Ocean City NJ

Had an excellent 4 day mini vaca with Jason's side of the family down the shore.

Nina had a blast! Her cousin Ally painted her toe nails for the first time to get beach ready.

We went to the beach daily and Nina liked playing the sand and in the baby pool. By the last day she made her way to the water (she was hesitant until then, and she loved it.
She told her Grandma, "I like it".

We went to the boardwalk and she had her first slice of Mack and Manco pizza. She went on the roller coaster once with me and once with Jason. She loved the rides, she even went on by herself which was a first. (it was a jeep that went in a circle)

Dot's donuts in the mornings and PB&J for lunch on the beach.

It was a fab time and we are hopeful the weather holds up for the rest of the week since our family is still down there.

Par for the course

Took Nina to ER Saturday afternoon for vomiting almost 48 hours. They sent us home after pumping her full of fluids.

Took Nina back to ER Sunday morning for vomiting Sunday morning. They admitted her.

She was dehydrated both times. Blood sugars in the 30's and Ketone galore. She reached the point where even a sip of something made her vomit.

Once admitted, she recovered quickly once they stabilized her sugars.
She was eating and drinking by 2:30pm yesterday. Jason spent the night with her and they were able to d/c the fluids by early morning.

She was discharged late this morning and doing great.

We are reading "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" and HIGHLY recommend.

They closed the book on her!

I had the early intervention team come out this morning to eval Nina.
The team consisted of OT, PT and Speech.

Nina did awesome. She is age appropriate (28 months)

They had her do tasks like the peg board, color grouping, stringing beads, naming objects and actions in word books, drawing a circle and straight line, shape sorting, blowing, cup stacking.
She could do it all!

They want her to work on jumping off surfaces. (oh fun for me) like the bottom step to the carpet. Hello ER???
For speech, they want her to work on ending one syllable consonants.
For OT, there were no recommendations. (yeah Nina!)

Happenings

My brother and his family were in town all last week from Maine.
Had an insanely busy week, we all had a great time. Nina is still talking about it!
Here's my mom with Nina at Dutch Wonderland. Nina and her cousins having lunch on the 4th.


Silly Cousins: Monkey See. Monkey Do

Today is my first day at work since my 8 week hiatus. Glad to be back working my at home, part time gig!

Don't Stop Believing

So it was today, 2 years ago, that we brought Nina home from the hospital. She was 3 1/2 months old and a little over 4 pounds. We had no idea what her future would look like and we never stopped believing.

Today she is 27 months old and is doing awesome! She is the light of our lives.

Over the past two years and especially in the past 6 weeks, we realize how precious life is. We realize that children should never be taken for granted and they are a gift.

We hope one day that we will be able to give Nina a sibling. We will never give up hope, and never stop believing.

How can we with a cool little daughter like Nina?

hmmmm what to say?

I have been meaning to put a new post out here for a few weeks, just really not feeling up to it.

So it's been a month since our baby died.
We are getting through it b/c we have to... some days are better than others and that sorta stuff. I really do not like when people ask me how I am doing...it's just like stirring the pot of shit that is my state of mind. But then when people do not bring it up, I wonder why not...it's just me...I want to control everything... what crap.

So Nina is doing great. Early Intervention wanted to close the book on her, but I told them that I would like the specialists to come out to check her out to make sure I am not missing any red flags.

She talks up a storm, knows her ABC's and can count to 11. She knows tons of animals and objects and characters and will point and say their names, however she really stinks at her colors. She can run, but not jump yep....She is not even 2 years adjusted.

I really think she is doing awesome, but who knows.

So next month we are having OT, Speech and PT come on out to check Nina.

So I guess all I want to talk about on here tonight.

thank you nina

to our sweet little girl, for making us smile, and easing the pain.