Princess Mornings
February 14, 2009 10:00 AM

It's official! Juliana does have "pianist hands and ballerina feet," just as her daddy said so many years ago. She has now begun piano lessons. She has had two lessons so far; the first one didn't go so well, but the second one she really enjoyed. Hopefully we are heading in the right direction and she will continue to participate and enjoy each lesson.

She is still not very pleased that she has not returned to dancing yet. She really loves to dance. It is just too late in the year now and we are already thinking about the next procedure in Miami.

I will be contacting Dr. Wolfe in the next couple of days to start discussing when we need to go back for him to begin smoothing out her new cheek.

We really haven't been up to anything too terribly exciting since my last update. Just everyday life: school, therapy, and finally enjoying the Florida sunshine. We are looking forward to planting our first flowers of the year tomorrow.

I won't let you down, of course I have funny and cute Juliana stories to share. First of all … I think she really believes that she is a princess. If we try to hold her hand, or if we are walking down the stairs with her, she will turn our hands so that she is able to lay hers in ours just like a princess. And there is no moving quickly during this time. She will enjoy every second of her "princess parade."

I don't know what got into her last week, but she was waking up between 4:30 and 6 a.m. Usually Kendra is my early riser and Juliana likes to sleep in. So, needless to say Juliana was able to enjoy a couple of mornings of waking her sister for school. Kendra enjoys waking her sister, too, but they both have very different ways.

Kendra gently pulls the protective plastic covering from Juliana's eyes that she sleeps with every night. Then she turns off her monitor and removes the leads from her. And finally she hugs her and lifts her down off of her bed and tells her "good morning."

Juliana on the other hand is not so sweet in this situation. Before I knew that she was in Kendra's room, she had snatched a pillow off of Kendra's bed and proceeded to beat her over the head with it. It's a good thing that Kendra is a morning person—and that she loves her sister so much!

I have been reflecting a lot lately on a blog that I read regularly. The blog is written by Rachel Coleman from Signing Time. Her latest entry, titled My Life Is … , is very thought-provoking, and I just wanted to share it with you all. Rachel is a fantastic writer, and I hope that you all enjoy it as much as I do.

Thank you for all your posts on the guestbook. I read them daily and enjoy hearing from everyone.

—Tami