It's been a while since I last posted. We have been busy this summer. Whitney has enjoyed being at home the last couple of months with her brothers and has done some traveling. She also celebrated her first birthday on May 29th with a birthday party at home with her grandparents and family.
We started our summer with a trip to California to see Taylor. We flew to L.A. and stayed in Long Beach. While in California we visited Disneyland, Universal Studios and did a lot of sight-seeing. Whitney did really well and had so much fun. She enjoyed being strolled around and didn't complain much.
We also took a trip to the beach. We drove to Galveston in July and had a blast. Whitney loved the beach. We took her playpen and she played and napped without complaint under the pop-up canopy that we brought for shade. The breeze from the ocean kept her cool and she had fun watching the boys play in the sand and fly a kite.
Whitney has 12 teeth now and hasn't complained about that either. I believe she has a high pain tolerance which is a blessing at times. However, it's hard to know when she's sick or hurt for the same reason. She began sitting up without support at 13 months and will now sit and play with toys for long periods of time. This is great because the boys come in and out of the living room and play with her too, so she is always laughing with them. She has also learned to give a "high-five" and can tell you what a puppy dog, kitty cat and monkey says. "Mama" is still her word of choice, but who can blame her? She is great at immitating sounds and has even started clapping and dancing when she's excited. She is still spending up to an hour a day in her standing frame and received her leg braces in July which she wears when practicing her standing. They are pink, so they go with everything! :)
We are continuing to work on standing and crawling, but she's very content sitting and playing for now and gets around just fine by rolling. Whitney will see her Plastic Surgeon, Urologist, Opthalmologist and Neurologist in early September for check-ups. The only concern we currently have is with her eyes. Ever since her cleft repair and tear duct probe surgery in April her eyes have been swollen and red constantly. We have put her on Zyrtec assuming that it's allergy-related, but still have not seen much improvement. The tear duct probe doesn't seem to have corrected anything. She still tears all the time. Nobody seems to know what is going on. We will keep searching for an answer though.
School is starting for the boys on Monday. Hunter will be in third grade, Chase will be in Kindergarten and Ryder will be attending daycare full-time. Therefore, it will just be Mommy and Whit at home for several hours each day. Neither of us are complaining! We enjoy our time together and I'm excited to be able to make time for just the girls for a few months.
