Hospital Routine

Elizabeth loves to read books in the window seat at the hospital. And she loves her cartoons. She has this new routine when she comes to see Mommy and Henry. When they get close to our room, Elizabeth turns to Granny Annie and says "you in time out" and then she comes to the door and knocks. When I answer the door, Annie is released from time out. Then after giving me a hug, she wants to watch cartoons. If she needs something and the nurse happens to be in the room she tells them to get her whatever it is she needs. UGH... and today I thought she was calling our male nurse Spongebob because she didn't know his name. So I tried to tell her to ask what his name was and she said no.. spongebob. He then showed me his spongebob figurine that's attached to his stethoscope... Sooo funny. Anyways she's getting the hang of it, and I swear she's gonna be an actress when she's older because she puts on quite a show when she has to leave. We hug and I tell her why she has to leave and she says okay and stops crying and starts walking to the door where Annie is waiting. The moment she gets to the door she turns around crying again and wants mommy. She breaks my heart every time. But some of it is a bit dramatized. However, by the time she reaches the outer doors of the SCCA unit, she's happy and running and laughing again.

I know it's been rough on her, but she's so funny about it sometimes. And she is so quick to learn new things and understand how things are suppose to go, how we interact with other people and all that. Such fun to watch. Henry loves to have his big sister here, as long as she's not trying to crowd mommy's lap. They are such fun! Can't wait to see them grown up together playing and all that. I hope they are great friends!