A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Hello my gorgeous little pumpkin:

Its been a little while since mommy has written to you. Life continues to be good and as healthy as can be ..... of course with a few little hiccups along the way, but nothing serious. Which surprises us to no end because we were really dreading this winter and you getting sick, but thank the Lord you are as healthy as a T18 baby can be. The one thing that we have learnt is that not giving you ACC200 for two days or so causes your chest to go a bit haywire so we confirmed with the doctor and he is happy that we give it to you on a continous basis. You have also had a few seizures along the way, some bad, some not as bad .... well I suppose they are all bad so maybe its best just to say that you have recovered quicker from some than others. Although I would prefer that you didnt have any at all.

We have had grumpy days, constipated days and runny tummy days and well, lets not forget your tearful days and some very sleepless days. But all in all we definately cant complain.

Now to some people having had all these little "hiccups"  could be major and even annoying things, but for us they are small, well compared to what we have already expreienced in your little life time with us so far.

In the last few weeks you seem to be exploring a little more than normal which is great, but not so great when want to do it in the middle of the night and we are a little sleep deprived, but the nevertheless moments that we cherish. You are more observant of your toys and reach out and grab them and hold on to them more often which is awesome. Although you dont hold on for very long it is a huge achievement and we are always in complete awe when you do it. Now we just have to get you to stop smacking yourself with them. It is quite cute actually cause every time you do it, you close your eyes like its a complete surprise, but we know you are just showing off and saying hey mom look at me :-)

The other day we had a heart stoppintg and ever so proud moment, ok well at least mommy did. I was holding you over my shoulder like I normally do and your left arm was down by your side as it usually is. It always seems to be your prefererd position, but on this specific day you lifted your arm and put it tightly around my neck and gave me a hug.  I got goose bumps and my body just tingled all over. I never wanted it to end, I wanted to sit like that with you forever. It was just the most amazing experience and feeling ever, a feeling I want to feel over and over again and yet know in my heart that it wont always be possible and that you will only do it randomly and worst of all that someday I wont ever be able to have that feeling again. But for now and the rest of my life I will cherish every moment like this cause I know just how special they are.

Your laughter is so much more defined and straight from the belly and ever so spontaneous. We dont have to act like clowns for hours on end just to get a smile, now you just seem to smile and laugh at anything and everything. Just like the other day I was changing you nappy and out of the blue you just started with a great big belly laugh and pulling your knees up to your chest, with such enjoyment. It was a pleasure to experience, a priceless and emotional moment that most people take for granted, a moment that we have learnt could always be the last at any given time.

Another thing that you have learnt to compromise with is normally when I hold you over my shoulder you like to push your chin down into my shoulder and click or snap your jaw. Now I figured out that this must be a measurement of comfort for you cause now you have learnt to put your hands under your chin when you are not being held over my shoulder and click or snap your jaw with your hands. I have tried to limit you from doing this because I was scared you would pull your jaw out or something ...... yes the over protective mom again, but have given up and let you be, if it comforts you then that is what you can do.

You have also learnt to take your dummy out your mouth. Now at this point I have to say that you seem to have become rather dependent or attached to you dummy and every time you take it out, well you put up quite a performance.

So the next step is to teach you to put it back in your mouth instead of waving it up in the air.

We are glad that you have taken to your dummy the way that you have because at least you get the sucking motion that is so necessary for children to develop You dont drink a bottle, in fact you really want nothing to do with a bottle or anything of the sort in your mouth - only your dummy. So at least it provides some sort of stimulation, you have even learned to hold on to it with your one little lonesome tooth :-)

So my angel pie, we continue to pray for stable and good health and precious little smiles and adorable laughter and many more precious moments of proving the medial society wrong !!!!

Love you so so so much sweet pea !!