Therapy

Our speech therapist, one of three, came by today.  We discussed just going straight to solids.  For Adelina they are easier to eat and she wants to try what we are having.  She tasted yogurt and a smoothie today, if I'd had ten seconds I would have given her more smoothie, she LOVED it!  Unless she is formula fed we were told that most babies don't care for baby food and just to start with the things we eat and puree them.  So, welcome to the table little princess :)

Physical therapy came by yesterday and once again this little gal was ready.  She is able to sit for about 30 seconds, more if she is interested in what is in front of her.  She likes to jump up and down and is getting pretty skilled at push ups.  Her PT had her kneel up to a board but she didn't want to kneel, she decided to crawl over the board.  It was a little rocky on the other side since she didn't use her hands but just her legs.  We are now working on crawling.  It takes two people to more her arms and legs but considering that she has only been allowed to use her arm and chest muscles for a couple of weeks this is huge progress.  I thought for sure she would sleep the rest of the day, instead she threw up and took a cat nap.

We finally bit the bullet and

got daddy a smart phone.  He has patiently waited FOREVER but until now we just couldn't justify it.  The kids have been excited all day that we can finally send him pictures.  Luckily, my phone shares to his ipad so he sees pictures and videos that we have taken throughout the day.  Adelina still doesn't love facetime but we make sure that she sees daddy often.

Just enjoying the journey

We have been enjoying spending time in the sunshine and have had very little time inside.  Adelina is now our fourth to take up jogging with mommy.  Luckily I am so slow that grandma can walk along side.  She enjoys playing on the floor, watching from the highchair, jumping in her jumper but most often just being held.  We take turns trying to get our Addy to laugh, so much joy in such a little body.

bananas

We have been trying to get Adelina to take food by mouth.  She thinks we are playing a game.  She takes milk from a bottle like a rabbit and until yesterday would just taste bananas.  Thanks to her aunt Heather she took about a tablespoon of bananas last night and was happy the whole time.

5 months old!

Our precious 5 month old is now 15 lbs 10 ounces.  She loves to laugh and babble.  She rolls from front to back, sits with minimal support, passes her pacifier from hand to hand and puts it in her mouth and is a wonderful sleeper.  She likes drops of milk and tastes of bananas.  We are blessed to have her in our family.

Laughter

Two days ago I heard the sweetest sound and looked over to see my little man putting on a show to get Adelina to laugh.  She laughed once and then laughed over and over again, a full on belly laugh.  We were laughing just as hard as she was.  All the kids then started to chase their tails to get the same response.  We are so grateful to have this little one in our home.

Doing great

We are doing great and just enjoying loving up our Adelina.  She has just started to take a few drops of milk and a tiny bit of bananas on a spoon.  The first time she tried milk the speech therapist and I had woken her up so she was pretty unhappy, she tasted the milk and was all smiles.  I can not express how much joy it gave us to have her take the smallest amount of food by mouth.  One drop at a time we will figure this out :)

So Blessed!

We have had an uneventful month.  No quick trips to Primary Children's.  Adelina is so happy 99% of the time.  Her big brother and sisters adore her and can often be found hugging, singing, telling stories, and laughing with her.

We haven't been able to really bathe her due to her sternal precautions.  I've just used a sink before but it's too tricky to hold her up without hurting her.  Yesterday after her four month immunizations we ran to walmart and I finally got a baby bathtub.  We bathed her this morning and she HATED it.  Poor sweet girl.  She has been asleep ever since, I guess all that upset was too much.

She weighs 15 lbs, and is 24 inches long.  She has outgrown most of her 6 month clothes but the 9 month are a little long on her.  Bows leave bruises on her head but we are taking advantage of her silky hair to spike it up a little.