OK, so this week would be week 7 since the FBI processed the payment. Their website says it should only be up to 6 weeks to get the results of the background check. So I called my home study agency and they said that they already got our results (and never told me!). So I am very excited- James and I are going to finish everything up here this week to finally get the home study complete! Maybe we can get it done in the next day or two... The only thing left is James' autobiography statement and getting our financial forms together. Piece of cake!
We are thankful for everyone's support and prayers over us and over little Evan! This weekend, we received personal confirmation from God over many matters of our life and we are so ecstatic to know we are walking in His will with this adoption. God is doing some AMAZING things in our hearts, giving us such vision for our future. Thank you Jesus!
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
David's 16-month milestones
I can't believe that David is 16 months old already! He is growing up so quickly- literally. He is such a big boy for having Down syndrome! I gotta take him into the doctors soon for his next check-up to see where he is on the growth charts. For his 1-year he is about 50%tile for all boys for height and weight, and about 95%tile for Down syndrome boys height and weight.
I'll just mentions some new things that David is able to do:
-He easily knows how to clap his hands, pat his legs, high-5's. This stuff is simple to him now.
-He will sign "all done" and "daddy".
-He is cruising on his own! I just need to put some snacks on the other side of the sofa as "motivation"- since toys don't seem to cut it.
-He's army crawling a lot to motivating things. I'll have to excite him with something- he's not looking across the room at something just there and deceiding that he'll crawl to it. So just simple baby-proofing for now. So far what motivated him are: my camera, car keys, food, and sometimes the tambourine.
-He's getting in 3 teeth at the moment. 2 top molars- bilaterally, and one center tooth on the bottom. He hasn't gotten any recent fevers! Praise the Lord!
-David is so close to being able to push from floor into the sitting position. He'll be so close, and then he'll push his legs straight out of habit and get out of position to get up. We're working on this...
-David can pull to stand if there is something easy to hold on to at the perfect level.
There's a lot of little things to post... but I don't have time at the moment, David just woke up from his nap!
I'll just mentions some new things that David is able to do:
-He easily knows how to clap his hands, pat his legs, high-5's. This stuff is simple to him now.
-He will sign "all done" and "daddy".
-He is cruising on his own! I just need to put some snacks on the other side of the sofa as "motivation"- since toys don't seem to cut it.
-He's army crawling a lot to motivating things. I'll have to excite him with something- he's not looking across the room at something just there and deceiding that he'll crawl to it. So just simple baby-proofing for now. So far what motivated him are: my camera, car keys, food, and sometimes the tambourine.
-He's getting in 3 teeth at the moment. 2 top molars- bilaterally, and one center tooth on the bottom. He hasn't gotten any recent fevers! Praise the Lord!
-David is so close to being able to push from floor into the sitting position. He'll be so close, and then he'll push his legs straight out of habit and get out of position to get up. We're working on this...
-David can pull to stand if there is something easy to hold on to at the perfect level.
There's a lot of little things to post... but I don't have time at the moment, David just woke up from his nap!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
AND THE WINNER OF THE $250 GIVEAWAY IS...
Congratulations Melanie Hansen- Ticket #616528- we will be contacting you shortly!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day, and thank you everyone for your love and support!
Teething Fevers
On my last update post of David I also included a picture of him with his first tooth coming in. As of last Friday, we have been experiencing David's first bad teething symptoms...
David woke up Friday morning with a fever of over 104 degrees, and with ibprofen it would go down to 100-101 degrees. But after 6 hours, it would go back up to 104+ degrees. The most his fever went to was 106 degrees! That was Saturday morning at 5am (It only got that high once!). I immediatly gave him some medicine and went to give him a bath in warm water for 30 minutes until the fever broke. I kept singing to him and splashing water on his arms, and trying to distract him from his discomfort... and then I dressed him and his temperature went down to 100 degrees in just 30 minutes! Praise God that I didn't have to take him to the ER!
This morning (Sunday- Mother's Day) David woke up with 101.8 degree temperature, so I gave him a dose of medicine and held him as he rested with me on the couch in a blanket. He became cold, and was sweating- his clothes and the blanket around him were damp! So I took him in our room to sleep, and wrapped him up in more blankets. We all slept for another hour, and I changed him- and for the rest of the day he had a normal temperature and didn't get the "sweats" again! He got fussy around 6pm, but that was because his teeth were hurting him, so I gave him some medicine for that. I am so thankful that David was able to have day being his normal fun self! If he had another day of high fever I would have taken him to the doctor's office just in case it could have been an ear infection or something worse. From what I read, the fever associated with teething is usually a low-grade fever, not a high fever.
So my precious little son is finally getting his teeth- owie! He is getting bilateral molars- so lots of little pokes coming through for each tooth! I appreciate any advice or feedback on how you dealt with teething and fevers! Thank you!
David woke up Friday morning with a fever of over 104 degrees, and with ibprofen it would go down to 100-101 degrees. But after 6 hours, it would go back up to 104+ degrees. The most his fever went to was 106 degrees! That was Saturday morning at 5am (It only got that high once!). I immediatly gave him some medicine and went to give him a bath in warm water for 30 minutes until the fever broke. I kept singing to him and splashing water on his arms, and trying to distract him from his discomfort... and then I dressed him and his temperature went down to 100 degrees in just 30 minutes! Praise God that I didn't have to take him to the ER!
This morning (Sunday- Mother's Day) David woke up with 101.8 degree temperature, so I gave him a dose of medicine and held him as he rested with me on the couch in a blanket. He became cold, and was sweating- his clothes and the blanket around him were damp! So I took him in our room to sleep, and wrapped him up in more blankets. We all slept for another hour, and I changed him- and for the rest of the day he had a normal temperature and didn't get the "sweats" again! He got fussy around 6pm, but that was because his teeth were hurting him, so I gave him some medicine for that. I am so thankful that David was able to have day being his normal fun self! If he had another day of high fever I would have taken him to the doctor's office just in case it could have been an ear infection or something worse. From what I read, the fever associated with teething is usually a low-grade fever, not a high fever.
So my precious little son is finally getting his teeth- owie! He is getting bilateral molars- so lots of little pokes coming through for each tooth! I appreciate any advice or feedback on how you dealt with teething and fevers! Thank you!
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