So I finally made it to the board!
First, Shayna, no I haven’t found the teapot. Those darned things are scarce! You are so very sweet to keep me in mind.
Next, the evilbaby–henceforth known as evilemmy–is doing great! She is 17 months old now. She weighs 19 pounds and is 27 1/2" tall.
She can say, “No” (of course!), “Momma”, “Dadda”, “Dog”, “Cow”, “Kitty”, “PawPaw”, and can almost (but not quite) say, “Hasek” (our dog). She is trying hard to walk, too. The most steps she has taken without falling so far is four. She tries all the time. She can stand up fine without falling but keeping her balance while walking is something we’re still working on.
She received her last Synagis vaccination (to prevent RSV) last month. That should be the last one ever as she should have grown enough healthy lung tissue now that if she were to get RSV, she would very likely be hospitalized but would survive.
She eats grown-up food exclusively. She’s not the world’s greatest with a spoon but we’re working on it. She can use a fork without too much trouble–provided the food she is eating is easy to spear. She drinks from a sippy cup most of the time–although when she’s tired, she gets a bottle.
She has two bottom teeth and four upper teeth. They are discolored from the powerful drugs she was given. However, the dentist says that since it happened when she was so young, it most likely won’t affect her permanent teeth.
Her chest scars are fading nicely, although they will never fully disappear. Her hemangioma is involuting well and is hardly noticeable now. The scar on her upper forehead (from an infiltrated I.V.) is fading but she still doesn’t grow hair around it and might never.
Speaking of hair, her’s is finally growing! For a while there we thought she’d be perpetually bald! It is very blonde–as mine was as a small child. With her giant blue eyes, it makes an absolutely beautiful package if I do say so myself! However, since she doesn’t grow hair around her scar very well, her hairstyle is becoming rather mullet-like!
So far as pictures go–there are a few on her website (see sig) and I have more to upload as soon as I get around to it. The ones that are in her photo album on her site are from her first birthday party.
Whew! Get me started on one of my favorite topics and see what you get? I wish this site wasn’t blocked at work–I’d get a lot more reading and posting in!
Glad I checked here to find out and get the update.