We had a wonderful birthday party at the CCAI annual reunion on June 16th. It was great to see families from our travel group. We had the opportunity to see Marie (our CCAI representative in Chongqing). It was wonderfully emotional and sweet. Marie was absolutely fabulous while we were in Chongqing. She is a very patient and caring person.
Eliza was baptised on June 17th. Both sets of grandparents, several aunts and uncles, cousins and lots of friends and loved ones were present. It was very memorable and special.
My mom spent a week with us after Eliza's birthday...what a gift.
Eliza continues making progress...eating only table food and whole milk now, pushing herself into sitting and lying back down on the floor, scooting backward on the wood floors and forward on the carpet, resting her head on our shoulders, babbling more...you name it! We will schedule a visit with an orthotist soon to have little braces made for her little legs. She has too much mobility in her joints and needs a little more stability to be able to weight bear safely.
We went to the mountains for the fourth of July and had a great couple of days. When we returned home, Eliza had trouble sleeping. She was awake most of the night for four nights. July 7th Eliza started running a low grade fever, throwing up at night, not eating during the day, and digging in her ears like she was mining for gold. Monday, July 9th, her fever peaked at 103.4! We took her to the doctor...she had a virus (causing fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and a crazy red rash), both of her ears were infected, and she cut both bottom molars. Of all of those things, the molars were by far the worst and caused pain for 6 days. She's sleeping through the night now, we're finished with yet another course of antibiotics, and she's starting to roll around and sit up again (she pretty much didn't move for 7 days).
She's playing peek-a-boo (little fists in front of her nose equals "you can't see me"). It's very sweet! We think she's saying "Hi", "Dada" and "Mama"(and what we think matters). She Loves the water now. Bath time is fun, little swimming pools are fun, and big swimming pools are the best.
She cut an upper incisor this week and it looks like she'll be getting an upper molar soon. Yippee?!?
2 comments:
Jane,Kyle, & Eliza,
What beautiful pictures. We really enjoy seeing them to see how she is growing. She sure is a cute baby. I have been checking in to see if there was anything new and Lo and Behold tonight there was something new.
Uncle Dutch & Aunt Leone
You're back! She is such a cutie. I am sorry for all the sickness. It all seems to come at once, hugh?
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