(wherein I plunder my facebook feed for things to blog about)
As most of you know (because I talked about it on Facebook when it happened), my sister-in-law Margo and her husband Josh adopted a baby girl a few weeks ago. It all happened very fast, but becoming parents is something that they had been praying and hoping for for a long time now. The baby's name is Esther Louise, and she is a doll. So. . . I have a niece!
Recently, Margo & Josh had a photo shoot with a photographer friend of theirs, and I wanted to share a bit of the cuteness with all of you--especially since I am currently (still) technologically unable to post pictures of my own babies.
In other news, Esther's cousin, my Ella, has been making so many tracks with her walking and development that as of July 13th (only a few weeks after she started walking in fact) she graduated from physical therapy at her school. We just this found out last week, and it was kind of by accident which I thought was a bit odd. But anyway, she will be reevaluated in January to make sure she stays on track, and she will continue with OT (which she started July 2nd unbeknown to us--again how odd to not tell the parents about adding or dropping therapies) and speech therapy during that time. And even though it will not be in an official capacity, the PTs will still be around Ella and can observe if she has any troubles. So, yay baby!! She is climbing all over things and can now get on both the couch and coffee table all by herself. She's very proud, and while I'm that as well I'm also a nervous wreck. She is also developing several words. She can say, "mommy," "momma," "dada," "byebye," "hi" (all the time), "nightnight", and "da" which means up. I'm pretty sure I'm leaving some out here. She has comprehension of many, many more words. She also signs for "more" or "all done" during meal times, which is incredibly helpful. And she can understand lots of simple commands. Lastly, after seeing us demonstrate it only a couple of times during the Razorback game yesterday, she can now call the Hogs. I'm pretty sure this is Chris' favorite of her new skills :). I think I'll have to be on the lookout for a Razorback cheerleader outfit for her.
As you can tell, we are incredibly proud of the E's in our family. ♦
