Getting creative

Kelsie is starting to resist chest PT and runs and hides when she sees the vest come out. She says, "no, I don't want to do vest!" So I'm getting a little creative...

First trip to Tweetsie

We have talked about taking a family trip to the mountais to go to Tweetsie Railroad for quite some time now. We finally went a couple of weeks ago and had a wonderful time! The road trip up there was quite a different story, however. We woke Kelsie up at 6am, changed her clothes while she was still half asleep, and loaded her into the car. We then stopped at Biscuitville for breakfast along the way and I handed her bites of an egg and cheese biscuit from the front seat. She ate really well, and I even thought at one point...this is probably enough, I don't want her to get sick! Well, seems I had a premonition!

 

We were moving along as expected with hopes to get to Tweetsie around 9am when they opened. But about an hour outside of Boone, I heard Kelsie making a strange noise and turned to find her vomiting all over herself and her car seat. Nathan pulled over on the side of the road and we began cleaning up the biggest mess I have ever seen. My poor child was covered in vomit and there were piles of it in her carseat. I was reminded at this moment that I need to keep an emergency kit in the car for times like this. All I had were a few paper towels, some baby wipes, a few Lysol wipes and a cup of water. I had a pair of pajamas to change Kelsie into but no other clothes for a day at Tweetsie. Well actually, I had a couple more pairs of pants but knowingly forgot to throw in another shirt. Nathan asked the question, "What do we do now? Go home or still try to make it to Tweetsie?" We both knew how well Kelsie remembers things and how disappointed she would be if we drove back up at our house. It would be a huge disappointment. So as we stood on the side of the road for 20 minutes cleaning up this horrific mess, we discussed what to do next.

 

So what did we do? I cleaned up Kelsie and got her changed into her PJs. Nathan cleaned out the car seat as best as he could. I found a plastic grocery bag, closed up all vomit covered items and tossed it in trunk. We got Kelsie back in her seat but she had to ride the rest of the way in just the shell of with no liner. We drove to his family's lake house in Taylorsville which was an hour away and got everything washed up. We left 2 hours later and finally made it to Tweetsie around 1pm.

 

We had a wonderful time and it was definitely a day we will never forget. Kelsie got to ride a real train, go on the ferris wheel, ride the chair lift and the carousel, feed the animals, and eat lots of cotton candy! :) We also dressed up in costumes for an old western photo and she thought was really funny too. When I put the little saloon girl dress on her, she posed in front of the mirror and said "my wedding dress"!

 

Here are some photos:

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus Loves Me

I have been singing "Jesus Loves Me" to Kelsie ever since she was a baby and tonight, I asked if she wanted to sing with me...to my surprise, she sang the entire song and knew all the words!! I had no idea she could do that! It was one of the sweetest things I have ever heard and one of the most precious moments I have had as her mom. :) Next, I'll have to capture it on video!

Eskimo kisses

As I was putting Kelsie to bed tonight, we were exchanging lots of Eskimo kisses and Kelsie was laughing and repeating the "word", "ah may go" and then it morphed into "uh muh guh"! I didn't know what she was saying at first, then I realized...Eskimo! Of course!! Such a cute and sweet moment!!

CF Fundraiser

Wow, its been quite a while since I have posted anything on the blog. Life has been a little chaotic lately as we have been doing work inside our house and had to move out for a week. And with all the work on the front and back side of that, we have just been pulled in few different directions. But we are now settling back in and getting back to our routine. Which is nice.

I did want to post today to share about the fundraiser I am participating in on October 19th to help raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We did this last year and I wanted to do it again to continue to raise awareness and support for the research behind Cystic Fibrosis. One of the things we hold on to as parents of a child with CF is the statement "But they are making such great advancements in the treatment of this disease" and "think how far they have come in the past 20 years and imagine where they will be with treatment 10-20 years in the future".  We know that to be true and we are so thankful for the CFF for putting forth the effort to make that happen. But they need continued financial support to keep up this research. The discoveries they uncover and therapies they develop will be life-changing for those affected by CF. And we know their ultimate mission is to find a cure which would be the greatest news of my life! So I am asking for your support to help raise funds for this wonderful foundation. They are behind all the new treatments available to improve Kelsie's health and well-being and prevent her from the damaging effects of this disease as long as possible.

Here is the link to my page. I would appreciate anything you are able to give to support Team Kelsie in this fund raising effort. Please feel free to share this link with your friends, families, churches, and businesses as well.

http://www.cff.org/LWC/KimberlyHouston

Thanks so much!