A little of this, a little of that

So much has happened in the past few months! No, I am not pregnant, so don't get any ideas. Let me take a moment to blab about my little lady. Grace has not had a tube feeding in over 6 weeks!!!!!!!!! Yes, all of the additional exclamation points were necessary. I am still in utter shock that we are finally at this point in her development. There were times that I would cry thinking that she would never get to this point because she was not able to drink one ounce or take the smallest bite of food without gagging. Grace sees a gastroenterologist and feeding therapist on a regular basis and over Christmas break we also met with a nutritionist a few times. After MANY conversations with Jeff about weaning Grace off of tube feedings we decided to just do it. We were really nervous because we did not want Grace to lose any weight and we just didn't know how it would go. She did not eat much the first day, but after that her appetite kicked in, and WOW. She was (and still is) an eating machine! We have seen such a huge improvement in the past month. She is able to drink so much more and can eat "normal" size bites of food for a toddler. If she can go another 6 weeks with zero tube usage the GI said she can have her tube removed! He will just want to make sure that she is eating enough and gaining enough weight. I cannot wait until her appointment in April! More info to follow.

Next order of business: our surprise visit to Washington! We had been planning this for months and it was so we could surprise Jeff's mom for her 60th birthday. While it was wonderful to see everyone, it was not as great as we had hoped because Jeff was super sick the entire trip. When we got back to Vegas our first stop was to Quick Care to get him looked at. I was shocked to hear that he had a double ear infection and bronchitis! On top of that the airline broke our stroller and when we were driving to Quick Care one of the windows in the Jeep broke. Fortunately, it has been a week since this all happened and I can happily report that Jeff is better and the window has been fixed. We are still waiting on darn Alligient to pay us for the stroller though grrrrr.

Another bit of news...I am moving classrooms. I will still be teaching Pre-K at the same school but I am going to be moving across the hall to a brand spankin new room. While it is stressful because we are doing this mid-year and I still have to teach surrounding the move, I am really excited. First of all, our new classrooms are going to have BATHROOMS! Believe me this is incredibly exciting news when you teach four year olds with weak bladders. Also, I like the idea of moving because it is as if I get a fresh start in the middle of the year. Since I love organization and I obsess over classroom setup I am super excited to get in there and make it better than before. I will try to post pics once it is all set up. Also, the new room is going to have tile so I actually get to use my sand and water table for things other than paper and beans! I cannot wait to get some messy fun going on in there! AND I am going to have an adjoining door with my good friend and Pre-K coworker. So long are the days where I would have to put my jacket on, walk out of my classroom, and knock on her locked door just to ask her a silly question. No, no! I will be able to bother her as much as I want!!! Bwahahahahaha.

Random final note: this picture was from Christmas. While we did get Grace some awesome stuff, all she wanted were the bubbles and owl bowls. Sigh. Maybe next year!