2. Beatrice was so happy to get to participate in playing with the scarves.

3. When Beatrice was at the hospital, Eloise just kept saying “miss you, baby” over and over again. She joined Beatrice for a moment in the crib for some snuggles.

4. We are watching the robin’s nest in our front yard.

5. First strawberry from our garden! Greta and Eloise shared it, so I have no idea if it was any good or not.

6. We have a baby bunny living in the back yard, and it is so cute! We love looking out the window for him/her in the mornings.

7. Greta can write her name!

8. I just like this one.

Greta:

Eloise:

Beatrice:

I think they are looking more different, although Beatrice is looking more like a combo of Greta and Eloise. What do you think?

Today was mostly uneventful. We got some sleep last night as the nurses didn’t come in as often as I expected. Beatrice didn’t like being woken up for her medicine and blood pressure and glucose checks, but she went back to sleep fairly easily. Since we had to up for medicine at 6, there really was no hope of her going back to sleep at that point, so we were up. Got some breakfast, talked to the big girls on FaceTime and eventually took a nap, a nap that was not interrupted by having to get in the car or by her sisters screaming about something.

Matt brought Greta and Eloise over after mass. We ventured down to the cafeteria for lunch, then went to the playground for a little while. Greta, Beatrice and I went to the playroom while Matt got Eloise to take a short nap. Everyone left around 3:30. Now it is just beatrice and me here for the night.

Beatrice remains totally happy and is giving everyone lots of smiles. I think her nose is already improving, which is possible as many people report noticing changes while in the hospital. I’m not sure the superficial part of the hemangioma has shrunk, but the deep part appears to as her nose appears to be less bulbular. Here are a couple of pictures of our happy little girl today.

We aren’t 100% sure what to expect, but the bed management guy did say that we wouldn’t be tied to the room and to bring her own clothing, so it sounds like it won’t be too invasive of monitoring. Matt, Beatrice, and I will head down there on Saturday morning, while Greta and Eloise stay here with Matt’s mom. Once we get all settled in, Matt will come back to take over for his mom and stay with the girls. We don’t know when that will be, but they might come back down for a visit later on Saturday, but again that depends on what time he actually gets back to the house.

I’m hoping we will be done on Monday morning, but who knows. We will have internet there and I’ll bring the iPad, so I can update as things move along. That’s about all I know. Hopefully this will just be a little bump in the road and things will be smooth sailing from here on out. I hope she tolerates the medicine well and takes it easily. We will be at one of the best Children’s hospitals in the country, so that makes me feel a bit better. Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks.