"All Better!"

Rachel is back to her normal self - thank goodness. Thank you for all your prayers and sweet comments. She is finished with her medicine and also done with her breathing treatments (pictured below), which she liked to call "ooma ooma mask" aka elephant mask (she can say the word elephant, but prefers ooma ooma).

Thanks to Nana who helped us so much - she cleaned the house and gave me much needed breaks. I also think she helped Rachel bounce back quicker than she would have otherwise.

Nana helped us find a mommy bird's nest on our fence. I've been wanting to count her eggs, except that she's a good mommy and I haven't seen her away from the nest yet. Won't that be fun to have some baby birds?!

Such beautiful sunsets in the desert. Here are the girls:

Kisses:
When I say we're back to normal, I really mean it, we went swimming and boating this week. It's been 90+ for a few days, so it was nice to cool off. We went boating with the Crittenden's & Perkinson's out at Lake Saguaro - only 20 minutes from our house. It was so fun to just relax, hang out with friends, listen to music and eat treats! Thanks for the fun outing! Here's Rachel and Cooper:

We went to the doctor for a follow up visit, and his sarcastic comment was that she seemed very "lathargic" as she was climbing on everything, talking up a storm, singing, etc. Rachel kept saying, "all done" and "all better!". Also, she didn't cry once - usually she hates to be weighed and have her ears checked. But I think after staying in the hospital and getting used to nurses doing it every 4 hours, she doesn't think the Dr.'s office is that bad anymore. The other thing that I think really helped is that I got a bunch of books from the library about being in the hospital and going to the doctor, which REALLY helped her calm down about this whole ordeal. Here she is at the Doctor's office, with her lovely "cheese" face:

p.s. She loves her green croc shoes and wears them everywhere! I got her a new pair of white sandals for church and the summer, but she tells me they hurt. I don't blame her since it's hard to break in a new pair, but I'm running out of outfits that match with lime green. And we have a rule that she can't wear that green crocs to church - I know, we're way tough.