This is Elise and Gma and Gpa Paul's house. She's pretty proud of herself.
This is a gigantic unicorn balloon that my brother gave me for my birthday in Jan. Elise loves balloons.
Here she is practicing standing up in her exer-saucer.
So this last week has been filled with exciting events for Elise. As you can see, she was again able to come off oxygen during the day. She still has to wear it at night, because some nights her oxygen saturation decreases for an unknown reason. But she is so used to wearing it, she doesn't mind it being on when she sleeps. It is really nice not having her connected to an oxygen tank. It was like having her on a limited leash. Now we feel like we can go anywhere! In fact she went with my Mom and me to Kohl's for a quick shopping trip today. We came out empty handed though, they didn't have her size. But she loved looking at everything around her..
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She is also, as you can see by the pictures and video, starting to stand with assistance. At first she didn't like it because it was hard work. And anything that has to do with hard work, whether tummy time, crawling, or eating, Elise hates doing. But now she is starting to enjoy a different view on the world around her. We are still working on crawling. She will stay on her hands and knees in the crawl position, but can't figure out how to move. It's a work in progress.
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We don't have any big plans for this week. I'll post again on Monday. Love you all, Kristin
This is Elise in her STL cardinals hat. And no that ins't a toothpick in her mouth. It is paper. She loves to chew on paper.
