School Days

Things have been going better. Addison hasn't vomitted in almost a week. She will tell us she needs to but she hasn't. I wonder if it is just the reflux aggervating her and that is why she thinks she needs to. She does get the hiccups a lot. I weighed her at home and she has gained her weight back and is between 28 1/2 - 29 pounds. Her belly is still swollen and she has been wearing bigger sized clothes. It seems so weird to me to dress her in a 3T. She has always been at least 3 months behind in her clothes size. She was wearing size 24 months before the surgery. Her size 2T dresses still fit but the pants are to tight on her belly. Thankfully Target has cute kids clothes for $5 a piece. Her nightmares are getting better. She has always woke up during the night but usually drinks something and then goes right back to sleep. You can tell when she has a nightmare because she crys and it has a different sound. No matter what we try we cannot calm her down. She doesn't know what she wants. First it is milk, then we get it for her and she wants apple juice, then she wants a baby blanket, then she wants to rock in the recliner, it goes on and on. She also has started asking for a pacifier which is just silly. She very rarely took a pacifier when she was a baby and she got really sick when she was 9 months old and hasn't had a pacifier since. But she gets so upset we will give it to her if that is what it takes to calm her down.
She started daycare yesterday. Her teacher said she didn't cry the whole time but acted sad the whole time. She goes from 7-12 in the mornings and then comes home to eat lunch and take her nap. Which works out perfect since she can't lay flat on the mat like other kids do for their naps at daycare. I get anxiety when I think about her catching a stomach virus or getting sick from the other kids but she really needs some interaction so she can learn to share and play with other kids.
I enjoyed my morning "off" yesterday. Although it was not a break at all, I worked the whole time. But at least I can listen to the TV while I work and catch up with all the news.
We took Addison to the Baton Rouge Zoo on Tuesday. It is a small zoo and usually takes around 2 hours to see the whole thing but she loves it. The animals must have liked the weather because they were so socialable. The bigger elephant was reaching his trunk across letting people touch it. A giraffe was as close as he could get and and Addison was reaching out her hand with a leaf trying to feed him. Our favorite bird talked to us too. I always shake Addison's snack bag and the bird will follow me and usually dances. He will bounce his head up and down and say "hello" and then reach his hand out for a bite. I never feed him but Addison loves it.
My mom's friends from Biloxi High, the same ones that had the super bowl party, are orgainizing a dance for Addison. It will be on April 28 from 8 pm-12 am. Admission is $10 a person or $15 a couple. You can bring your own drinks. There will be a DJ and Karaoke so come shake it for Addison! We will also have the raffle drawings there too. We are still taking donations for the yard sale benefiting Addison and Evan. You can read Evan's story at http://allaboutevan.com/ On October 19, 2010, two year old Evan Heidingsfelder was is diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lyphoblastic Leukemia). He is still fighting and will receive chemo until 2014. We will take anything, so please contact me at southerngal05@cableone.net if you have donations. As always thanks you for your prayers and continued support.