Thursday, March 15, 2018

Craniofacial Team 2018


Ella saw her entire craniofacial team in February for her yearly follow up.  Everything checked out great!  Ella passed her hearing test for the first time and her tubes are still intact!!  Her surgical cleft repair still looks great and is stretching appropriately as her mouth is growing.  The dentist was very happy with her brushing and we are still planning for her next surgery to be the bone graft as her adult teeth start to move down.  The speech therapist was impressed with the progress she's made over the last year.  That was encouraging because sometimes her progress seems slow and she gets so frustrated with it.  So we're in the clear for another year!! Great job Ella!

Ella's First Play Date

Ella had her first play date away from home with her best buddy MacKenzie.  MacKenzie's mom and I have know each other for a lot of years and Ella and Kenzie met at daycare several years ago.  It's so wonderful how I already knew both the girls BFF mom's before the girls.  It makes all of us feel more comfortable about play dates!  

Ella went to Kenzie's house for the afternoon.  They had a blast playing, baking brownies, and painting.  She definitely wasn't done playing when it was time to go home :)

They're adorable!!

Ava Day 2018

Ava's 5th Gotcha Day started in Chicago and ended at home in Omaha!  Love this girl so much and seriously cannot believe it's been 5 years!!

This beautiful girl has changed so much over the last 5 years


Eating Chinese and custard buns...her favorite!


Chicago for Paw Patrol Live & Chinese New Year

The family snuck away for a long weekend together to one of our favorite places; Chicago!!  This time we decided to fly and cut out the driving...yay!   


On Friday we spent the day at the Museum of Science and Industry. 


Touring the German U Boat



Mirror Maze


 Chinese New Year Gala at DePaul University



Paw Patrol Live with Ellie



After show desserts with these beautiful friends!!





Happy Valentines Day My Loves!!

Working on Valentines for friends at schools

Ava's radio Valentine box

Ella's unicorn Valentine box

The girls must be very loved :)))