little brave in the tub and tried standing -

Keep growing and loving and giving hugs and kisses and being you :)