2 Months

This picture was taken on 3-14-11, forever family day! What a change has taken place since.

It was 2 months ago on Saturday that we met Grace. I think it's difficult for any of us to imagine life without her. She is the icing on the cake, such a joy and a blessing. She definitely completes our family. I know I've said this 1,000,000 times but I am so proud of my boys and the love that they have for their little sister. We found out on Monday that Grace had a UTI. I am not sure how long she has had it because she has a very high tolerance for pain. But, her happy, funny personality changed and she was sad and irritated most of the time. The boys all had scratch marks on their faces from her. But, that didn't stop them for sneaking up and grabbing her for a quick smooch on the cheek before she took a swipe at them. I was starting to really worry about her, because she was either clinging to me for dear life or asking to go night-night at all times. We were actually kind of relieved (while still anxious) when she spiked a fever, and we realized this was physical and not some sort of problem with her bonding. So anyway, she is back to her usual self now and is so funny. She tried sleeping in the basement with the boys tonight and was very proud of herself, but ended up in her own bed for the night. Her vocabulary continues to grow by leaps and bounds. I think by six months here she'll be talking in sentences. Her special need has been a total non-issue, though we are doing our due diligence and taking her to a specialist at UofM sometime soon. We are waiting for an appointment. Today Will asked me if there was anything else that we don't know about Grace. I thought that was kind of a loaded question and asked him for an example. His answer was, "Like that she has too much ear wax." (She had to go to the ENT to have wax removed in order to rule out an ear infection.) I laughed on the inside, but told him that there was lots we didn't know, and that hopefully we would continue to find out the important things.