Not another hearing test

Last week I took Avery to the new library for the first time. I figured it would give her something to do while exposing her to some germs. She seemed to really like it. A little girl came up right next to her and Avery just stared at her and smiled. She seemed very excited to see kids her age.

I took the day off and we took Avery to the ENT doctor on Tuesday. It was just a follow up from when she saw him at the beginning of the month. He cleaned out her ear, said it looks like her ear drum moves when air is blown in there(which is good) and then he wanted her to go for another repeat hearing test. It was 12pm and we would have to wait around until 1:00 because the audiologist was at lunch. We didn't know he was going to want to do another heating test. The hearing test normally takes two hours because Avery needs to be sleeping. She isn't old enough to raise her hand when she hears a sound so they put sensors on her and buds in her ears and wait for her to fall asleep. Needless to say its a long process because Avery doesn't want to sleep when that is happening.

Anyways, we decided not to schedule the hearing test that day.  We ended up scheduling it 6 months down the road. I don't know how much would really change in less than a month since the last test anyway. The doctor still wants to put tubes in her ears and we still are against it. Tim and I feel Avery is hearing fine. She is starting daycare again on Monday and I think once she is back to being around kids, she is really going to take off developmentally. If she isn't talking in 6 months, I will then start being concerned.

We bought a season pass to the zoo so we decided to take Avery to the rain forest for a few hours after her ENT appointment. She liked the animals but I think she had a better time looking at all the other kids that were there. It was nice to finally do something fun as a family.

Playing at the library

More fun at the library

Mommy laughs every time she sees this picture. It looks like I was flying but I wasn't going that fast. She said it looks like I am on that old tv game show Supermarket Sweep and I am running with my shopping cart.

I wanted to get closer to the tv. Do you think this is close enough?

Looking at fish at the Rain forest. 

Mommy and I looking at turtles

Posing for a pic at the rain forest

I like sitting on Daddy's shoulders

Looking at the monkey

He jumped over to the window to see me and then to eat

The bird landed on the railing right by us! Daddy was scared to get me too close

My favorite were the orangutans!

Eddie brought me over his old toy. It's a toy house!

Welcome to my house!

Hanging out with Great Grandma

Daddy and I got Mommy her favorite flowers for her birthday..daffodils! Scarlett wanted to be in the picture too!

I was trying to tickle Chewie

I love my Daddy! I am happy I am going to daycare next week but I am sad I am not going to hang out with him as much as I did these past 3 months.

Uh oh, is that a hole in the roof of Avery's mouth?

So I was changing Avery's diaper the other day and she was crying. Her mouth was wide open and I looked inside and saw what looked like a slit/hole in the roof of her mouth. I couldn't tell if that was just her scar from the cleft palate surgery or if there really was a hole there. I showed Tim when he got home and he agreed that it looked like a hole. I called Dr Doumit's office and he added us onto the schedule the next day.  Waiting for this appointment was horrible. I had so much anxiety and worry going through my mind. It took Avery over 2 weeks to start eating anything by mouth after her cleft palate surgery and I was worried we would have to go through this all over again.

Dr Doumit checked Avery out and she does, in fact, have a hole in the roof of her mouth. He said she has a fistula and he is "not impressed by it". He is unsure if it goes through all of the layers of tissue in her mouth or if its just in the first layer. He said he is 95% sure that it will close on its own. She does still have milk/food come out of her nose once in awhile.  I am so happy and relieved that she doesn't need surgery at this point. I asked Dr Doumit if the hole in her mouth is the reason she is still having trouble hearing and he said no. He said pretty much every child with a cleft palate has ear issues so even if the hole was closed, she would still have problems with her ears.

 We go see ENT on March 25. You better believe I will be having them clean out Avery's ears since they didn't do it last time. I am still mad they didn't do it the last time she was there. They said her one ear was full of wax. Do they just expect them to clean themselves? I am going to ask if there is a way we can clean them at home as well.

Check out this video of when I climbed on Chewie. Be sure to watch it all the way to the end

Congrats Uncle Greg and (soon to be Aunt) Lauren. I am so happy you are marrying Lauren. We had lots of fun together when she would babysit me!

Mommy and I playing in the kitchen. Ignore the fact that I don't have pants on

More fun in the kitchen

Playing in my car

I was comparing the size of my foot with Mommy's

Mommy let me play with a box of crayons. I spent a half hour trying to see how many I could hold at one time

I am supposed to be using this lion push toy to learn to walk. Instead, I just like pushing his nose to make him Roar

We went to Applebees to eat the other day. Daddy had fish n chips, Mommy had pasta, and I had banana oatmeal...Mmmmmmm!

I helped Mommy with the laundry on Sunday

Look how long my hair is getting!

I love when Mommy and Daddy put puffs in my music table..though Chewie and Scarlett always push the lid up and steal them!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Daddy said now I know what its like to be as tall as Mommy. Check out my cool Scooby Doo jammies

So proud of my girl

Avery has been doing well since my last post. We started taking her out again in public to try to expose her to some germs before she goes back to daycare in April. I figure putting her back into daycare without doing that is like throwing her to the wolves and she would get sick right away. She still might, but I hope she doesn't. 

Avery made me cry today. I ended up taking her to the mall and we were sharing a soft pretzel with cheese. I asked her if she wanted more and she did sign language and signed the word more. I was so amazed and proud that I started crying at the mall. That is the only sign I know so I will have to learn more and try to teach her. Avery has a follow up scheduled with the ENT on March 25. Not much else had been going on. I just wanted to post some pictures. 

Mommy put her plate of spaghetti down. I crawled over to see her and sat right on her plate of spaghetti. Then when mommy was changing my pants, my puppies ate all of her spaghetti!! It was almost as if we had planned it. 

Playing with my new blocks that mommy got free from saving her Pampers reward codes. 

I Love Popcorn!! I like to eat it. I love to smoosh it between my fingers and break it into a million pieces. I also love feeding popcorn to my doggies. Notice how interested they are in the picture. 

I love sitting on Daddy's shoulders

Daddy dressed me today, can you tell? I have my jammies on and a long sleeved shirt over it 

Playing with my monkey 

Mommy said Cheeeeeese one day when taking my pic and this is the face I gave her. 

I have seen mommy scratch off a few lottery tickets so I wanted to try

Helping daddy do the dishes

Mommy went to the kitchen, came back into my room and I had all of the diaper refill bags pulled out of the box

Mommy took me to the mall and I started waving at everyone

My buddies and I 

Mommy said she found this on Pinterest but it's actually from a commercial for a baby carrier. She said it's all so true, except for the part about me being 8 pounds..

I felt you. You were a pea. Then a lemon. Then an eggplant. I followed advice. I read twelve books. I quit coffee. Could you tell I was scared?
I talked to you, sang to you... I wasn't ready.
But then you were here. Ten toes. Eight pounds. Love. Big fat love.
I held you. I fed you. I realized that I would spend my life doing things to make you happy -- and that that would make me happy.
And then there are the times I want to give up. You've made me rethink my sanity. You've made me want to fall on my mother's feet and tell her that I get it.
But then you smile and you say my name -- and you grab my hand with those little fingers.
We're growing together. We are seeing the world like it's new. I will open my heart and love will rain down all over you. You'll giggle, and I'll do it all over again. And we will walk hand in hand. Until you let go.
I made you, but you made me a mother.