Sunday, March 7, 2010

Heidi finally noticed that Hannah doesn't have a hemangioma

Heidi and Hannah were taking a bath this morning when Heidi lifted up Hannah's left arm and said "Where's that 'mangioma?" She said it kind of the way someone would say "Where's your tummy?" to a baby just before tickling it. ... Heidi was born with a hemangioma on the upper our right/her left side of her tummy (kind of at the bottom of her rib cage). It was bright red and raised when she was a baby, but now it has faded to almost her skin color and is a little bumpy (not raised anymore). When Hannah was a little baby, I wondered when she would notice that Hannah didn't have one... It took Heidi a little over a year to notice. I told her that Hannah did not have one. She wanted to know why Hannah didn't have one, but she did, so I told her that hers was a special princess mark (kind of like the one that the princess has in The Princess and the Pauper barbie movie). I probably shouldn't have told her that, though. She may tell Hannah someday that she is not a real princess because she doesn't have the special princess mark. Oh well. I guess we will deal with that when it happens.

Hannah likes to say "ticka ticka" and tickle her own tummy... or even someone else's. She usually laughs a lot when she does this. Maybe Heidi was going to tickle her tummy where she thought her hemangioma was this morning in the bathtub.

1 comment:

Southern Belle said...

I never knew that Heidi had a hemangioma. That is also the first time I have ever heard that word! Haha... that is a funny story:)