Standing in Utah

Grace just needed a little motivation. The day after the Early Intervention people came she decided to try out her legs again. While in Utah she was very brave and stood unassisted several times. In the last photo I guess that she stood for nearly 2 minutes because she was so fascinated by her shadow on the dishwasher. She was mesmerized and just waved her hands in front of it for a while before she realized what she had done and sat down.

My Grace

As many of you may know, we've been worried about Grace's development lately. Today we had some people from Early Intervention come and evaluate her to see where she's at developmentally. She scored pretty high on a lot of their tests, but as suspected is only at an 11 month level with her gross motor skills. I am so thankful that there are programs like this so that moms like me don't have to worry so much. They are also going to help me with Grace's eating problems. She has improved a lot since my post two months ago, but we still have a long way to go. I am also thankful for the support group I have with my friends and family! You guys are awesome! We are lucky to have you!

UPDATE: I know it's only the next day and that we haven't done anything different sense yesterday, but I am proud to report that several times today Grace stood unsupported! Erik is afraid she will learn to walk while we are in Utah and he will miss it.

Grace talking to Mommy

it was bed time so she didn't want to say much more than
"bye bye"

time for another "Holy cow!" post

Grace is now 16 months (almost 17) and my how she's grown! at her 15 month appointment she weighed in at 23lbs and 32inches (ha, I just noticed that). when she was born she weighed in a 4lbs 7 oz and 17.5 inches. they say your kid is supposed to double their size by 1, and she's done it! Still not walking, but talking up a storm and loves to sing. recently she's started doing this weird crawl thing where she is on one knee and "walking" with her right leg. anyone else's kid do this? she favors her right leg heavily when walking so we've got an appointment with early intervention. guess we'll see what they say. Anyway, here are the most recent pictures of Grace.