Monday, February 18, 2008

Footwear Frenzy!

We brought Eowyn to get new sneakers at Red's Shoe Barn today. She walked up the two levels of stairs, on her own, and at the top their was special glow coming from one display, right in front. Eowyn LOVES boots. She is very into shoes, of all kinds, but the spring rain boots just called to her. She tried on ALL of them. It was hilarious. She put them on, walked around, grabbed another pair of mismatched rain ware for her feet and tramped around until another couple caught her fancy. Grammy bought her a pair that look like ladybugs. I think she is bound to enjoy them as much as her snow boots, once home, but the fact they matched and were the right size for her feet, caused them to be cast off in the store.




She did willingly try on the sneakers, which were the reason for going in the first place, but they did not hold the same joy as the rain boots. I was excited to find the simple Nike sneakers, in her size, costing only $10.00 a pair! We bought the next size up, hoping to get through the whole summer of sneaker weather, for $20.00! Wow!!


*Note: for all of you who have ever worked retail, and are grimacing upon hearing of this little girl ripping apart a boot display, we, being the responsible parents we are, put the boots all back where they were, when we left.*

Monday, February 11, 2008

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes....

Saturday night Ewoyn walked over the where I was sitting and proceeded to sing the song Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes, by herself, WITH hand movements. The movements were a little scattered, but it was still amazing! The song is one of the few "traditional" kinds songs she knows. When we were in Shriners, and she had dressing changes, they had a woman who would come in and play guitar to try to calm/distract Ewoyn. It worked okay, considering what kind of pain she was in. But this song became a staple, and one we sang a lot while in the hospital. It was almost sure to bring a smile to her face if, while she was sitting on dad's lap, I would sing the song and do the movements...which is sad to admit, quite a workout if you do the song all the way through a couple times.

In typical Eowyn fashion, she would not perform the song for the video camera...Whenever a camera comes out, video or still, she proclaims "camera", then "baby", and wants you to show her on the LCD screen all the pictures of that very cute baby that are surely on it. Other then an occasional music video with dad, seeing herself on an LCD screen, or on a laptop screen, is her only "screen time", so "Baby Ewoyn" has become her favorite show. We are hoping to get this little act on video, and I'll certainly post here if I do.

Lengthy update...

Eowyn burned her hands. We were at someone's house the wood or gas stove, was off when we arrived, it was turned on while we were there and we were not notified, and Ewoyn put both hands, palm down on the stove. She had 2nd and 3rd degree burns on the palm side of her hands. We brought her to Shriners within hours of the incident, she got the best care I can imagine is possible. She has been healing quickly and there is no concern for longterm scarring or any mobility loss. It's been an emotional and difficult time, in many ways, but we have been blessed through all of this as well. Ewoyn has been a very amazing little person. She does not complain or try to remove her dressings. She is even cooperative during dressing changes, even when she was very upset about them, she was just a great kid. I may write more about the experience as time goes on, but for now, know she is doing great, healing fast and is still a happy, active baby. Here is a picture of her in her dolls cradle with the Teddy Bear her Great Aunt Chip sent her...it came with the hospital gown and bandaged hands... Ewoyn was touched by this...When he came out of the box, she gently patted his bandaged hands with hers, said awwww, and hugged him. She knew how he felt. It was very sweet.