Silly Elizabeth!

The bag from Aunt Di, the hat from Aunt Grace... put them together and what have you got.. one silly girl! She got all dressed up and danced around the room.
I couldn't pass up the photo opportunity! haha What a nut!

Quiet Time

So a few things about this video; first, Elizabeth doesn't really take naps anymore, so we compromised and did quiet time on the bed reading for an hour or so. Some times Henry joins her, usually not. Get a bit too rowdy. Second, you will notice the two beds pushed together. Henry is far too big, long, to fit into the cribs here, so he sleeps on the bed with Elizabeth. I sleep in the bed close to the dresser, and two crazies sleep on the other bed. Henry sleeps at the bottom of the bed, which has been alright..(minus the fall two nights ago).. and Elizabeth sleeps cuddled with me or with her feet by my head so she doesn't kick Henry. It's a fun arrangement, I could sleep on the couch bed with Henry but I miss cuddling with Elizabeth, and it's the warmest room in the apartment.
Henry continues to do really really well. Tomorrow he has labs after going a week with out any checks. He looks really good and has made lots of progress. It's like Henry was born again and is going through all the baby stages that he missed. He has started to crawl a few steps and really enjoys walking around, chasing Elizabeth. It was really warm yesterday, mid 50s and sunny, so we went outside to play and it was wonderful! Henry walked, with help, all over the park! He stands by himself more and more. He's getting into the noise making stage too, we say "Henry what does Elmo say?" He says "Mama."
What a blessing these two children are in my life! Elizabeth is so wonderful and helpful and quick to teach Henry that Jesus wants us to share with each other, and that Jesus loves him too. And they are so fun to watch together. Elizabeth can make him laugh all the time, and she pulls him all over with the wagon. This year has been a wonderful blessing thus far! I'm so blessed to have two wonderful children bless my life so richly! (I know every mom feels that way!)

(PS Sorry the video wouldn't upload.. maybe another day..)

YEAH FRIENDS!!

enjoying snacks with friends. He wouldn't ever eat those things when I fed them to him, luckily he loves to watch other kids and he picks it up pretty quickly.
She was really into his pacifier.

They played blocks together for a while.

Our friends from Alaska came to see us, on their way to Hawaii they had a long lay over so they stopped in to see us.

This is Saibree, the most adorable ten month old! Henry wasn't really sure about her, as you can see in his expression. :)

Elizabeth on the other hand was excited to have someone light enough she could pull around. She lifted and moved Saibree so much I know she'll be an excellent helper if we ever have another little one. And she's more into trying to help Henry get around, but he's a bit too heavy for her still.

Henry was ok playing by himself, he just checked on them once in a while to see what they were doing... and went back to what he was doing. (Didn't want to seem too interested...already playing hard to get!)

Elizabeth was loving David! She cuddled with him and he read to her, and she slid down his legs, she says, "make a slide". She really enjoyed having friends to play with.

SUPER H-TRAIN!

We went to the Doctors today, Henry's counts dropped a bit, but they think maybe they drop the few points each time because they keep pulling blood several times a week. So they proposed blood draws only once every week, along with his Darbo infusion. (Thats the med that boosts your bodies red blood cell production) And since neither one of our Docs will be there next wednesday they also proposed doing Doctor visits every two weeks. So we only have to go into the Doctors once every week! hurray! Party! He's made so much progress physically in the last few days, as you'll see in the video... and I'm really really hoping this means we can go home in the next few months! I thank my Father in Heaven every day for the progress Henry makes and for his health! What a great blessing, miracle

Playing the DS. Well pretending to. He only enjoys watching Mommy play for so long. If it's electronic he's into figuring out how to work it.

He sees me give him medicine so much that he thought he would try it. Although I'm thinking it's because we switched all his meds to oral. (He drinks all his meds now) Maybe they aren't so tastey! Although he really really loves his Morphine.. he literally sucks that syringe dry!

I can do it myself Mommy!

Henry is also really excited to be able to stand up on his own!! HURRAY! So far only at the side of the bath tub, still figuring out his feet and knees. But he wanted to show every one. We're still working on getting him walking by the time Daddy gets here. Oh and he crawls short distances, but his legs are knotted indian style, some how that's more comfortable.

LABS

Henry had his labs today, his Hematocrit dropped a few points, but his platelets went up from 25 to 33 on their own! :) WAHOO! Small progress I realize, but it's still progress! He had platelets while he was in ICU the week before New Years, so we're hoping that we can hold out longer than two weeks this time. He's cranky and funny and silly just like his sister. He gets really excited to try and crawl on Mommy's exercise mat. We think the floor is just to hard for him right now...but he's loving it, and he's really enjoying walking, he gets farther and farther each time.
We all went to Green Lake today, with the rest of Seattle, because it was a wonderfully sunny day. I ran a few times around the lake and Mom and Dad walked with Henry and Elizabeth. When I got done and caught up with them Elizabeth's hands were a little cold. I told her to put them in her sweatshirt pocket, you know the front pocket on the sweatshirt, and she gets her hands in and says look mommy they're friends!
She really is a joy! And with Henry being more mobile and active Elizabeth is really enjoying his company more. I'm not sure Henry reciprocates those feelings. Sibling Love. What can you do?!