Ever since I posted about Hailey being sick here and here and then about the unusual thing she does with here eyes here you have been emailing me to ask me how she is doing.  So, I want to thank all of you- thank you for the sweet comments you left me.  Thank you for the emails you sent me.  And, mostly thank you for your prayers.

Hailey is finally feeling better.  I was able to put the nebulizer machine away last night.  Oddly enough, Hailey cried when she saw me packing it up.  She has started to like doing it because while she is breathing in the mist we have been playing games on the computer with her.  So, she actually ended up liking it because she doesn’t usually get to play on the computer.

I am hoping that Hailey will stay healthy for a while.  But, I’m coming down with a cold now so I am worried that she’ll catch what I have and that she’ll end up so sick like she was before.  I think we’re going to stay away from some of our mommy groups for a little while just to give Hailey’s immune system a chance to get strong again.  Once she’s been healthy for a couple of weeks we’ll start going again.  Otherwise I will start to slowly lose what is left of my mind if I do not have any adult interaction all day long.

Since Hailey has been feeling better the thing she does with her eyes has also been better.  I still see it occassionally when she’s tired, but nothing like when she was sick.  She has an appointment on the 15th to see a different doctor (hers will be out on maternity leave) and I am going to insist that we be referred to a neurologist. 

I have certainly felt your prayers- as I have been sleeping better and I am not feeling sick to my stomach with worry all of the time either.  So, thank you so much for your comments, emails, thoughts and prayers.  I will keep you updated.

My parents, brother and sister-in-law will be arriving tomorrow.  So, I probably won’t be posting as I will be too busy having fun with them.  Have a wonderful weekend!

That is the number of times that Hailey asked me today, “What’s that?” 

I’m sure she is just getting me ready for the days when she will be constantly asking me, “Why?”

The day was going perfectly according to my plan. And with a 14 month old- you know that is a rare occurrence.

We spent the morning playing in the playroom. After a quick morning snack Hailey went right down for her nap and slept pretty well. She even ate most of the grilled cheese sandwich I made for her.

I got Hailey dressed in her Christmas dress and off to the mall we went.

We arrived at the mall and there was only one person in front of us waiting to see Santa.

“Things could not be going any more smoothly.” I thought to myself with a smile on my face.

I KNOW- I can hear you all laughing at me right now and saying to your computers, “Oh, you poor foolish lady. You know you should never have thoughts like that.”

So, then one of Santa’s helpers came over and said, “Santa is going to take a little break. He’ll be back at 2:00.”

I didn’t think that was too bad- only a half hour away and I had shopping to do anyways. So, I got some shopping done and at 2:10 we went back to see Santa. But Santa was not back. Well, I figured that maybe Santa was having a hard time finding a place to park his reindeer. I mean can you imagine how difficult that would be? So I decided we’d give him a few extra minutes.

At 2:30 we went back again to check. Still no Santa. So, I asked one of the helpers when Santa would be back.

“We’re not exactly sure where Santa is or if he’s coming back.” She told me.

“Oh?” I responded.

“Here’s a coupon for a free 5×7 if you want to come back tomorrow to use it.”

We waited around until a little after 3:00, just to make sure. But Santa never came back. (Can you blame the poor guy though? I mean really- can you imagine doing that job all day?)

The next day was much too snowy and we did not go back. We made it back two days later (and- yes the manager did let me use my coupon). Hailey was so excited when she saw Santa. She waved and said, “Hi, O-O-O.” (her way of saying “Ho, Ho, Ho”)

When we got a little closer to Santa she started to dig her fingers into my arm. And when she sat on his lap….. well- I’ll just show you.