Making Progress

Things have been quite low key the last couple of days.  We all have colds.  Bill especially has been feeling the worst with a really bad sore throat.  Today, thankfully, we are feeling a little better.

We are amazed by Juliana each and every day.  She is handling everything so well.  She is taking 1 or 2 naps a day and sleeping great at night.  She will fall asleep on my lap and then I put her in the crib.  Sometimes she wakes up when I do this, but with a little comfort and reassurance she goes back to sleep.  She may wake up once during the night for a diaper change, but goes back down fairly easily.  We could not ask for a better eater.  She loves to eat and has been happy with almost everything we offer her.  Vegetables, meat or chicken, yogurt, bananas, cheese, just about anything.  And BREAD!!  Our girl can eat some bread.  She would love to have the entire roll in her hands.  We have learned she now gets it last.  It is her dessert!  She also loves her stroller which thrills us.  Sometimes she climbs into it even when we are not going anywhere.  But when we are going somewhere and we open that hotel room door she squeals with delight.  If we are out for a meal she will stay in it to eat.  We still have to work on getting her comfortable in a high comfortable in a high chair. 
She says Dada and Mama.  I wasn't sure if she using them in reference to us or just saying them.  The other day I was holding her when I took a picture of Bill.  She saw him on the camera screen and said "Dada!".  Another time she looked into a bag holding bananas and said "nanas" 
She responds to her name when we say it.  Again, I have to say she amazes us!  She has learned what in the room is not for her to play with-such as the phone, garbage can, Daddy's paperwork.  She will walk by something she shouldn't have pointing and shaking her finger at it.  I guess she is having a little conversation with herself about it!

We are thankful for her every day.  We are blessed God chose us to be her Mommy and Daddy.  We can not wait to get home with her.  To continue our life as a family. 

We also want to wish our family and friends a Happy Hanukkah!  Especially Grandma Carol, Aunt Cindy, Aunt Barbara and cousins Jake & Rachel!  We love you all very much!

After breakfast today we went to the hotel gym just for some new scenery  for Juliana without having to bundle up to go outside.  She had a blast!  She decided to work off some of that bread!  Don't worry the treadmill was not on.