New Year

Okay, it hasn't quite been a whole month since my last post, but come on, it was Christmas!  And what a Christmas!  She had no idea what was going on... it was all for Mike and me.  We took her to see Santa and she didn't cry at all, but she is used to many different faces.  She couldn't figure out how to open presents, so we had to help her, and she didn't quite get that they were for 'her.'  We had a big dinner on the 28th and she definitely enjoyed the full house.  She is becoming much more outgoing with other kids now!  She will yell along and try to play with them.  She is also acting a little more shy around new people and clinging to us.  It makes me feel good to know we make her feel safe.

She is also doing somersaults on her own now! 

We still don't have a surgery date... I'm hoping they call this week as it is the first full work week since we had our visit.  She had another speech pathology appointment and she booked us in for a few clinics in the new year.  I am looking forward to those. 

She really is just a little wonder to me.  I wish so badly that I could understand her gibberish because she is clearly saying things, which leads me to believe she understands me almost perfectly.  She will answer the same questions with the same rambling but is clearly saying different things for different questions.  Her intonation is stellar.  It really is as if she is just talking back.  She has started eating a little less... she must finally feel full after all this time.  She has grown 4 inches in the last 4.5 months.   She has gone from wearing clothing sized 3-6 months to 18 months!  She still doesn't have equal hair growth on the left side of her head because of all the hair twirling she does hahaha.  She is also starting to show her defiance towards us.  She is starting to throw little fits that last  2 seconds but she has a lot of anger in those.  She tenses up completely and will hit her hand or head on something while screaming.  Then she is past it and moves on to another activity with our prompting.  She still does not sleep deeply, and therefore I do not either.  She has less frequent cries out but she does still toss and turn an awful lot and it takes her forever to fall asleep at night.  But the laughter, singing, and personality makes up for all the little frustrations.  I really feel like she loves it here and loves us.