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Sick Kids again

We finally have our appointment with the dermatologist at Sick Kids on Friday. This is the specialist I've really been waiting to see. I hope he/she can provide us with a magic cream that will take away Brennyn's "itchies". Trust me, I've tried them all. I'm also going to ask if there is something besides Benedryl to help with her nighttime episodes. Sometimes Brennyn wakes up in the middle of the night crying because she is so itchy. I think she has had some sort of nightmare before this happens and she reacts by feeling itchy.

We have noticed that when she gets upset at anything, she gets itchy. Brennyn will be crying about her sister (for example) and the next thing she will be crying because she's itchy.

Brennyn also has white patches on her face/arms/back. Most people who have ADULT syndrome (not that there is much research to go by, since the amount of people who have ADULT syndrome is in the 100's throughout the world) have freckling, but I think Brennyn has developed the patching of her skin instead (she doesn't have a single freckle).

I just hope we can find the best cream to take away the itchies!

Been hanging around the park all summer!

Uploaded some pictures and what did I discover, someone has been playing with mommy's camera again. Although, I think she had an accomplice this time.

I think I'm having writer's block, well except I'm not a writer. I've started countless posts only to erase them after 1 sentence. Not that there isn't a lot going on around here, I just don't feel like blogging about it.

I have joined QQ (chinese version of facebook) and have been chatting with one of Avery's birth cousins. He has been so gracious in answering my 500 questions about Avery's birth family and he has also passed on my messages to Avery's birth father.
In turn, I think I'm helping him with his English. I really don't have the hang of QQ at all, but I can manage the chat part.


The girls have been enjoying their summer, although Avery really wants winter to come back. She really does not like the heat and misses the snow. I still find it amusing that my mid-southern Chinese girl loves the cold Canadian winters.
Brennyn, on the other hand, is not a fan of winter or really a fan of the hot summers. She`s more of a spring or fall kind of a girl!

My kids are growing up

For the first time ever, Brennyn said she didn't want to hold my hand. We were walking on one of the local paths yesterday and I went to grab her hand like normal and she turned to me and said "no mommy, I don't want to hold your hand. I'm a big girl".

Yes you are, but to me you'll always be my little girl!

It's amazing what fun you can have with an empty suitcase!