Pulmonology Follow-Up

Lily had a follow-up appointment with Pedi Pulmonology today. Guess what - we don't have to go back to see them again for SIX MONTHS!!! What a huge weight lifted off my mind. There are, of course, some tests that have to be done in the meantime, but this feels like a big step.


Dr. Smith was thrilled to hear that Pedi Neurology is not worried at all about her sleep study from a few months ago. She said that it is very rare to get a report from Neuro saying that they are not concerned about a 24-weeker. However, even though the neurologist doesn't need to see a repeated sleep study, the pulmonologist still wants to repeat it in a couple months. They just want to be on the safe side and make sure she's improving over time. So we'll be doing that in September. We also talked about the swallow studies. The doctor said it's no big deal if we repeat the study and Lily still needs thickened liquids - she will eventually outgrow it. But we can't stop thickening without having a good swallow study because Lily's aspiration has always been silent. She doesn't cough or choke when she aspirates these trace amounts of liquid, so we would have no idea if she was damaging her lungs. So we'll be repeating the swallow study in July.

Overall, a good report - just the same old follow-up stuff.

Sea World San Antonio

We recently spent some vacation time with Grandma and Grandpa Corning, Uncle Chad, Aunt Cara, Reagan, Rayden, and Great Grandma Gladson. Everyone rode to Texas in Randy and Karen's RV, visited at our house for a little while, and then headed to San Antonio for a few days. We all had a great time!

Here are some pictures of our trip to Sea World. Everyone thinks of Shamu when they think of Sea World, but the sea lions actually put on the best show!

Splash Time!

Lily loves playing in our sprinkler so much that Grandma and Grandpa bought her a sprinkler toy of her own. Lily loves her Splashtime Playmat! In one of the pictures, you can see that she's learning her body parts and is pointing to Elmo's eye. In some of the pictures, you can see what happens when she decides that she's finished -- She doesn't like the grass, so she does a bear crawl across the grass to the sidewalk. Funny baby...

You guessed it... More pictures of Lily!

Curly Mohawk

Several months ago, Lily had an appointment in the Medical Center. When the doctor walked into the exam room, she exclaimed, "You have a curly mohawk!" Lily's hair still hasn't grown in very much on the sides, but it's filling in quite a bit on the back.

Spoon Feeding

Lily's been practicing with her spoon. She doesn't scoop the food, but if I put food on the spoon (or fork) and hand it to her, she will take a bite and hand the utensil back to me so I can put more food on it.

Happy Father's Day!

Dusty had a great Father's Day, beginning with breakfast in bed! He had to share with Lily, but I don't think it bothered him a bit. Lily gave him a card that said she was giving him great big hugs and kisses for Father's Day.

CRANU 3 & Church-Wide Cook-Out

Dusty helped referee at our church's CRANU tournament the weekend before last. Cranu is a combination of croquet and canoeing, in case you were wondering! Dusty had fun; he said there's more to croquet than you might imagine. Lily and I joined him at the church for our annual church-wide cook-out during the end of the tournament, and a good time was had by all!

Intense croquet match in progress!

Lily can take bites off of an apple. (She can also do this with sweet corn - very cute!)

Piggy Bank

Once Lily figured out what to do with her piggy bank, she wanted to put ALL of the coins inside! It was really cute because she managed to stick her tiny little index finger in the slot with the coin almost every time. Now that she put away all the loose change lying around, it's just a few coins here and there, and she gets excited when I hand her a penny and lift her up to the piggy bank on her dresser. Cutie pie!

According to the instructor of my most recent CPR class, coins are the item most commonly choked on by small children. Of course hot dogs and grapes rank high on the list as well, but please be careful when your kids are putting money in their banks!

My Daddy's Rocking Chair

This rocking chair was my Daddy's when he was a little boy. Grandma and Grandpa Corning refinished it for me, and it has been here in our house since before I even came home from the hospital. I have sat in the chair before, but I was too small to do it by myself. But I'm a big girl now, so I can rock all by myself! Mommy has to help me get in and out of the chair, though. I also rock my baby dolls, and it's a great place to sit while I watch Baby Einstein. Daddy's rocking chair is just my size!