Ok, so I have good news in that Jasper's biopsy results came back, and they are all good!
His thyroid function is good, but his cholesterol is high. We are looking into what we can do about that... it has always been high, and the doctors are not sure why, so we are seeing a liver specialist at the end of July to see what changes we can make to reduce Jasper's cholesterol to be in the "normal" range.
We will also have more bloods done on the same day to check all Jasper's counts again. Fingers crossed his platelets have bounced back up, and his last counts were just a temporary blip on the radar!!
Well, today was the coldest day I can remember in a long time. We have had some really cold mornings, but it has been warming up nicely in the day, and by the time we do the school run in the afternoon, the jumpers have been put away and the sun is just delightful.. but today, the jumper was on all day, the scarf stayed on (for added warmth, and not just to be a fashion accessory), and the ugg boots replaced the covered shoes as soon as we got home!!
I am looking forward to heading to the summer weather of Maine in a few days as we jet off to America and Camp Sunshine for our 4th time.
Maine had BETTER bring the warm weather!
We are super excited to see all our FAmily again, and spend some quality time with some very special people.
Jasper is looking forward to turning 8 at Camp Sunshine, and Paul will turn "21" there too. Molly wont know what hit her with all the people that will be queing up to snuggle her!! Lucky she is learning to run.. I think she is going to need that skill!
I know this is Jaspers blog page, but I must share some of the things Molly can now do and say.. she is a genius in the making - I am not biased, I am just confident....
She is a good walker now, and crawling is a thing of the past.
There are 10 teeth in her mouth.. 4 of which are molars.. she got her first molar when she only had 2 bottom teeth at the front and one top front tooth... nothing like doing things the way she wants to, rather than by the book!!
Her favourite words are still JASPER and DADA. She knows who is who.. you ask her "where is daddy" and she looks at Paul. "Where is mummy" results in me being looked at.. same for jasper, poppie and grandy. She knows who her dog is too.
Cheeky girl also likes to drop things from her high chair, put her hands palm up and say "gone, all gone".
Other words she says are : hello, ta-ta (for goodbye), thank you, ta, eagle (sounds like ee-ga).. I am happy about the Eagle one,,, it is the name of my favourite footy team! She makes animal noises for dogs, cats, sheep, dinosaurs, sheep, and a range of others.
She loves to dance. She IS the dancing queen! it is very cute when she shakes her booty, and even better when the arms get pumped in the air.. I need to get the video camera ready!
Like most babies, she loves to hold the phone to her ear and say "hello who is it" in her own jibber jabber.
She knows when she has had enough of something, and shakes her head. she has started to tell me "no" as well.. if I growl at her for something, she growls back at me! (cheeky!)
If I tell her "sit on your bottom", she either sits or squats.
She is a total daddy's girl. It is sweet how she only wants him, and not me when he is home.
Molly LOVES the sound of her own voice (a bit like her brother, and MAYBE her mother), so she chats away all day in her own language.
She loves the shops too. I am not a lover of shopping, so I do NOT know where this gene came from. I think she just loves the social aspect of being out and waving hello to everyone, especially cars in the carpark!!
Oh, one story I must share about Jasper that had me giggling.. the other day on the way to school, they were talking on the radio about an interview that had been done with our Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her partner, Tim Mathieson. The radio guy said "... and he isn't afraid to use the L word". Jasper asked me if they were going to say "legend". Once I explained that the "L word" meant LOVE, he was ok with that. I said they were talking about our PM and her boyfriend. He said "WHAT? She has a job and she isn't even married??" He was actually pretty put out about it!
Apparently he thinks that when he gets married, his wife wont work, because she will need to be home to look after all the babies... like THAT isn't a job!
Ok, so lots of typing, no photos this time.. I will update from America.. if I have the time!! Otherwise the next update will be late July!!
thanks for reading
Brooke
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