Today was Emersyn's post op check up and hearing test... Everything looks amazing. Her hearing test improved a lot and is basically perfect, even though it wasn't that bad pre-tubes. This time Emersyn had to change the "game" up a bit though and insisted on having the pig sitting on one of the speakers do a it's dance a few times before continuing with the actual test. Chris said she sat very nicely and signed "more please" while pointing to the pig, so the nurse/doctor doing the whole test was pretty amused. She even signed "thank you" after the pig was done.
During the check up the doctor said everything looks great. Emersyn will probably dig or pull or scratch at her ear for a little bit because it's healing. Although it's not like a scar, the healing "feeling" can still be the same and it's an odd sensation for the little ones; but, rest assured, there is no infection in either ear! Woo hoo!
We'll have to go back in 6 months for a follow up, but that's it. If we do see any drainage we don't even need to come in, just give them a call and tell them what's going on; they'll decide how to much drops to give Emersy and for how long based on what we tell them. Easy.
Now, don't ask me what's on her face because I just got home when she was being all super cute and playing, but here's our Bird with some of Audrey's presents again...
Oh and since it's the end of the month, all of the pictures from January are on our shutterfly page :: www.theswaderfarmily.shutterfly.com :)
During the check up the doctor said everything looks great. Emersyn will probably dig or pull or scratch at her ear for a little bit because it's healing. Although it's not like a scar, the healing "feeling" can still be the same and it's an odd sensation for the little ones; but, rest assured, there is no infection in either ear! Woo hoo!
We'll have to go back in 6 months for a follow up, but that's it. If we do see any drainage we don't even need to come in, just give them a call and tell them what's going on; they'll decide how to much drops to give Emersy and for how long based on what we tell them. Easy.
Now, don't ask me what's on her face because I just got home when she was being all super cute and playing, but here's our Bird with some of Audrey's presents again...
Oh and since it's the end of the month, all of the pictures from January are on our shutterfly page :: www.theswaderfarmily.shutterfly.com :)
Also, we (finally) got to give Audrey her Christmas presents... which means that Emersyn got her present(s) too. As you can see, Audrey did really really good with these presents! Emersyn is totally in love with the laptop. Seriously, the best way I can fully convey how much Emersyn loved it is to say that I actually had the laptop out in front of her and my laptop was totally ignored while she showed me hers! That's saying a lot!! I think I'm the only one who cared about the clothes, but I really love the little outfits. Oh, I do have to mention that the Disney Snowglobe got kisses and sat in Emersyn's lap (or at least kept being put into her lap) while she played on the laptop. Yeah... So a super huge, ginormous THANK YOU to Audrey, Chelsea and Jimmy for the fab presents. Once again, you guys have hit the nail on the head! :) (There's more of these pics on the shutterfly site too! And don't forget all the videos are listed there as well.)
On a side note, last week Emersyn rocked out to Just Dance. We caught it on tape but I'm a slacker and didn't get it uploaded... then of course we got the snow and I couldn't not upload the snow videos... So anyways, here is my little Dancing Queen now ::
Today while we were getting dinner ready... Little Mommy was all kinds of into her baby doll for a little while. She's starting to pay a little more attention to the dolls, but it's still really short lived so I can't say Emersyn's into dolls officially yet. Right now, it's few and far between and mostly with encouragement from someone else. Still, we're starting get hopeful that Boo Baby will be welcomed by his/her big sister...
All the pictures (and videos too!) are at 
Anyways, Emersyn had a blast helping Daddy sweep up this morning. Of course, the dog food was all over the kitchen mostly because she insisted on feeding the dogs - with the scoop and all - about 7 times... all of which involved walking a huge circle around the kitchen instead of just going through the dogs. Still, the fricking cleaning caddy Santa brought is one of her favorite "toys" so she loved cleaning up.
