February Update

February in the Chlebowski household has been..........interesting!!! Hannah continued with her light case of the chicken pox. She had about 20 pox on her whole body!!! Now let us tell you-she had the vaccine for chicken pox 2 times. She had the vaccine in China but due to poor records of her vaccines and the amount of serum she received, she received the vaccines a second time!!! Santa Clause got Hannah a guitar for Christmas and she has been strumming to Taylor Swift songs in effort to survive the boredom of having chicken pox . Even though she has been playing with the guitar since Christmas, the picture looks better than it sounded, really :-). I think we may need to beg her Uncle Scott for some basic lessons, but until then, she seems to be having fun with it.

Hannah missed a week of gymnastics due to having the chiclen pox, but the next week was "watch week". This means I can go upstairs and take pictures!!! Hannah is in a bluish leotard in the bottom (3rd) row behind the girl in the green/black leotard.

A new family picture is taken!!! All the adoption families know what this means-HOMESTUDY UPDATE. Our 1 year update for Emily's adoption. WOW-where did that year go? Since our 6 month homestudy update, Emily (3 yrs old) has grown 2 inches (35inches), but appears to have not gained any weight (26.5). We had a family picture taken for the 6 month report, however, they were asking for a new and different photo. So thanks to one of our wonderful neighbors who was able to get a decent family photo the day before the homestudy appointment!!! Here is our "new" family picture.

When Hannah had the chicken pox, everyone was telling us that she had them light because she had the vaccine. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Guess what? The second week starts off and Emily REALLY broke out with the chicken pox. Vaccine, hmmmmm. She actually had to have the vaccine in China before we could take her out of the country to return home (thanks to the Hague Treaty) She had a fever for days and the spots just multiplied every day. I took several pictures of her skin. Here is one of her face when they jsut started to show up. As of today they are pretty well done and scabbed over. During the "high-itch" period she was so cute. We told her to try not to scratch herself with her nails so she moved around the house leaning on the furniture and walls.

Due to the chicken pox, her follow-up appt for her tongue surgery has been changed to February 25.