Week in Review....

Last week Abby came into the bathroom with me and started pointing at my toes and then pointing at her toes. She is learning how to talk very slowly and has learned other ways to convey what she wants. I took this interaction to mean that she wanted me to paint her nails. When she laughed and smiled when I pulled out the nail polish, I knew that I was right! She was so patient and so happy that I even did her fingernails. They look so cute!

Ashlyn and Jacob and the kids from the neighborhood put on a little carnival yesterday down at the park. It was so creative and cute! They made all of the games out of cardboard boxes and even had tickets that they sold out of their ticket booth and had prizes at the end! It was incredibly creative!

Ashlyn is holding up her air hockey game and Jacob is showing his 'flying disc into the box' game. There was also golfing, hopscotch, rockets and flying frisbee games.

I love when they have fun outside, we have to soak it all up while we can before it gets too hot!

This week has been a tough week for Abby and eating, I broke down into tears several times this week because she would absolutely refuse to eat all day long. I felt like such a horrible mom for not being able to figure out how to feed her. After having a really rough night of not sleeping at all from worrying about her, I got up one morning and inspiration struck! I could puree some black beans and put it into her hot chocolate in the morning, because I make it with milk. I tried this and it worked! Now we have also tried putting blended up bananas and yogurt into her milk as well. So at least she is getting a few basics, and hopefully we can just keep trying to get her to eat. It's frustrating but I'm trying to be positive and continue trying new things. Here's hoping we have a great week of eating!