Ella, Kate, and Grandparents

Monday morning Kate had her nine month check up. She is doing well (34% weight ,60 something% height). Everything is good. She didn't have to have any shots either...always a plus. Later that day, Laurie and I went to Target and I saw something that looked like a sty in Ella's eye (didn't mean to rhyme there). The next morning her eye looked a little red and by Wednesday she woke up with it swollen badly. It was not pretty. So we went back to the doctors and she has conjunctivitis (pink eye) and cellulitis. She is on eye drops and an oral antibiotic now and she is much improved since yesterday. She is not a fan of the eye drops but is being very brave about it.

Here she is looking much improved from the day before. Almost normal.

Kate has just been crawling for a few weeks now and she has been great about not getting into too much trouble. No trying to crawl down the stairs, eating electrical cords, etc. I am hoping that it stays that way. She did fall off one of the kitchen chairs with Ella's help yesterday, but overall has been pretty good to stay near the toys. I am sure that will all end soon enough, but we are enjoying it for now.

Ella loves carting Kate around. Kate...not so much.

Also, my parents came home from their mission almost two weeks ago. It was so much fun to see them again. Their flight was originally scheduled to arrive at 7:30 pm but they missed their flight in NY so they had to get on the next flight which was scheduled to arrive at 11:30. It was late. I think they finally arrived a little after midnight. It was a bit of an adventure carting the kids to the airport that late. Justin was still in Thailand, but everyone did well. Kate was really tired, but we all made it safely to Grantsville around 1:30am.
The kids were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa that they went running up to them the second they got to the bottom of the escalator. People were getting backed up behind them. It has been nice to have them home. On Tuesday they came to Spanish to visit Gary and Tiffany because Haydon had been sick the night they came home and they hadn't seen them yet. They stopped by our house to visit and we were able to go on a walk and the kids showed them their new bikes, scooters, etc. It was nice to have them here for a visit again.