Busy few weeks. Kate had a fever two weeks ago and ended up in the ER in the middle of the night followed by a four day stay at Primary's while we waited for blood cultures to confirm the problem. Bacterial infection. Her line is okay so that's something. We took her to sacrament meeting for the first time in 15 months. It was fun to sit together as a family. Kate lasted for about 20 minutes. She loved the music. She was very loud, though, and Maren was totally embarrassed and told me to take her home. I unpacked some old clothes of Maren's a while back, including a little silky, floral dress. Kate loves it and calls it her "I Know" (I guess she thinks it's a little Sleeping Beauty dress and is referring to the song "Once Upon a Dream.") In the mornings I'll ask, "What do you want to wear today" and she predictably answers, "I Know." She's still not walking on her own. A physical therapist comes out every week to work with her, which ends up being 30 mins to solid crying. I think it's helping though; she's making progress, even if it's slow. I hope she's walking on her own by her birthday. She's becoming more of a two year old each day, a feisty personality is surfacing and I think it's only more frustrating for her that she can't get around on her own.
We had parent-teacher conference yesterday, which is always a positive experience. Glowing report of Maren and she's doing great. Her reading to really taking off, she's awesome at math and her penmanship is excellent. I guess I don't need to be told she's an amazing little girl but it's fun to have others discover how wonderful she is. She put on a magic show the other night...turned a panda bear into a polar bear and an orange into a carrot. It was awesome! She's pumped for Halloween, as usual, and is going to be a Box Troll. More photos to come!
I finished a new, striped quilt for Maren and used a black gingham for binding. It turned out really darling. I'm still working on a little knit cardigan for Kate, and will hopefully finish it before she grows out of it. This will be my first finished knitting project (except for a weird hat I learned on) and I think I love it. It's seriously taken me a few years to make a simple baby cardigan. It turns out that knitting is a lot harder than it looks, if you ask me.
