She is doing so, so well! She is very attached to her mama - which I love! She loves wrestling with her daddy and loves for him to tickle her. When he stops, she asks for more! She loves playing with her sisters and wants to do everything they do. Cooper and Calli are either best friends or...not so best friends. :) Being just a year apart is really fun sometimes and not fun other times. She gets so excited when Kendall gets home from school and Kendall can pretty much do anything with her and she loves it. We just love these three precious girls.
She's still sleeping all night (most nights) and eating well. She doesn't have to have quite as many snacks throughout the day. She's drinking from a straw now! Her speech is progressing - we know what she is trying to say a lot of the time and she knows what we are saying all the time. We have started speech therapy and will increase this now that we are post-palate surgery.
We went for her post-op appointment for her tubes with the ENT and she passed her hearing test! She did not pass it before her surgery, because she had so much fluid in her ears. He said she looks great and he doesn't need to see her for 6 months! Yesterday was her follow up with our cleft doctor, Dr. T, and he was impressed with how her palate and her lip are continuing to heal! He said her scar looks great and that her palate is great! Next step is to have a meeting with the whole cleft team, to especially focus on letting the speech specialist meet with her. He said he wants to be aggressive with that, but that she also still needs more time for her palate muscles to heal and relax, so we scheduled that for 6 months from now. It's so nice to have a break from all the surgeries, procedures, and appointments!
I get to be the one to rock Calli before bed every night. Randy tries, but she still chooses me to be the one to put her to bed. Every single night, I am overwhelmed by the wonder of how she became ours and how we became hers. This sweet little girl that did not come from my body lays against my chest, snuggles her head into my neck, and completely relaxes and trusts me. It's amazing to me! I'm amazed that I get to be the one to be her mama. This has been an awesome 6 months, and we can't wait to see what the next 6 months hold!