Yeah - see that nice chin?!?! For once, Emersyn got beat up when she wasn't climbing, running, chasing, riding, surfing, anything-else-ing that she's not supposed to be doing... she was actually trying to sit at her table (in the chair nicely and everything) when she slipped out before Chris could catch her. She busted the inside of her lip (as always) and got that nice little souvineer on her chin. I swear, if she wasn't like this at daycare I'd be worried about Child Services the way Emersyn gets bumps and bruises. Luckily she's just as adventurous at daycare so they know her marks well... Anyways, we've been doing neosporin (sp?) to help it heal up faster (up to 2 days faster than with nothing - according the commercials that Chris likes to quote for me) and not leave a mark. Lovely though isn't it?!?!
On a side note - we have a video of Emersyn dancing to Just Dance from earlier this week. I'll try to get it uploaded this week, but no promises. It's so much fun "dancing" with her and Bird really loves it. We're planning to pull out the Rock Band stuff and get that all set up too. She really likes to "sing" so we're excited to see how much fun Emersyn has with that. For now though, just keep your fingers crossed that I can get the dancing video uploaded soon. :)
You've seen the pictures of Emersyn's "look" - where her head is down but she's looking "up" at the camera, normally laughing or with a huge smile. It's like her signature pose. Seriously, that's what we get when we say "can you smile for the camera"... and now we have proof! LOL!
I don't know why she's into cameras; it's not like she gets her picture taken often or anything... Since we got a new camera before Christmas, occassionally Emersyn gets to use the old one. Normally she just likes to hit the "play" button to see the pictures that are on there, but she's starting to get the idea of what it's really for.
I warned you - Emersyn was in a really great mood and so we were able to get lots of things on video that we haven't been able to get yet. Her laughing was a rare thing since normally she stops the second she sees the camera. This one has been even harder to capture : Emersyn signing!! We've been trying at least once a day since she started saying "more" a few weeks ago, so it's a very proud moment that we post this clip! Emersyn says "more", "please" and "thank you". Her version of "thank you" is a little more French chef tasting a masterpiece creation, but you can definitely see the real sign there.
Emersyn did find a few things to distract her from helping Cameron though... "Playing" with Molly is a new hit.
Cameron's eyeball hat was another entertaining toy.
Then the Marine Princess shone though... Daddy was proud.
We stayed at little bit later than normal at my parents' house, but we finally picked up on Emersyn's subtle hints that she was ready to go home to bed. By the way, she not only stole that blanket from me and wrapped herself up in, she also discovered Molly's bed on her own and claimed it.
We put her hospital bracelet in the dog with the heart (well, with the 4 hearts since Emersyn had a good time with that part) so that we always had it.
Then it was off to the bath where Emersyn brushed her new dog and got her all clean.
After the bath, we went to get the dog a birth certificate... Chris and I kept trying to get Emersyn to "call" the dog something, but she wasn't having it. So we let Emersyn type a name. Quite uncharacteristic of her, Emersyn only pushed the keyboard twice and then wanted to get down. The dogs name is GG. We can honestly say that every part of GG was decided by Emersyn, making the whole thing even more special. We got GG a collar and leash, a brush since Emersyn was so interested in it at the bath, and even a little dog bowl like Cuya and Dobie's at home. Daddy put the collar/leash on while Mommy checked out...
Most of you know that Emersyn isn't a doll or stuffed animal kind of girl. She gives them hugs and kisses, but for the most part she leaves them alone with the exception of the Little People "dolls". Her reaction to GG is totally surprising! Maybe it's the traumatic experience or maybe she's just old enough to develop an attachment to the thing she created... whatever it is, GG is more loved than any other toy Emersyn's ever had.
Seriously, even after a nap, Emersyn was all kinds of in love with GG.
This is one of Emersyn's favorite places. She'll just sit in the window and look outside with Cuya and Dobie... and now of course, GG too.
I'm not even kidding - she did this by herself. Not just once, but a few times. It took us twice to catch it with the camera, and Emersyn put GG's paws in the window a few more times later too.
Yup, she's walking GG around the house. This is pretty much what she did the whole afternoon and GG had to sit by us while we ate dinner too.
Let me just say it again - to Shannon, Jeff, Kherington and Kennadi :: THANK YOU for this super awesome and so special gift! You have no idea how much it means to us to see Emersyn like this, especially after yesterday. Although nobody could have foreseen yesterday's reaction or today surprising attachment, it was the gift card that made us decide to do Build-A-Bear, which caused this spectacular day! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
