Thursday, January 5, 2017

2017!

Happy New Year Ellie friends!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas, I hope you did as well!

Remember the cold Ellie had at Thanksgiving?  It lasted until the week before Christmas!  We even had to brush up on some of our old skills and administer a steroid to her through a handy little machine called a nebulizer. This time they sent us one that looked like a seal!  She did pretty well with it and the other kids were really into watching her do it.

It took about 5 minutes each time for her to fully inhale the drug.  We had to do it four times a day.



Depending on where she was at the time of the treatment or what kind of mood she was in - the ipad was often used in conjuction with machine!  I love how her little hand popped up on the mask in this photo!


 We had a wonderful time visiting family over the holiday!

At mass, it was really hard to get a a good family photo for some reason.  We tried a couple different locations.

Here are some outtakes!
What is Ellie doing to Jacob?!

"Look, over there Ellie - smile!"
 Ellie loooooved opening presents this year.  Her presents. Your presents.  Everybody's presents!!!

Thankfully we've started the new year on a healthy foot!  Let's see if we can dodge any further bugs this season!