Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Catch Up!

So... surprise, surprise! Our little one can sit by herself! We tried sitting her up one night to see what would happen and she just stayed upright! She didn't last very long, but she can do it! We've been so used to her being weak that it didn't occur to us to try sooner. Ellie also started rolling over this past week. She likes to roll across the room, but she reaches a certain point and her feeding tube gets pulled tight and she has to stop. Who knew that the pump would also double as a leash! We have to get her off this pump soon because it is getting in her way. It still will be some time though. She continues to retch a few times a day and the surgery has loosened enough that she can now throw up. We're not making any progress with feeding, but this girl is sure getting stronger!


Everyone loves little sister!


Our family on the Conference Center roof. There is actually a meadow on top of the building. Cool!


Out and about with friends from Oregon. We loved having them with us for a week!
We toured Temple Square, took 10 kids out to eat, went to the Oquirrh Mountain LDS temple open house (the cookies afterwards were great!), hiked, and just enjoyed our time together.




Our good friends from Chicago also came for a night.


My baby is old enough to leave me for 4 days to go to Girl's Camp! She had a blast!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

First Real Photos

Ellie got her first real pictures taken today. She has been a pretty happy baby lately. We had good friends staying with us last week and she loved all the attention. Her new medication has gotten her retching down to 2-3 times per day. Yay! She has started attempts at drinking formula from a cup and having tastes of apple juice on a spoon. This gives her about a molecule or two of formula and juice. Her faces as she tries "real food" give us lots of entertainment! I will try to capture some on our camera later.
I wish I was this flexible!