The Johnston Family

The Johnston Family

Monday, July 20, 2009

Update and the fun weekend!

Ok so last Tuesday we took Elizabeth to a neurologist at Primary Childrens to have her twitch thing looked at. They asked us all the same questions we'd been asked dozens of times before, with all the same answers, no her eyes don't roll back when she does it, they don't last more than a split second, yada yada yada. The dr then asked us lots of developmental questions...yes she can sit up, yes she can crawl, and pull herself up, and cruise along just about anything, she waves(with her hand not just her whole arm) she can say hi, bye, mama, dada, and baba. Yes she points and gestures at things she wants. Turns out she's above average with her development so it's not holding her back, and then finally at the end of the visit she twitched in front of him, quite a few times too! He said he felt confident in saying that it wasn't a seizure, but seems to him more like a stereotypical movement or as I've said all along, a twitch. It's a movement some people just do, with no rhythm of reason to them. He said that he wanted a EEG done on her just to be %110 sure there was nothing going on in the brain. He also couldn't tell us really what to expect with this movement. If it'll just fade away over time, or what, so we'll just have to keep an eye on it. Lately she's been doing it and we'll do it back to her and then she does it again, and laughs so now I think it's kinda a game to her, and it's also turned more into a nod, so she can shake her head no, and now nod her head yes also! So that's that, we'll keep you posted with the results of her EEG on Wed.
Now to this weekend, it was great!! We went up to Logan Friday after Tony got home from work, and met up with my parents at Travel land. This was their first time recreating (as they have to call it now, it's no longer camping at this point) with their new conquest moterhome! We were more than willing to help them test it out for the first time. It's so so soooo much bigger than there other little trailer, we can all sit and walk around comfortably! There's also lots of beds! The queen in the back two bunks across from the bathroom, the dinette turns into a bed, the couch has a hida-bed and then Tony and I slept above the cab, it's huge up there!! Saturday after breakfast we went to Gossners, then stopped by the movie theater and got tickets for the 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock shows for Harry Potter, tony and I went to the first while my parents watched Elizabeth, then we switched. It was really good, we all loved it! It's such an awesome movie! We each stopped by pepperage farm while the other was at the movie too, then we all went to Aggie Ice Cream, yummy!! Then everyone but my dad, went to Joann's where we finally found fabric for Elizabeth's first birthday dress, that my mom is sewing, it's going to be soooo adorable!! My Aunt Julie joined us Sat. night and even with 5 adults and a busy very mobile 10 month old, we still didn't feel cramped at all! Even with a pack and play up in front of the cab area. I'm just so glad Elizabeth does fine sleeping anywhere! In a random hotel, in a tent or in a trailer it's all the same to her! We had a really great weekend, and my parents new toy is just great!! And nobody deserves it more than they do!! We've camped years and years in rain, snow, wind and heat, with a tent we hoped would still be there in the morning, huddled in the middle so we wouldn't touch the sides and cause a lake to form around us. Bathed in the middle of the tent with a lawn chair, and a yellow bucket with water warmed on the little propane stove by my dad. And was even grateful to find an even half decent pit toilet, as it was better than a bush, for me at least! If only I had those wonderful pictures of old beaten up cars(usually by us) with lots of crap piled on the top held on by a old tattered blue tarp, and ropes, and filled to the gills with all our camping stuff, it put hillbillies to shame. Our "base camp" all set up in such a way that many a times my parents were mistaken for the camp hosts! So I say again no one deserves this wonderful new RV more than my parents! I for one am grateful for the amazingly nice tent, and camp stuff Tony and I have, and have full intentions of giving our children the same great appreciation for, a soft bed, flushing toilet, shower, and any hard sides at all!!
Here are some fun pics we took, hope you enjoy them!













1 comment:

PrincessKatie said...

Glad to hear that things seem to be okay with the twitch. I will keep you guys in our prayers for this week and hope all is well. I can not bleieve how big and grown up she is getting >I love the pictures of her driving. So cute!