A Good Day

Yesterday was a good day.

It was the first time in two weeks that I felt (almost) like a human being. I'd been fighting a beast of a flu and/or head cold. Thanks to my mom and Oby for helping out so much with Chloe. I was MIA in the mothering department for the majority of those two weeks. It was not pretty.

Anyway, but yesterday, the skies were blue, the sun was out, I was feeling MUCH better, and Chloe and I wore spring dresses! It's a crazy time of year in Utah where it's warm and sunny and nice down in the valley, but the ever-present mountains are still covered with snow. It's pretty, but feels weird walking around in flip-flops and short sleeves when the snow-covered mountains are staring down at you!....

Chloe got an A+ at Occupational Therapy yesterday. She was like a rock star on the swing, supporting her own body for 10-20 seconds at a time and using her little hands like a champ!.....

Her OT, Lori, was SO impressed, that she rewarded Chloe by taking her on the slide! If Chloe would sit up for at least 10 seconds, Lori would zoom down the slide with her! Chloe thinks counting is HILARIOUS, so it's hard to keep serious when we try to get her to sit up for 10 seconds. After we get to about 5, Chloe loses it. She is such a nut! (not sure where she gets it from? ha!) We were finally able to convince her that counting isn't that funny after all, so she did her 10-second intervals....

And she got to slide down!....

Yesterday I experienced the first of probably many bumps in the road along my journey with the accessible playground. It ended up working itself out by the end of the day, but in the meantime, I was a stress case, so Chloe and I decided to walk it off. It was amazing going on a walk with my daughter and just talking about everything with her. She's the *best* listener and always gives me big, optimistic smiles that tell me life is good, and remind me to not worry about a thing!....