We're now safely moved in to our new place, and just have a few boxes remaining... and they will likely sit exactly where they are for a good amount of time! Amazing the quantity of "stuff" that we can't bear to be rid of, yet can't seem to put to use any time soon.
The latest update on our little babe is that she is a whopping 15.5 pounds, and climbing! At our last visit to the cardiologist, she freed us from the sternal precautions, so we began lifting Ada from under her arms, etc. She is delayed on her gross motor skills and hasn't yet turned over, but we are sure that after the memory of pain is gone and we spend some good tummy time together, she'll figure it out. We all did at some point, didn't we? Also, we no longer have to give her the multivitamin or the diuretic, so she now only has two daily medications (which she is rocking, of course). The cardiologist was so pleased and noticed that the fluid around Ada's heart was nearly gone, so she will not need to see us for another three months! Amazing....
And the pediatrician last week was equally happy with Ada's growth, so we can wait another month for a visit with her. Longer space between visits is a blessing because it communicates to us that things are going well enough that the professionals can trust us to monitor our daughter. So life can be more normal now? We're still keeping Ada "in", and away from germs during flu season, but she is able to get out and about more than ever.
Her current favorite things: anything involving Daddy, watching us jump up and down, laugh-coughing, 6 a.m., her talking dolly, walks outside, and falling alseep over rice cereal breakfast (okay, that only has happened twice, but it was darling, and this was how I could fit that story into the blog!)
