We celebrated Bryan's birthday the weekend before with a surprise visit from Heather. We enjoyed her stay, and she was able to get reacquainted with her baby sissy who didn't want to leave her side by the end of the weekend.
I had my Parents over for a Mother's Day brunch this past Sunday. Alicia and I served biscuits and gravy, a breakfast casserole, apple and cherry turnovers, deviled eggs and fresh fruit. Alicyn was extremely loving and "kissy" to her Grandparents, and even mother Nature was on her best behavior, allowing us to sit outside and visit without freezing.
At Alicyn's 18 month check-up in April, her Dr. was a little concerned with her limited vocabulary. While she is extremely smart, and understands everything, she's not much of a talker, and the words she does say, aren't pronounced correctly. He preformed a pressure test on her ears, which evidently measures the movement of the eardrum when a puff of air is blown into it. Neither of her ears showed any movement, which is not a good thing. His assumption was that she has fluid behind the eardrums, not allowing them to move, therefor affecting her hearing, which in turn is affecting her speech. Apparently it is quite common, and involves inserting drainage tubes into the ears for a year or two at which point they can be removed, and all should be fine. She has an appointment to see a specialist on Wednesday, so we should know more then.
