Today the boys headed to Texas for a gymnastics meet and Emmy and I had the day to ourselves. This morning she had her first pediatrician appointment at which she impressed the doctor and all of the nurses too with her fun disposition and being so cute and smart! :) She is pretty developmentally on target and we just have a couple of specialist appointments to make to follow up.
After the appointment, I decided to forego the follow-up blood work and leave it until after nap and we went to meet our friends Linds, Caden, Asher, Sarah and Col at McDonald's for a little lunch and playtime. What fun! Emmy figured out how to get around by herself in the play place after her sweet friend Caden helped her a few times and even tried to help little Col get up (but discovered she couldn't quite lift him). Then it was nap time (Emmy's started to cheer for herself when she wakes up from her nap…"YAY, Emmy Lu Xin! Night night!") and back to the doctor for the blood work. I was not looking forward to that.
The phlebotomist (right, isn't that it?) was amazing with Emmy. She blew bubbles for her while she was preparing the materials and warmed her little arm to prepare but, unfortunately, Emmy's veins do not like to be messed with so the process was a tricky one again. Emmy was snuggling against me and crying and I asked her, "Do you want to sing?" at which point Emmy stopped crying and sang, "Are you sleeping, Brother John?" and then began crying again. She followed up "Brother John" with "Baby Mine" and about that time it was finished. Phew. She's a very tough and brave little girl.
This evening Emmy went with me to Grace's dance class. Emmy has now watched the kids do several activities and nothing has drawn her attention like dance class did. She sat and watched, she tried to dance and then she asked over and over to join the class. When she couldn't, she decided to read "Goodnight, Gorilla" to Grace through the glass separating the dance studio from the waiting area…loudly and while yelling, "GRACIE!" every couple of words. It may have been a little distracting for the dancers.
After dance class it was home for some roasted cauliflower (her favorite!) and french dip sandwiches ala Steve.
I'll post a video of "Brother John" tomorrow (not the blood work version).
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