Great Grammy passed away

Eowyn has gone to visit her Great Grammy McGurty a couple times a month for her whole life. She recently learned to say her name, and has been a great source of peace, comfort and delight to my grandmother. Grammy passed away, and her funeral was today. At the party afterwards, the cat that was always in my grandmother's room, made an appearance. Here is Ewoyn with that cat. A photo I'll treasure always.

Sweater and Wristers by Mommy

Springtime!

We were at Grammy O's yesterday and Eowyn got to pick a flower from Grammy's garden. What a beautiful day!

Just give me a pick, a guitar and my Daddy

Eowyn strumming while Daddy holds the strings. It was a great jam session. A special music to a Mommy's ears.



No pictures, because we were alone, but she helped me knit today too. She held the needles while I held her hands and we worked on a row of a sweater I am working on, for myself.

Eowyn is so fun and ready to experience everything she can!

The Park is Open!

On April 7, Daddy checked the park on the way home from school today. The snow is melted the equipment is dry and the temps are in the 50's! They got all bundled up and headed out to play!

They were BOTH very excited!

Look How Big

Easter time last year, and this year...

I learned a glorious thing on Easter!

That Eowyn's hair is finally long enough for ponytails!!

When I put them up yesterday, for the first time, she was quite displeased with the experience, until we showed her the mirror...can you tell she felt a bit sassy with her her style.

When we were showing her the reflection, she scrutinized her face and then said "Josie", followed shortly by "Carrigain"...the names of her two little friends who have had enough hair for styling for quite a while. I think it's funny that even at this young age, of not quite 20 months, she is taking notice what her friends are doing with their hair. The Psych major in me has been trying to process that information, and am not sure what I've decided.

First Time Coloring Easter Eggs!

What she had to say about the experience.

“orange” “Baby Do it” “Water please” “More water please” “Drawing done, Water please”

She liked dunking much more then drawing, and she would have dyed them all Orange if Grammy let her. But, as long as there was “water” to dunk it in, she really was easily swayed by the color of the water.

Baby Bug

Grammy O bought Ewoyn a Lady Bug Costume sometime after Halloween, and then Grammy W recently purchased some Lady Bug Boots for the upcoming "Mud Season". Eowyn enjoys wearing both, and the other day decided to wear them together.

Strong Man Competition here she comes

I don't know why I enjoy it, maybe too many years of TV watching has me conditioned to watch anything, but I really like watching the World's Strongest Man Competitions. I was reminded of that contest the other day while watching Eowyn heft a full water jug around the house. She is so funny in her desire to life heavy things. Not sure how this came about, but she picked this water jug up from the floor and held it as she was picked up in the air. That jug weighs 8 pounds, and she weighs 20, that is slightly less then half her body weight!

Making a Birthday Present for Grammy

I brought Eowyn to a "Paint Your Own Pottery" place. Her cousin was in from out of town, and he's 11, and likes to go paint pottery, so we figured it was something both of them would enjoy, on their own levels. We were right. Everyone had a great time. Ewoyn painted a picture for her Grammy Ouellette, whose birthday is Tuesday, but we saw her yesterday to celebrate. We put her hand print in the center when her painting was complete. Here Grammy was taken with how precious her hand print was, after all we've been through with her hands.

Here is the little painter, taking her task very seriously.

Mom Song

Laundry is my chore

Ewoyn has chores. Christopher has taught her to feed the dog, let the dog in and out (with help with the door knobs still) and to help with laundry. Christopher was folding the laundry and kept handing Eowyn a few bibs and baby wash cloths. They go in a drawer in the kitchen. Eowyn would scamper across the living room, dining room and kitchen, open the drawer, stuff the items in, close it and scamper back. He'd give her more and she'd do it again...This happened over and over, for at least 10 trips. Never tiring, or complaining, the little helper scampered back and forth. It was just about the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life.

I didn't get a photo because the angle wasn't good, and it wouldn't have translated as well on stills as on video. But it was hilarious!

Sleeping

Just when you think this baby can't get any cuter!

Helping Mommy

I was working on a video to show how to use one of my new lines of tools, when Eowyn decided to help. Doesn't she look very informative and knowledgeable?

Daddy Is my Hairdresser

There is no story...this says it all.

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.*

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.

Here you go Christopher...

If you'll notice under the "Happy Birthday Kenny" post, Christopher is complaining that you can't see Eowyn's outfit in the picture. Well, I don't have many of her in full body, since we were eating at a table, but here she is: Playing with the Lemon's from our water (and yes all the grown ups were sitting around the table with great anticipation of the sour facial expression she was sure to don, once she tried to eat them...and Ewoyn, in her typical style, disappointed the onlookers, by actually enjoying her suck on a lemon).

The Kilt is a Kilt, not a plaid skirt. Grammy and Grampy Ouellette picked it up on their trip to Scotland. Christopher paired it with a black t-shirt and black cotton tights, for a European Punk Look...we don't, however, have baby Doc's for her...Oh, well, the black Mary Jane's completed the look, in a fair second place. I suggested next time the red long sleeve shirt could go under the black T...