Little Miracles

I don't mean this to be a health update blog, but I needed to document two little miracles in our family that have made my heart lighter.
#1 Asher's improved skin. After 2 months of trying different things, our pediatrician had no more ideas to help Asher's skin - eczema all over and severe cradle cap. She referred us to an awesome pediatric dermatologist and 4 prescriptions and 48 hours later the little man looks 100 times better. Here he is about 2 weeks ago, eating rice cereal for the first time with his crusty, oozing head:

And then, yesterday. Clear head, no red itchy patches all over:

The best part is that he feels so much better. Huge relief. He still is not mobile (that is fine with me) but he used to wiggle his way to the corner of his crib at night so that he could rub his head on the side. So sad. He also doesn't have to wear socks on his hands anymore to keep him from scratching.
#2: K-K-K-Cadie. Little miss started speech therapy this month and has made huge strides. During her second session she pronounced her name correctly for the first time ever. And this week she found her "g." It is awesome to see her excited as she figures out her sounds and I hope it will give her more confidence in communicating with her friends at school.

My little miracles.

The view from almost four feet up

The update: we are all happy and seem to have a good routine going on. We haven't done anything blog worthy for a little bit as most of our down time has been spent being down or recuperating. The new day-care germs have had their way with the Toman household to to the tune of 8 Dr.'s visits in the month of January. Despite our sickness, we are all happy and things are working out well with the new job. Cadie loves her new "school" and the first thing out of her mouth when anyone asks how she likes it is "I sleep there!" Which is partly untrue as she would rather keep playing than rest during nap time and thus she doesn't often actually sleep. But that is the part of school that is most fascinating to her.
Cadie got a camera hand-me-down for Christmas and I recently downloaded the pictures. The majority are blurry or of the ground (and there is a series of lip/inside mouth shots) but I thought I'd share a few of the gems. It is fun to see life from her point of view.