Pigtails and paci

Pigtails and paci (or "bah" as I like to call it). My hair is finally long enough to put it up in pigtails. I don't like to keep them in very long, but at least I left them in long enough for the picture.

Havin' Fun at the Beach

One of the first things we did when they got here was go down to the Edmonds beach and play in the water. It was cold, but it didn't stop us from getting our feet wet.

No trip to the beach is complete without digging in the sand.

or trying on Momma's beach shoes.

And here are all four of us cousins taking in the wildlife at low tide.

My Cousins are in Town

We had a blast, me and my cousins. They live a long way away and I don't get to see them very often, but we sure had fun the few short days they were here.

Even Logan had fun dressing up as a prince in the Disney clothes from the dress up trunk they gave to me for an early birthday gift.

Hugs all around on the last evening before they had to say goodbye. This is me and Aedreena.

And me and Giaseena.

We even visited the Mall and of course it's raining. It IS March, ya know.

Saying goodbye as they head out on the last leg of their two week vacation. Sure was good to see everyone.

Portland Trip

Chillin' in our hotel room the night we got to Portland.

We got visit with our good friend Rod. He was Daddy's best man at Mommy and Daddy's wedding. He lives in Portland with his wife Mineca. She is studying to be a physical therapist, and was on an internship while we were there so we didn't get to see her.

The weather was really nice, which in March is kinda rare for the Pacific Northwest, but we've been lucky this year with some spring sunshine. You can barely see it in the picture, but behind us is Mount Hood.

Here I am in the sand again. This girl was nice and let me help her build a sand castle. We were waiting to meet up with some friends of ours that traveled to Portland from Boulder, CO. We met them at this huge park that had a big sandpit. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of my two new friends and their mommy and daddy, but we sure had fun chasing each other around and terrorizing a pet turtle.

Maggie and Me.

Maggie is one of Rod and Mineca's doggies. Maggie is part Jack Russell Terrier and is full of energy just like me. She and I took turns walking each other. Mommy, can I have a dog? Daddy says it's okay...

Happy to be Going Home

I stayed in the Giraffe wing of Children's Hospital. That is the surgical wing because they weren't sure if they would have to do surgery on my shoulder or not. Luckily, NOT. After 5 nights in the hospital, we finally got to go home! Instead of being wheeled out in a wheelchair like big people, I got to ride in a little red wagon, cushioned by my new fuzzy blanket that I got from the nice nursing staff. On our way out, we saw a giant giraffe in the hallway. It was pretty neat, but I was just happy to be going home.

On Furlough

Family picture at Home-Sweet-Home during our 6-hour furlough from the hospital.

So, on the fourth full day in the hospital, the doctors were finally able to get my infection markers stabilized enough to take me off of the high levels of continuous intravenous antibiotics. They felt I was in good enough shape to switch over to oral medication (taken every six hours and they stressed that it was every six hours... NOT four times a day, but every six hours on the dot) and they let us leave the hospital for a 6-hour furlough. We had to be back in time for them to give me my next dose of yummy tasting medicine.

It was really nice outside today. On our way home to shower and pick up clean clothes (just in case we had to stay at the hospital a few more days), we stopped at Magnuson Park to enjoy the sun. If you look really closely at my left arm, you will see the bright red sock covering the pick line that is still in my hand. Of course there was a huge pile of gravel near the play ground and this is where I chose to spend my time playing with the boys and the Tonka trucks. My shoulder still hurts a little, so daddy didn't get very far from me just in case I lost my balance. Whew! Sure was nice to get out of that room for a few hours!