Well today (Friday Dec. 5) SK and I went out with some friends to an arts and crafts kinda thing here in town called Christmas Village. I felt very normal being out with my baby and my stroller today along with the other gazillion people who were also out with their babies and their strollers. In fact someone said to me that they thought a stroller was a prerequisite to get in and I really can't argue with them, but it was fun anyway. Ya'll I don't think I have been in the presence of so much and so cute baby girl stuff ever. Of course there were clothes of all types: winter, summer, dresses, tops and bottoms. Then there were burp cloths, I already have way too many of those so I had to pass. There were bibs, darlin' bloomers, which I passed up but didn't want to. There were bags, bows, personalized room decorations and precious little ornaments. I know your burning question, "What did I end up with for SK?" Well, I did the best I could so that I could keep peace at home (and by at home I mean with Chad) and still satisfy my desire for all things cutsy girly....I bought the cutest summer outfit I have ever seen, besides all the ones she wore last summer of course, b/c they were the cutest too. So see, she doesn't have any summer outfits right and she NEEDS summer outfits right, so there money well spent. It didn't hurt that my friend bought her an outfit for her birthday while we were there too, pink and chocolate SK's signature colors. That's not all we got but those were the most fun.
We also had a good week of therapy. SK's occupational therapist that we see every Wednesday and just love got Sophie's left leg and hip into full external rotation and got her right leg and hip very close to full external rotation. What does that mean for SK? It means she got her left foot to her mouth and her right foot almost to her mouth. Big deal, right, all babies can put their own feet in their mouths. No, Sophie Kate has never been able to do that, her muscles are just too tight and too stiff. It's going to take a lot of work to keep her that flexible and even the next day when I was working with her I noticed that she had already lost some of it, but at least we know that she is capable of getting there and we will continue to work on that for her. It will be very helpful in her learning to sit unassisted. Speaking of that SK is now up to between 20 seconds and 1 minute of being able to sit by herself, so she is making progress it just continues to be slow. God give me patience, I want it now for her.
Also, this week the Early Intervention program that we are in that provides home services for Sophie, brought us a stander for her. She's not quite tall enough for it yet so we have to make one small adjustment to it, but we have put her in it once. It allows her to put weight on and stand on her feet, something she loves to do anyway. It's a little hard to describe in a post so I will try to get pictures soon. It involves various straps, but as soon as we customize it for her I know she is going to like it. Ask anyone who has spent anytime with her and they will tell you how much that girl loves to stand, it's just getting her to do it the right way and this stander will help her do that. Yeah, I'm so excited for Sophie.
I am slowly getting Christmas shopping taken care of thanks to some friends volunteering to come over and keep SK, that has been a huge help, thanks to everyone who is involved with that. Actually, the best part of it is that I get a few hours to myself, that is priceless to me as it is to any mama.
It has been a good week here, hope it has been for ya'll too.
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