Good News!

Praises today!  The ENT office called to tell us that Susanna's blood work all looked NORMAL!!!  Hooray!  No horrific allergy level and no immune deficiency.  So, we will go back for our sinus recheck next Wednesday.  I'm very excited for that visit - if nothing is showing up in bloodwork, why is she staying sick?  She has been on an antibiotic now for 2 of the 3 weeks and woke up this morning with drainage coming out of one ear.  The ear drops will moisten that stuff to prevent her tube from clogging - the tube is doing the job of draining any infection from sinuses and ears.  I can't wait to hear what our next step is!  Thank you for all your prayers!

I had to share this video of her. When we take and pick up Madeline from school, there is a crossing guard who stops the traffic.  Susanna loves her! Well, one day, we got out of our car, and she looked at all the cars on Goodlett and put up her little arms like the crossing guard and yelled for them to STOP!  She is a funny girl!

Last weekend I took the big kids to see the Cinderella ballet at the Orpheum!  Ballet Memphis does this wonderful thing where you can get $5 tickets to see their shows.  The seats are typically along the sides of the theater, but really, most seats are great in the Orpheum.  We could see everything!  Otherwise, at $70+ a ticket, our kids would not be going to a ballet anytime soon!  The ballet was awesome - I'm always amazed at what they can do with their bodies.  Wow - I can't imagine!!!! The kids were at good ages to pay attention and enjoy the show - Eli didn't fall asleep this time, so that was a big improvement over the Nutracker!

 Snack at intermission - might be their favorite part of going to shows at the Orpheum!

After the show they had an autograph signing session!  This was so fun!  Both Eli and Madeline enjoyed getting the signatures, but only Madeline liked the photo ops!

Cinderella and the Prince...

The Fairy Godmother...

One of the dancers, Rachel, who we saw when she was Dorothy in Wizard of Oz a few years ago.

The Stepmother....

When we got to the stepsister, Eli was all about getting a picture.  He thought they were hilarious!  (Only one was out giving autographs.)  We read in the program that often times ballet companies will play men as the stepsisters.  They do really funny things pretending to be these clumsy girls!  Eli LOVED them!!! At one point, one of the wigs fell off - I really thought both the kids were going to fall out of their chairs - they were belly laughing so hard!

 Have a great weekend!  Hope to update again soon!