Catching up with us xx

Hi all

Well I have been getting the hard word from some of you as I have been a little slack about updating the blog lol : P. Up till this week I actually did not have much to update, which to us pure bliss, no scans, not lots of appts, no troubles, we have just been cruising : ).

What have we been doing??. Immie did have an appt at the Deaf school, which was very informative. I was really amazed at what hearing aids can’t do. I never knew how many limitations they have and the fact they are still only able to be used for hearing language in a quiet room face to face a metre apart. Ahhh...not exactly how Immie spends most of her day at Pre Primary, 28 other lil people surrounding her with plenty of excitement going on!!!. When term two begins the hearing school will be sending out a teacher to assist Immies amazing teacher, in working with the hearing aids. I also attended two excursions one for Imogen to Whiteman park to the animal park, were we had heaps of fun and Imogen got to feed the lambs. Then Kody’s excursion was to the Freo Maritime Museum, that was actually very interesting, the 1/7 of the ship they have stored in there is huge!!.

Immie also went to get her vision checked after the school health nurse, was slightly concerned. I was very happy to hear from an amazing optometrist that all of Immies sight is fabulous. Though it would be an advised to either check again in 6 months or get her glasses to help support her while she is lil and learning all the important early years’ knowledge. For once I was able to make a decision regarding Immie medically; I decided that the glasses for now were the way to go. We chose out a very cute pair with ladybirds on them, which was actually Imogen’s discovery : ).

This brings us to this last week, Imogen had her monthly check up to see whether she was ready to resume Accutane again for the second last cycle...and the answer was No. Her feet were still not cleared up enough. So Accutane has been delayed a week and we will make a decision next Wednesday to wether she is ready to begin. Unfortunately the side effects of this ugly drug will coincide with Immie’s birthday and party. This is something we could do without but have little choice over. The drug in Imogen system seems to be building up each time. Last month she had the dry hands, extreme peeling feet and cracked face, which meant we did not see the beautiful smiles of Immie for about a week and half. Jason and I are keen to finish the Accutane, and unlike the first round treatment where we were nervous to be off treatment we are actually looking forward to the day when Immie does not have to swallow any more tablets or endure any more poking and prodding. So that was Wednesdays clinic, then we received a call on Thursday as Imogen’s urine sample had grown a bug, back in we went with another urine sample. Then back again on the Friday for Imogen’s first speech, that was painful to listen to as you don’t realise as a parent how much you adjust yourself to understanding your child’s speech. The end point is Imogen speech, grammar and saying tricky words is not that crash hot. Now Imogen has appt booked each Thursday morning at the resort for speech. The speech therapist actually thinks that her problems are not just from treatment but also from the many ear infections she had when she was very little. That’s all for now on all the updates on Immies medical marvels : P.

In the normal dull boring world (which we absolutely love), Immie and Kods finished Term One of with a bang. Both attended the school disco and had a blast. Kody also received a merit certificate for his project which are like hen’s teeth at Alinjarra. My mum flew out to Tasmania for a workshop on papermaking and we missed her like crazy. We had a wonderful Easter in Narrogin with my parents and Granny and Granpa, we all loved it and enjoyed the break. Then we headed to Hyden to see the other half of the Holmes gang, and give my beautiful niece Tayah birthday wishes. It was great to be able to see them all and Jacinta’s big belly : ). Then this Wednesday (same day of clinic) we headed back to Perth , with a few lost moments, we arrived an hour ( 5 hours instead of 4 – yuk) after we were meant to...tho still made it to the hospital on time.

Our Bean’s testing all came back low risk, which was a big woohoo. I promise I will upload some pics of the scan to the picassa web album link below. I have still been soaring through this pregnancy, just tired and now my pants are getting way to tight to fit hahaha. 17 weeks along – incredible.

What’s next....well it’s the most important day of the year for our beautiful girl, Imogen turns 5 on the 26th of April. WOW is the word that sums that up. She will be spending her birthday with us, probably at the pool and then has a birthday party on the 3rd of May with friends, family, a pirate and a fairy. I can’t wait her first birthday for two years with HAIR!!!!. Term Two will begin, and we have another 4 weeks of no appts besides speech – NOICE!!!. Then Imogen’s last dose of Accutane...can’t wait!!!. We will also have a scan to see our lil bean again; this will be the last time till we official get to hold him or her in our arms. And most importantly till we blog again we will be making the most of life, laughing, smiling, giggling and loving every bit.

Love to all

The Holmes Gang

see the below link for more gorgeous pictures of Kody, Immie and our Bean
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/theholmesgang