Sickness, Smarts, & Banana Splits

Dear Laura,

In case you didn't know this, you are extremely smart. Today, Mommy made a list of all of the things that you knew how to sign, etc. I wanted to share them with you just to show you how smart you are :)

These are the words you know how to sign! There are 33 of them:

Apple

Cookie

Milk

Shoes

More

Water

Cat

Dog

Elephant

Fish

Please

Thank You

Horse

Yes

Night Night/Sleepy/Bed

Baby

Flower

All Done

Hi 

Bye Bye

Pound It

Give Me Five

Blow Kiss

Eat

Juice/Drink

Cracker

Bath

Ball

Pewey

Book

Knock Knock/House

Bubbles

& Banana

You also know the signs to 3 songs:

"Wheels On The Bus"

"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider

& "Patty Cake"

You have also learned alot of your body parts and things on your body! You know 13 of them:

Eye

Nose

Tongue

Hair

Ear
Hand

Finger

Belly/Tummy

Belly Button

Foot
Diaper

Head

& Earring

I am so proud of you, baby girl! You are so smart :)

A couple of weeks ago, you came down with a fever and some tiny little spots all over your body....

Especially all around your mouth (as seen below) :(


They began to spread over more of your body, and they continued to get worse. Finally, after a week, they started going away. They are still there (a tiny bit), but you look SO much better now!

Not too long ago, I found out about a little boy named Ryan. Ryan was born with Down syndrome and a severe heart defect. He had surgery on his little heart (I don't know how many times), but no surgery could cure his heart. He needed four chambers for his heart to work, and his little heart only had three chambers. He is 22 months old now, and his mom and dad were told that he only had weeks left to live. So, in honor of him, his mom asked for all of her friends around the world to have a banana split in honor of Ryan so that is exactly what we did......

Ryan fought so hard, but yesterday, God told him that he didn't need to fight any longer, and He called Sweet Ryan home. 

Hearing Ryan's story has caused me to hold you a little tighter and treasure you even more than I already do. 

Every moment is precious, love. Never take anyone or anything for granted.

I love you to the moon and back 1,000 times x 10!

Love,
Sissy