Elliott is in has last week off before he starts his new job - so he decided to take Emma to Michigan to visit his family (and my Dad and Jackie for the night). Here the two of them are on their way to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum! I hear the drive out there went pretty well, but by last night they were both pretty exhausted. Today they have a whole other set of plans in East Lansing with Grandma Patterson:)On a side note we had an awesome DR. appointment last week at the School of Dentistry at the University of MN. Emma met while an entire team of Dr's at the Cleft Palate Clinic looked at her mouth in a a variety of ways! Long story short - she has a SUB MUCUS CLEFT PALATE. This means that the muscles at the back of her palate didn't form properly and when she speaks certain letters air seeps through her nose, when it is only supposed to come out of her mouth. The speech specialist said that it will only get worse as she gets older - SO she needs to have surgery. First, a sleep study to make sure she doesn't have sleep apnea, as the surgery would make that worse. If she does have apnea, then she'll most likely need her tonsils out first, and then once that has heeled she'd have surgery for her palate... Poor girl:( The specialist also stated that she doesn't need to be in speech therapy school, as it is a physical problem that can only be solved with surgery. BUT, she would be devastated if she didn't get to go to preschool and ride the bus anymore!!!!! SO, we'll see:)
Love to all
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IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WITH EM AND EL HERE--WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME--ELLIOTT WAS SO AMAZING AND IN SUCH A GREAT MOOD AND EMMA WAS SO WONDERFUL--I'LL BRING ALL THE PICS NEXT WEEK-END--WE DID ALOT --IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OUTSIDE--WE WENT TO THE PARK, WE TO AN MSU BASEBALL GAME WHICH WAS SO MUCH FUN, HAD PICNICS, EM WENT TO THE SAME PARK THAT ELLIOTT AND I BOTH PLAYED AT AS CHILDREN--SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN ON A HUGE JUNGLE JIM--WE WENT TO FEED ALL THE DUCKS AND GEESE AND BABY GEESE AND SAW THE RAPIDS--EM AND I DID CRAFTS AND MADE GREAT GRAMS AND JILL FLOWERS AND PICS--I MISS THEM SO MUCH AND IT WAS SO GREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE!!!! GREAT GRAMS STARTED TO CRY WHEN THEY WERE LEAVING AND I GOT CHOCKED UP, BUT AT LEAST I AM COMING NEXT WEEK-END--HOPEFULLY, EL IS HOME BY NOW--LOVE TO ALL
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