Friday, April 11, 2008

Family Picture


I'm posting a picture of the entire family that was taken at church for our directory. It's one of the few of all 3 of us that we have, and even more rare of us all dressed up!! It's hard to get a group shot when I have to take the picture. I know, I know I could do the self-timer, but holding Haylie still long enough to get it set up would be a nightmare!! So, I didn't think this one turned out too badly. I intend to take Haylie to get some professional pictures done soon, and send them out to everybody. But seems like every weekend is taken up with other "must do's".
Our Booster is growing up and learning new things so fast. We don't go back to the doctor for an official weigh-in for another couple of weeks, but I'm sure she's gained weight and also length since she is quickly growing out of her 12 month size clothes. She's even starting to get a little belly on her!! She is now saying "hello, bye-bye, mama, dada, cracker, and thank you". She absolutely loves the telephone and to her everything is a telephone. Pens, toys, papers, you name it. Yesterday, she even picked up a sock and put it to her ear and said "ell-o".

We had 1st Steps evaluate her and started speech and occupational therapy, just because she was behind a little, and also because of the whole not eating solid foods issue. The big news is that just within the last week she has started eating goldfish, cheerios, and some stage 3 baby food--yahoo!! It was like she flipped a switch and just started sticking them in her mouth and swallowing. That was before ANY OT visits. The therapist was amazed and says she really doesn't need to work with her any more for that. The speech therapist also was amazed at how quickly she has started picking up words. Guess we'll continue that, but doesn't seem like we'll need to for long. She is just a little genius as my mother has predicted all along!!

3 comments:

Dawn said...

Great picture, she is just a doll :)

kitzkazventure said...

Beautiful, Beautiful! What a Beautiful Family! We have plans tomorrow but Mondays are good for us too! Call me! Did you see the pic of Kim and Eli....adorable!
Talk soon! k

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful picture! It is so nice to see these little ones come home and do so well. We adopted in May 2005 from the same baby house. Our son is still small for his age but a very busy 4 year old. I started following your blog back in December when you were waiting and everyone else was returning to get their children. I really knew the feeling you felt. This happened to us also. If you would ever like to chat - ddhefty@yahoo.com. Take care. Danette