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It's been a long time since I updated Ela's blog. Much has happened. Ela is now trying a new food every 4-6 days or so. So far she's had avocado, squash and her new one since yesterday is banana. She's not had quite as big of an appetite since fighting off this cold but hopefully she'll get back to normal soon.
Ela's Christmas was simple, but she still got a few nice gifts. I made her a stuffed frog, her grandma got her a few fun toys and her great-grandma got her a jumperoo. Sounds fun, right? It is. She loves it.
Ela and I are getting ready to head out on a roadtrip with her aunt Megan soon. We leave Thursday and area headed to Decatur, IL where Ela's Aunt Amanda lives. Hopefully Ela will do great in the car as she has before and we'll have a great time. We also hope to meet up with a few different friends that live near or around that same area. I'll be posting pictures from that trip soon.
For now here's a video of Ela jumping gleefully away. I love the way her little feet look like she's tap dancing when she jumps. It's cute!
Labels: Amanda, Christmas, food, jumperoo, sick, Tia Meg, toy, travel
 
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Last weekend Ela and I were supposed to fly down to Florida to Ashley's wedding and Ela was also going to meet her Poppy (Thom's dad) for the first time ever. Well, that trip didn't turn out because Ela got sick. So Poppy sent her a package with gifts he had intended to give her in Florida. It was packed full of all kinds of goodies like clothes and some bowls, spoons & sippy cups. All very practical things. Ela's favorite thing was this teether shaped like an ear of corn.
As you watch the video notice the corn toy caught between her feet. In a little bit it will fall on the table, making a loud sound. When this happens look at her surprised eyebrows. It's so funny how expressive she is:
 Look at the first picture and notice what side of her head the purple bow is on. Now scroll down to the next picture...
 I turned away for a minute to put new batteries in the camera and when I turned back the bow was on the other side! I think possibly it rotated from her wiggling so much. Or maybe she just likes the bow better on the right. Who knows. On another note. I was looking through some old posts and ran across this post on Thom's blog. It's from when Ela was sick in the hospital. If you scroll down to the very last comment on the page you'll find a comment by someone else named Ela. This person googled "Ela" and thus ran across the post. I had never read it (or any of the other comments) since I was kind of preoccupied at the time. I was reminded of everything we went through and how fortunate we are to have this precious child with us today. Thanks everyone for your prayers back then. They made a difference, I know it. --Erica Labels: hat, hospital, Poppy, sick, Tia Meg, toy
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This past week was hectic. First Ela's great grandma (Thom's Grandma) fell and broke her hip and had to have surgery. We drove to Springfield on Monday and Tuesday to visit her in the hospital. She's doing better now. Has been moved to a different hospital for physical therapy.
On Friday Ceri, Ela and I were supposed to fly to Florida for Cole & Ashley's wedding. On Thursday night at 11 Ela ran a fever of 102. I didn't know what to do. I didn't just want to take off to Florida without knowing if Ela was ok. So we took her to urgent care first thing to see if we could figure out if it was ok for her to travel. It wasn't. So I had Ceri stop by on her way to the airport to pick up the gift and we have been home all weekend fighting hand, foot & mouth. She's had a fever all weekend but she is finally starting to look and act better. She still has the fever but not quite as high. I just hope we're on the road to recovery.Labels: sick
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