Rilee

In this blog I thought I would dedicate this to my wonderful daughter Rilee who is just the most precious little thing God ever blessed us with. Everything seems to be finally falling into place. I am so tired of doctors appointments right now that I told Larry if I walk into another doctors office and smell some sort of medication I am going to SCREAM haha. Rilee had her c-t scan yesterday really early yesterday and everything turned out normal there were no holes in her ear drum and all her nerves in her ears were developed all the way. Part of me feels pretty selfish for wanting there to be something wrong so we could know what happened and why she lost her hearing, but maybe God doesn't want us to know and sometimes it is better not knowing.

During her C-T Scan she had to be sedated, because we felt that because of her hearing loss it would be scary for her to go into this big tunnel and not know what the heck was going on! So it was an oral antistatic which is great because I hate it when they have to poke her with needles and so does she. As the antistatic kicked in Rilee began to act goofy and "drunk" haha. She was so funny she would hiccup and laugh so hard and then look at me and sway back and fourth and think that was hilarious! The doctor said she did so well and that there were NO problems which I was happy about! So after her appointment, we went to breakfast to get her something to eat and drink because she was HUNGRY and ate all of it also managed to get a LOT of syrup in her hair from falling asleep in her pancakes. Then after all the fun wore off she began to get mean I think Rilee would be a mean drunk haha!

Rilee is just blossoming into her own self. She is running (not walking) everywhere which I came to the conclusion for her safety that I got her one of those safety harnesses for her to wear if we are going to be doing a lot of walking around or at the mall so she won't wonder off. We know how easy it is for a 2 year old to get lost and especially with her hearing impairment it is crucial that we keep an eye on her AT ALL TIMES. It is truly scary the kidnapping rates in this country and I don't want ANY of my kids being on that list!

Rilee has really enjoyed playing in her room and sleeping in her "big girl" bed. Every night around 7:30 she starts heading to her room, crawls into bed, and waits for me to get her a book to read before she can fall asleep. I bet some of you are wondering "why are you reading to her if she can't hear you?" And my response is that no matter if she can hear me or not it is something that she likes to do with mommy and she knows that is what happens before bed time. After we read we pray and she kisses me good night and in about 5-10 minutes she is out like a light. I have been so blessed to get a child that is GOOD sleeper and not a TERROR who doesn't sleep at all!

I sat back today and really thought about how Rilee acted when she was an infant and how she acts now, and it really isn't that much different. Rilee has always been "vocal" and always been a very self occupying baby! I am just curious how she will act when Reagan finally arrives. Hopefully she loves her and helps out as much as she can. She will be going in on Wednesday the 21st of April for her hearing aid consultation which I am super excited about, because this will be the appointment where we pick out her hearing aid and fit it to her ear and then hopefully get the finished product real soon after that! Larry and I want to thank everyone for there thoughts and prayers over these last 6 months helping us deal with all the stress and giving us the hope that everything will be okay! We love all of you individual so much and are so excited for when Rilee can hear we can tell her how many people love her and how she has so much support! Love You All

The Allens