Her surgery went very well and it was easy to keep her calm the first day & a half, but after that I spent my time making sure she wasn’t running, jumping, climbing, etc. That was hard to do for a 4 year old!!! It has now been almost 3 weeks and she is back to normal. Her belly button looks great and we got to go swimming again last weekend since it had been 2 weeks. She had her end of the year school party on Friday May 15th. Each class put on a performance and her class sang 2 songs. Natalie actually sang the songs and did the movements that went with them. She had fun at the party but since it was the same week of the surgery we had to keep a close eye on her to make sure she was taking it easy. The last day of school was Wed. May 20th and her class had a pizza party. Each student got a certificate and the kids had fun playing with each other one last time before the start of summer.
Getting ready to perform
Singing her song
With her teacher Ms. Wendy
Getting her certificate
The whole class with Ms. Wendy
An Alexis update...
At the beginning of May we had Alexis' 9 month check up. At the time of the appointment she had lost weight from her 6 month appt (she only weighs 14 lbs 12 oz now), she couldn’t sit up on her own, couldn’t crawl and didn’t want to bear weight on her legs. At the appointment the doctor told us he was going to have someone to come out to evaluate her because he was concerned about her physical development. Thankfully, all of her mental developments are on track. He also wanted us to try to fatten her up so over the past month we have been feeding her a lot. I have also been trying to get her on formula, but that has not gone well at all. Of course a few days after the appointment she started sitting up on her own & army crawling. I guess she just needed us to be freaked out to show off what she can do! Now she is all over the house crawling after me. A week after the appt she also started to bear weight on her legs. So the week of Natalie's surgery we get a call from the people the doctor called to evaluate the baby. We find out that they are from Cerebral Palsy of Arizona. So of course I start stressing thinking the doctor thinks Alexis was showing signs of this! They couldn't come out for about a week & a half so I was going out of my mind watching every move Alexis made wondering if there was something wrong. It wouldn’t make us love her any less, but I wanted to know what was going on with my baby. The evaluator came out end of last week, asked a lot of questions and had Alexis do lots of exercises to see what she can do (THANKS Erin for watching Natalie during this so I could focus on Alexis). Once the evaluator went through her paperwork she determined Alexis is a bit behind for babies her age, but not showing signs of a disability at this point. The only thing they would like to see her doing at this point is crawling up to something and pulling her self up. They said if she is not doing this the month after her 1st birthday to call and they will come evaluate her again. We were very relieved to have this over with and I felt like I could breathe again! Alexis is a really good baby and LOVES watching Natalie.
We are glad the month of May is coming to an end and are looking forward the the adventures of the summer!
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