Saturday, July 21, 2012

Sadbh’s update – July 21st, 2012


Sadbh had a wonderful night sleep and did not wake until 6am. Unfortunately this was a little bit too early for Katie and myself, especially since it was the weekend.
Nevertheless, Sadbh made up for it since she was in a great mood and was fully of smiles, kisses and hugs.

We had to leave the house early this morning since the painters were working. It was a last minute mad dash to gather up all of Sadbh’s things and we headed over to Ali-Baba’s to hang out for a few hours.
Sadbh was very happy to see Ali-Baba and Kirk and shortly after arriving we tried out her Passy Muir Valve.
She was extremely chatty and was happy playing with all the toys that Ali-Baba brought out for her.
A few hours later, Sadbh was starting to get sleepy, so we gave her a bath and started getting ready for trach care. She had no desire to nap, so Katie had to work overtime to get her to sleep.

The hard work paid off and before no time, we had Sadbh bundled up on the coffee table and were ready to manage trach care.
Sadbh slept right through until we were starting to secure her trach ties. At that point she woke up and got a little bit fussy.
Thankfully we were able to get her ties secure, but there was very little chance of Sadbh going back to sleep.

While having lunch with Ali-Baba, Sadbh found an ice cube and immediately started doing the baby sign for cold. It was very cute and she delighted with the reaction she received from everyone.

We headed off to Greenlake after she was done with lunch and since she only had a 20-minute nap, we hoped that she would fall asleep while heading around the late.
No such luck as she was thrilled with all the goings on around her. She was waving at people, pointing at dogs and every time she heard a motorcycle go by in he distance, she would do the baby sign for it.
We even bumped into one of Katie’s colleagues and his wife and daughter Allison.

Eventually we laid out a blanket on the grass and let Sadbh play in the grass. She practiced her PMV for a short while but after ten or so minutes she had enough and pulled it off.

By the time we were done at Greenlake, we were all quite hungry so we headed over to meet Neil in West Seattle for some pizza. Sadbh finally fell asleep just before we arrived and she slept soundly in her stroller for another 40 minutes or so.
Once she woke up, she couldn’t believe her luck and instantly devoured a few slices of pizza.
She also had a large feed of peas, cheese, blue berries and yogurt.
Looking at her, you wouldn’t know where she puts all this food, but after changing her nappy three times today, I completely understand where it all goes.

Once she was done with dinner, it was time to go for a walk. Next door to the restaurant there was a tattoo parlor and Sadbh made a couple of new friends straight away. She was flirting like crazy with the two tattoo artists and they were both smitten by her charms. I wonder when she will figure out the baby sign for tattoo.
She’s only 15 months old, can you imagine what she’s going to be like when she’s 15 years old?



All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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