Standing

Elsie still has a cough and runny nose, but that didn't slow her down. She pulled up several times today to a standing position. She has also be crawling all over the place and so fast. I find her sitting up on her own all the time now. I think she is teething because she gets pretty upset when I don't hold her and bites down on her fingers quite a bit.



Neal, Janessa, and Samuel came by today. Ruby was so excited to see them. After only about 15 minutes though, I noticed that she was laying down with a blanket in the living room, which is totally not her. She was starting to get sicker and develop a fever. Even though she felt icky, she still managed to eat one of the cupcakes they brought and run around with Mike and Sam a lot before they left. Elsie was so relaxed too while they were here, usually she is a bit skeptical of having guests and wants to be held by me the whole time. Janessa actually held her quite a bit and she was all smiles with Neal and Sam. Once they left, Ruby was so sleepy that she fell asleep on the couch with Mike and when she woke up she had a fever. We gave her tylenol and she was fast asleep again. Thank goodness, she woke up feeling much better. Mike actually had to wake her because it was getting so late and we were afraid she wouldn't go back to sleep at night time. It was so funny because Mike kept saying quotes from one of her favorite movies "Shark Tale". After he said a quote, he would ask her who said it. She actually identified a few, but was so irritated with him bugging her that she finally got up off the couch and woke all the way up.



Mike played a few games with her before dinner. Ruby wanted to play UNO, the child's version. Mike noticed that she was turning her cards in the right direction, making the numbers face the correct way. We both noticed that she was able to match the numbers this time on her own, instead of only recognizing that the colors were the same.



We received good news about Mike's brother Steven today. His right eye is in better condition than originally thought. It has a cut that is 50% deep rather than 90%. He still cannot see out of it though, so we still need prayers that he will have a full recovery and regain eyesight. We are hopefully going to spend some time with them on Friday.