The Otte's

What a busy, productive, lovable spring break week. Clutter cleaned up, there is always more to do, but we are getting there. Most everything is painted, I've got one thing left to do, and I'm hoping to get it done tomorrow. I've got things painted and stored out of the way, and we picked up sheets and a few little things here and there for the house. We got Quinn the cutest curtain material, and a lovely night light. I can't wait to get into the house and share all our work with everyone! The Parade of homes is coming up in May and I can't wait to educate folks on what a cute cottage accessible house can look like. It's been a very very busy week, lucky for us Grandma Vicki was here to help us out, and Quinn loved it, she even talked to her, Grandma heard yes, no, yellow, and Grandma a few times, as well as other words. How wonderful our week has been.

We got to see Dr. Martin, our heart doctor, get an EKG and an ultrasound, and thankfully Quinn is still doing great. Her heart does have a small leak, but that is ok, as long as it does not get worse, and it's the same it has been, holding it's own very nicely! Thank you God! This is Quinn's first time to get an ultrasound and not cry! Good job Quinn!
Wow, we stopped out at our house and it was bustling with excitement. There were guys finishing up molding, the roll in shower floor was put in. The cabinets were delivered, and look at Quinn's smile. She loves going out to the house, and that is a good thing! The Southeast college guys were out there working on the deck as well. How exciting!




We met up with Stacie and Suzanne, our Speech and Physical therapists and continued working with Quinn's computer that reads her eyes. We are still in the learning stage, you know the saying practice makes perfect, we still need a lot of practice, but we will get this down sometime, because it's such a great tool for us.
Wednesday after a visit with Quinn's trach doctor, that also was a great visit, as everything is going well, we (Quinn, Grandma Vicki, and I) met Tracy at the zoo, and the weather could not have been any better, it was a lovely day that ended with a trip to see the baby zebra. What a fun afternoon, after working so hard.


Thursday morning, Grandma played with Quinn and I went out to breakfast with a few of the girls I work with. We then went out and looked at the house. We have a porch railing to stand up against now.
We had occupational therapy with Diane and we stretched, rolled, and sang and pointed to what we were singing about.



We ended the week with a haircut. 3 inches off the back! Thanks Megan!