Ice Cream Etiquette

This is the story of a little girl and an ice cream sandwich. Her first ice cream sandwich, to be exact. And, oh, what a story it is! Actually, there is really very little that can be told about this story, so I will let Rebekah share the pictures and video. Enjoy!

We're testing the waters here.

Never had one of these before.

Do I bite it? Lick it? Poke it? Eat it? Play with it?

Hmmm....seems like licking and biting seem to work well.

Or, poking and pinching, whichever you prefer.

Of course, the mash and smash method works well, too!

All in all, the best method is the one that gets ice cream into my mouth!

Which gets my mouth (and the rest of me) into the bath!

Oh, how I love bath time!

Rebekah's wrap-up: bye-bye, bubbles and being silly

Pretty pink piggies playing in a bubbly bath.

And that, my friends, is the story of a little girl and an ice cream sandwich.

Her first ice cream sandwich, to be exact.

Produced by Rebekah Ellis

Edited by Mommy

Update #1

Good Morning! Even though it's only 9:00, I feel like it's almost lunch time! I guess that's what happens when one gets up at 4:30. :) Rebekah didn't have a great night. I'm not sure if it was the fever, if she wasn't feeling well, or if it was just being in a strange place, but she was very restless and fussy all night. Drew and I were both up with her several times in the night. Add to that the fact that we had to stop her formula feed at midnight and switch it to Pedialyte (clear liquids) until 3:00. After that she wasn't able to have anything at all. Rebekah woke up signing "eat," "more," and "milk," and she repeatedly said "nack" (snack) and "pepple" (pretzel). I felt so bad that she couldn't even have a drink of milk!

Just being cute!

Thankfully everything was running on schedule this morning, and we really did not have to wait long with Rebekah. We checked into the hospital at 6:15 and were up in the same-day observation room by 6:30. Rebekah has a great nurse today, one that we have not had before. He is going to be one of our favorites! Daniel (nurse) and a couple of other nurses got all of Rebekah's current stats and then started in with all the questions that we have to answer each time Rebekah is admitted.

Hello, everyone!

Thank you all for your prayers last night and this morning. Rebekah did not have a fever this morning when she woke up. We discussed the fever with Rebekah's team this morning, and they are going to keep a close watch on her to make sure nothing develops. Rebekah is teething, so we're hoping that it might simply be that. Time will tell, I'm sure!

Baby and I are Charleston-bound!

We received our first update at 9:00, and Rebekah was doing well. Since Rebekah was first case this morning, they were able to take her to the cath lab and place the necessary IV's under sedation. That was a huge relief to us because Rebekah is a very difficult stick. She has extremely tiny veins that twist like a bowl of angel hair pasta. We are thankful that at least she was sedated before placing the IV's. As of 9:00, the doctors had inserted the first catheter in her right leg.

Thank you all for praying! We will pass along further updates as we get them!

Nancy

Rebekah was taken to the

Rebekah was taken to the cath lab around 7:30. No fever this morning! Update in about an hour.

Rebekah Factor

We are in Charleston! After a very uneventful trip down, we arrived around 7:00 this evening. After getting supper and filling the truck, we checked into our hotel. When we got Rebekah out of her car seat, I realized that she was running a fever. Of course, we didn't have a thermometer with us, so we gave her some generic tylenol and Drew went to the nearest drugstore to get a thermometer. About an hour after we gave her the tylenol her fever was down to 99.5. I have no idea what this will do to the cath plan, but we will find out tomorrow.

We will be checking in to MUSC at 6:15 in the morning. If the cath goes ahead as scheduled, Rebekah will be first case at 7:30. I'm not sure what the plan will be if her fever goes up during the night. Right now she is very fussy and tired.

We will keep you all updated on the blog and facebook. Please pray for Rebekah; she really needs this cath to figure out a plan for lowering the pressures in her heart.

Nancy

Officially 20 months!

Rebekah has been her adorably cute self this week! It seems like every time I turn around, she is saying a new word, or trying something new. :) Since February didn't have 29 days this year, Rebekah gets to be 19 months old for another month, right? I guess not. So, it's fair to say that sometime in the last couple of days Rebekah hit the 20 month milestone.

Today was a great day in physical therapy. For various reasons, we have not been to PT in three weeks. In fact, the last time we were at PT, Rebekah was just starting to take 3-4 steps in between DeeAnn and me. What a difference three weeks can make! DeeAnn was thrilled to see Rebekah walking all over the gym! Not only was Rebekah walking, but she was climbing in and out of the ball pit, climbing onto the small trampoline, walking up the ramp to the large trampoline, and generally trying out anything she put her mind to. It is just amazing to watch her growing stronger and developing more each day!

Tomorrow Rebekah is supposed to be catching up on her 18 month shots. I called today and asked to see the doctor instead (normally we would just see the nurse for shots). Rebekah has been pulling, poking and generally messing with her ears more the last two or three days, and I want to make sure the ear infection from last week is cleared up. Especially since we are heading for Charleston this weekend.

Thankfully, I think we have all gotten rid of the cold that we seemed to be sharing for the last few weeks. Except for the occasional cough, there are no signs of that cold bug anywhere in the house! I guess Lysol and fresh air did the trick! :)

I have some (hopefully) super-cute pictures and some more videos to download from my camera. I've been procrastinating because there is so much video that I know it's going to take quite a while to download. Maybe actually writing it will be a motivation for me to download it so I can post some new picture and video on the blog. :)

Hope you are all having a great week! I can't believe it's half over. Yikes! I have too much to do in the next three days!!

Nancy