Preemie Reunion 2011

Last Saturday was the annual preemie reunion at the hospital.  They had a cowboy and cowgirl theme this year with face painting and games and a stick horse race.  Myla won – what else – the duck you see in the picture by catching ducks in the pond.  She had a good time I think.  There weren’t as many of the nurses there as we have seen in the past, but the few that we did see thought she looked beautiful in her blue jean dress and asked if she was having fun being a big sister.  She was mostly shy, but gave her little smiles that let them know she was good.  Unless you asked about the ice cream face paint she got – now that was a big deal.

Kinsley has moved on from just milk and cereal to scarfing down vegetables.  She didn’t flinch when she first tried green beans or make the slightest face with peas like Myla did.  Some of the time, she gets very upset when she eats it all gone, like she wants more.  Tonight, she worked on the whole hand-eye thing with some cheerios from her tray.  Most of them got fed to the dog, but there were a few that made it into her mouth.

We are excited for the long weekend ahead.  Its always nice when I get to turn off my alarm and get up at 6:30 instead of 5:00.  Man, I remember when I used to be able to go till 8:00.  Maybe I’ll ask for that for my birthday…