Picture Update

My pictures aren't uploading. Curse you, blogger. Will try again later.

Past Due for an Update

Okay, we are the worst bloggers in the world. It's been way too long. I'm back at work and the girls are well. Adele jumped into school/daycare enthusiastically. She has never cried at drop off. In fact, she's more likely to cry when I pick her up. Yet again, she is the antithesis of her big sister. To be fair, Ella is quite happy at school too. She's in kindergarten at Montessori and having a blast. She was teary for most of September but now is bummed when I come to get her as her fun is over for the day. Adele started walking the other week. She still only takes a few steps at a time. She has really weak ankles (like Ella did) so it may be a little longer until she's on the move all of the time. She has a great vocabulary like Ella does/did. She repeats everything and we seem to understand each other well. She has started putting 2 words together. She LOVES to eat and rarely rejects any food. She's stands up for what she likes and wants and is giving Ella a run for her money. Life is wonderful when she has her bootsie (blankie) at her side. Ella is doing well. We FINALLY received a diagnosis for her. She has Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. She likely has had this since 4 months of age so. Everything makes sense for the first time. It's like a migraine (with light sensitivity and dizziness) only she isn't in any pain and she vomits. Nothing we can do but treat it with Tylenol (like you would a regular migraine) and avoid troublesome foods (dairy, chocolate). She has started seeing a chiropractor now too. The specialist was so wonderful. For almost 4 years we've been on this mysterious health roller coaster. What a relief to have a concerns treated seriously. She can hopefully outgrow these episodes and we can hopefully extend them far enough apart so that it's not too disruptive. She may end up having regular head migraines as a teen/adult, however. In spite of it all, she never complains and is super resilient. She is a master puker and we rarely have any accidents because she understands the feelings now. Her naturopath has helped tremendously and we're not allowing the episodes to terrify us anymore. She broke her nose this summer and barely cried. The nose, thankfully, seems to have mended nicely. Darren's dad passed away in September. For all of you who know the dramatic and awful background, you can only imagine how well everything went down. Needless to say, we're glad it's over and the poison can stop hurting us. To say that the summer and the past few months have been stressful would be an understatement. We're so excited for Christmas. I'm hoping that I can avoid a full-on strike at work. Hope you are all well. I'll post some pictures now!