Eyes, Ears, Mouth, & Nose

Elizabeth got some new sunglasses for the summer. The Flip-Flops are new too, since she's walking all on her own now!

She loves putting her fingers in her ears and talking. She must want to block out all the talking the mommy does.

Who knew freeze-dried blueberries make great lipstick?! She looks like a baby vampire.

She has learned how to raise her upper lip to (and seal off) her nose - one of Jen's habits Zach didn't want her to learn. (teehee)

Rub-A-Dubdub, Fun in the Tub

Elizabeth got some new fun letters that stick on the sides of the tub and walls. She loves them, mostly to chew on.

Don't mind our make-shift E (out of the F and I). The set only has one of each letter.

She also had her first colored bath! Thanks Nash's for the suggestion to get Sesame Street Fizzy Tub Color Tablets. I think she's going to enjoy these for quite a while. We mixed two reds and one blue to make purple!

CHEESE!

Elizabeth has discovered how to smile so that everyone says "OH, she's so adorable." Followed by "Look at all those teeth!"

We love this little face so much!

Doctor, doctor give me the news

As many of you know, Elizabeth has started having wheezing problems when we go out of town or visit other people's homes. We've had a few out of town doctors visits, which resulted in us getting a nebulizer to give her breathing treatments when needed. She hasn't had problems at our house though, until the last week or so, but nothing a nebulizer treatment didn't take care of.

However, yesterday she woke up wheezing and having trouble breathing so much that we took her to our doctors. There they gave her a good dose of medicine to open her airways and then 3 back-to-back nebulizer treatments. And, after 2 hours that hadn't done much to help reduce her wheezing.

So, they sent us to the hospital to be monitored and treated further. We were there for about 6 hours with more medicine and another nebulizer treatment. We couldn't help but laugh at her in the tiny gown while at the hospital. (Sorry the pictures are fuzzy, we only had Zach's phone to get pics.)

Luckily, her oxygen level was good so they let us go home, rather than keeping us overnight. We did 1 more treatment before she went to bed, another this morning and now she's doing great!

I have so much respect and sympathy for families whose little ones are in the hospital for days, weeks, and worst - months and beyond. Although they do their best to make you feel comfortable (bringing in toys, getting drinks. etc.), it's just not the same as being at home.