Thinking happy thoughts for Brooklynn and her recovery
, Jill as she helps Brooklynn through this
, and you as your new student hopefully settles in (and calms down)
.
Have a great day!
It seems my little friend has begun a pattern - not so good, better, not so good - so I am due for better tomorrow, right.
I'm so glad Brooklynn is doing so well. I hope she get used to walking soon. It is amazing how little ones deal with surgeries and such. My daughter had 2 eye surgeries when she was 4 and 5. Once she woke up you never knew anything happened. (Until it was eye drop time!)
Jill has a little video of her walking. Her arms are flailing like crazy, but she is walking like a champ with no fear.
Thanks, MeMom. I'll be thinking of Brooklyn while I am gone and keeping good thoughts.
I will very much enjoy FB pictures in the days ahead.
Sending a ton of it your way and to Brooklynn! Keeping you all in my good thoughts and sending them your way. Let's hope the pixie dust will start working its magic for you all soon.
Sounds like she's done quite a bit of walking this afternoon. That's a good start.
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I lied. I said I wouldn't put up pictures tonight, but I got home a bit earlier than I thought I would, so I am going to finish the night of June 16th - one night before August 16th. I am thinking that being only two months out from a trip report could be some kind of record for us.
Continuing on....
We were at Squid Lips - our group, Anita and Marc, and another family who used to DIS, but has fallen away due to having two little ones.
Our evening entertainment was interesting.
They were sort of like something we may have seen in Mayberry on the town square on a Sunday afternoon seeing a dignitary into town.
We waited for seating for quite a while, since we were a fairly large group. After a while they said they could not seat us together because they had been waiting for another large group to leave, but they were staying around to listen to the entertainment for a while. Having heard the entertainment, I found that pretty funny, but to each his own, right?
Anyway, we had to sit separately but the tables were L-shaped beside each other. Marc, the L family, and Jill, John, and Sophie got the long part of the L. Anita and I sat with Brooklynn and Bella on the open side that looked over the water.
A warning to heed.
I had no plans to get oysters.
I so wish I was sitting beside these girls right now.
I always miss them when we are apart, but with Brooklynn having gone through her 'trauma' this week, it has been harder. The helicopter grandma in me wanted to be there, but Jill and John needed to be allowed to be the grown-ups that they are, and I know she would have let me know if she had needed anything. The timing was not good, either, with school starting. I am thankful that their church friends covered dinner for three nights. The little girls were in school. Jill stayed home with Brooklynn the day after surgery. They had everything they needed. Still, I feel like I should have done something to help, and I really have missed them a lot this week.
The dinner itself was good, or at least I thought so. I had a very large fish sandwich. I'll let the others weigh in on what they had.
The service left much to be desired. The waitress had friends who had come in to eat, and she spent about 90% of her time standing around their table talking. She barely took care of us.
After dinner we went out back for the girls to feed the fish. That was a bit nerve-wracking, as there was very little guard rail to keep the little ones from falling into the water, so we adults had to be right beside them every second.
Manatee information.
Poor fellas. They just float along and can be in all kinds of danger so easily.
I guess we called it a night after we got back to the cottage, because I have no further pictures. I did a horrible job documenting that day.
I do remember texting with
Dream*It, and she told me they had eaten at Shutters at Vero after swimming, and it wasn't great. I will see if she can come over and elaborate.
That was the end of June 16th.
On a non-Disney note, Brooklynn started her week with surgery and will end it with a birthday. Tomorrow she will be seven big wonderful years old. She has been an incredible blessing to my life in so many ways, and I thank God for her every day. She's becoming such an amazing person of her own, not just a little kid any more. I love spending time just talking to her and hearing stories about her friends and things she does. I am incredibly thankful to the good doctors, nurses, and techs who took care of her this week, and I am glad it was the simple procedure it was with no glitches.
Brooklynn, thanks for making me a MeMom. I love this job! 
Hope Brooklyn has a great 7th b'day!!!
