The Handley Family: Weekly Update

Week Of July 6, 2012

Addie's Weekly Photo

Cooper's Weekly Photo

We had a HUGE week!! Not only was this week Addie's surgery for tubes (ear tubes), Kristin's cousin Angela came for a visit with her four kids to celebrate the 4th of July. Cooper and Addie loved all of the attention and playmates. We swam, jumped on the trampoline, went to Miner Mikes, and watched fireworks. Needless to say, the kids were worn out by the end of our fun-filled week!! What a blast!

All about Addie

Tubes: This week was Addie's big hospital visit. We were scheduled to be at the hospital by 6am on Friday. Things went smoothly for the most part. Addison wasn't too excited about putting the hospital gown on but once we turned mickey on the TV in her hospital room, she was fine. When the doctor came in to get her after surgery, he said she did really well coming in to her surgery room and was fine until the put the gas mask on and he said she wasn't too excited :( Other than that, the doctor said Addison did really well and the surgery went as planned. Once we got her back into her recovery room, she was disoriented and pretty upset. We could tell that her ears were bothering her quite a bit and she had frequent crying fits. Once she calmed down and passed out on Shane's chest, we took her home where she slept for three more hours. Will keep updates on her recovery.

Foot Asleep: Addison experienced the foot-asleep feeling for the first time this week. How do you explain to your child this experience? Addison had her foot under her bottom while she sat on a chair and upon getting up, she freaked out, bigtime!! Shane tried getting her to straighten out her leg and get the blood moving, but Addison curled her legs up under her and cried until the feeling finally came back. A very traumatizing experience!! :(

All about Cooper

First 4th of July: This was Cooper's first Independence Day! He actually did really well with the fireworks. On July 4th, we watched from my mom's pool as several area resorts set of their displays. because of the distance, we didn't have to worry about the loud bangs/booms associated with fireworks so Cooper did really well. When we set off a display at Uncle Dillon's house, Cooper was passed out and slept through the entire thing!!

Future thumb/finger sucker: I know we've posted before about Cooper's love for sucking on his fist, wrists, and fingers. It seems like his love for those extremities only increases as the weeks go by. There are times Coop wants nothing to do with his paci and would much rather his fist. The good news is that he can pacify himself with this habit, the bad news is that it may be difficult to break!! I'm hoping that his addiction comes from teething and the constant need to soothe his gums, but we shall see!

Sitting up: Coop does really well when we prop him up with pillows and has recently showed signs of trying to sit up on his own. If we hold his hands, he will pull against us to get himself up. I can't say he's quite ready to sit in the middle of a room without support, but he's definitely getting there.

More Pictures from the week:

Addie and Cousins Ana and Avryl

getting their hair dried after bathtime