4 Years | 3 Months

97.6 centimeters | 35.5 pounds | Mama & Papa Holly visit | Fairytale Town | Zoo | No hospital stay | Learn about focus on camera | Nighttime bike rides with Daddy | Lots of visits to Bapa & Grandma's

September's simple pleasures

We had lots of fun in September.

Playing at a park after being discharged from the hospital, and between Daddy's classes.

On Mommy's birthday we got to have lots of fun at the beach.

Burying cousin Andrew

Jumping for a birthday picture.No feet or ankles were hurt in the taking of this picture (unlike last year).

*No feet or ankles were hurt in the taking of this picture (unlike last year).

Jumping into the huge hole we dug.

Had to ride the carousel at Howarth Park.

Learn how to shoot spit wads….check!

At the end of another beach day we almost had a little stowaway ride home from the beach with us.

Flower girl

 *Sadly this is the best picture we took. We hope to get some of the better pictures soon.

Modeling a cute hat.

4 years | 2 month

twisty tongue | whistle | Sac Zoo | goodbye winks | move to new home | dig in the dirt | play at the park | 'homework' with cousins | work in the garden | sidewalk chalk | arm blood draw | low ANC | IVIG (antibodies) transfusion | chemo on hold | trampoline | lincoln logs | bike rides

Hair is definitely growing back.

FairyTale Town

After Elizabeth was discharged from the hospital last week, we played at a park and discovered FairyTale Town nearby, but it was already closed for the day.  She was really disappointed that we couldn't go in.  She had an appointment for a lab draw to check her numbers on Monday, so I promised her we would go after her labs.  She really looked forward to our next rip to Sacramento to be able to visit FairyTale Town.
Well, Monday came and we were off to Sacramento for Elizabeth's lab draw. She was great, and we quickly made our way to FairyTale Town as soon as she was finished.
We had a blast! Elizabeth loved it all!
Here's some of the fun things we discovered....
Going under Humpty Dumpty's wall

King Arthur's Castle

Mary had a Little Lamb

There was an Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe

Pirate Ship

Gingerbread House

Tortoise and the Hare

Wizard of Oz

Cinderella

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Little Engine That Could

The Crooked Mile

Listening to The Three Little Pigs

The Cheese Stands Alone

Mother Goose

The Crooked House by the Crooked Mile (Elizabeth loved the Crooked Mile)

First ambulance ride

Tonight we took our first ambulance ride. It was a transfer from one hospital to another.

Elizabeth in the ER of the first hospital:




Then off to the ambulance for a 2+ hour transfer:




Strapped in like a race car driver:




On the way the ambulance got to use its lights when a car crash happened right in front of us and we stopped to help out. Elizabeth slept right through it. Amazingly the lady in the crash walked away without a scratch thanks to wearing a seatbelt.




Finally made it safe and sound to the second hospital to get some rest and work on learning how to spell.