The Coughing Family

This week has been sort of rough. Peter and I both have these nagging coughs/colds. Very annoying. Betsy also still has a cough--I'm hoping that Sadie doesn't get it! On Tuesday we stayed at home all day. In the afternoon I gave Betsy a bath and I couldn't get the Xerosox on her. The Xerosox covers her cast and is waterproof so her cast stays dry. We could get it wet, but it takes forever to try. Getting the Xerosox on is a huge pain and impossible for me to do by myself. Well, I couldn't do it so I bathed B without it. When I got her out of the bath the lining of the cast started to swell and B was screaming every time I touched it. I was very freaked out and called Marme and Katie and both came over. Long story short--the cast loosened up and she calmed down. The cast stayed wet for a long time, but it didn't seem to bother B. Katie and I put B's hair in pigtails and Katie brought her to Jama and Pa's for dinner. Before they left Katie asked her if she was ready to go. She said "Ready to go, Katie, Betsy ready to go" and grabbed Katie's hand and said, "bye, Mommy." When she is ready, she lets everyone know and repeats "Betsy ready to go" dozens of times. She ate lots of gumbo at Jama's and had fun.

Yesterday we went to the Aquarium with Krista (Kiss as Betsy calls her), Lauren (Laween), and Ryan (Wyan). B had a ball and was really into the fish--especially since she's been watching 'Ariel' and 'Nemo' a lot. Yesterday afternoon B said, "Put Sadie down and dance." Once I put Sadie in her swing, B grabbed my fingers and started dancing. My sisters and I sing a medley of songs that get B to dance (shake it/shake it/ shake it, wave your hands in the air, dance/dance/dance, jump/jump/jump, clap/clap/clap, snap/snap/snap, shake your booty). She dances all of the time now and asks Peter and I to dance with her. She has also started walking around the house saying "'nap, 'nap, 'nap" and trying to snap her fingers.

Today we went to see Dr. Warren. Betsy had her pink cast removed and now she has an Aircast. It's great, because we can take it off while she bathes or swims. The incision is nearly the length of her lower leg and looks scary to me, but it doesn't seem to bother B. We can't really tell if her leg looks better because there is a lot of swelling, but Dr. Warren was very happy with her progress. We go back in 3 weeks.

Betsy has also been telling me to "put Sadie in da swing." Betsy likes to describe everything we are doing and identify every object we come across. She loves to talk!

NOTE TO SELF: Do not ever, ever, ever blog about or talk about how well your baby is sleeping, because the next night she will not sleep. And it happened to us--she barely slept Monday then was up most of the day on Tuesday. Last night she went to bed very early (8:00), but she woke up at midnight then at 4.

I bought Betsy a hot pink potty and she loves it. Last week she insisted on having it in the living room and sat on it while she played with her toys. I managed to get the potty into the bathroom. Today we received a book I ordered called My Big Girl Potty and the potty is back in the living room. I'm not trying to pottytrain yet, but we're trying to get her used to the potty. We also received Betsy's backpack for school--it's tiny and pink with her name on it--so cute!