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| Still fascinated with rocking horses. This one is one of her favourites at a friends place. |
We have reached two! Here are the stats on Ceilidh as she has reached this great milestone. Ce is now 24.6 lbs and her height is 33.5 inches. Her favourite foods include anything with maple syrup such as pancakes, waffles, French toast, and oatmeal. She dislikes being helped with her food, always wants milk, but still loves water, and still doesn't like juice (yes!).
Her favourite stuffed friends are Babba her Serta sheep, Moose and baby Moose, and Wolf. A motley crew but they are a loyal bunch, always willing to share her crib and being dragged to places. They also never complain when she insists on throwing them from the second floor landing to the first floor so she doesn't have to drag them down the stairs. Such thoughtfulness.
Chocolate is definitely in her vocabulary. This year we had our own Easter egg hunt which she understood and had a lot of fun searching for the eggs. I was surprised that she could even peel the eggs herself and quickly proceed to eat most of the chocolate. Her only issue with Easter was the Easter bunny. While she likes real bunnies, she has one at daycare, she is petrified of people dressed up as the Easter bunny. So much so that the site of them approaching drives her to tears. Hence no pictures with the Easter bunny were taken.
For her Easter/birthday we kept it low key we took her again to the experimental farm. This year it was much warmer and she loved touching all small animals. There was a lamb, kid, and bunnies to pet. She is not so hot on the horses and cows...to big I think. I made sure to take a picture of her up against the horse measurement, last year she was 7 hands tall, this year she is almost 8 hands. She still wears the same bee hat.
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| Last year at the experimental farm on her 1st birthday |
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| 2nd birthday at the experimental farm |
Her Nanna gave her a rocking chair she picked out at Ikea and some cool trains and princess slippers. We got her a Dump truck which she could assemble and take apart with a battery powered drill and a cement truck that is a shape sorter. Both items she loves, and while she can hold the drill her hands aren't big enough to hold the drill and press the button. This minor detail doesn't stop her from getting us to help her build and take apart that truck. We also gave her some side walk chalk which she can't get enough off. The simple things are the most loved.
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| Trying out some new trains as part of her birthday gift. |
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| Along with trains and trucks, we appealed to her girly side with these dress up shoes. |
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| Birthday treat included a trip to Baskin Robbins. I believe the flavour is cotton candy. |
Here are some of the other pictures documenting her likes of the last few months. There was her love affair with dishes. She would ask to do dishes ever night after supper. And of course after we purchased a waterproof arts and crafts smock to wear she decided that dishes were no longer in vogue.
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| For three weeks all she wanted to do was dishes. Sadly she has moved on from that love. |
Below she is proudly showing off her Beaver tattoo which she is quick to pull up her sleeve and show you if you ask. This one didn't require water and was easy to apply. Apparently to remove it you use baby oil but we have just been letting fade with each bath night.
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| Proudly showing her new Beaver tattoo. |
And lastly our parting shot. This blog has been therapeutic and fun. Therapeutic in the beginnig when we were going through so much uncertainty and fun once all the drama was over. I would love to continue it but I think realistically it won't happen, you would only get an update biannually. I will let other Omphalocele mom's share their more recent and relevant stories. Ours had a happy ending and both her pediatrician and surgeon feel that she is growing and progressing well. No further surgeries for now are in her future.
So thanks for reading, thanks for your support through out the years and my thoughts are with all those who go through similar diagnosis. This Wee Little Smith and her parents are blessed to have great friends and family.
From Matt, myself and Ceilidh one last Thank you and a fond bye bye.
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| Now that the snow has melted she has rediscovered her love for her Sand Box..Mr. Crabby. |
