Cruisin' Along

Annie is cruising like crazy! She really looks strong and great. I weighed her a couple of days ago here at home and she was just about 16 pounds, 13 ounces. Wow! We're headed for 17 pounds in what seems like the blink of an eye. (I say she was "just about" because she is pretty squiggly for the scale here at home. It's a decent baby scale, but she just doesn't sit still for a second these days.)

More good news today from Annie's physical therapist and the swallow specialist. We were meeting with them today to follow-up on everything, especially after the alarm felt by the GI a couple of weeks ago. Annie had an audience once again as she ate ... but this time, we weren't hearing any congestion or "wetness" after she ate! That's great news! I feel like I haven't heard her sound junky after she has eaten for the past several days, and it was great to have the experts say they didn't hear it today either. The physical therapist even said Annie sounded better just in the past week. She also continues to improve her spoon feeding capabilities and continues to try new foods, so it's all good news.

Tomorrow we have an office visit and EKG with the cardiologist here in NH. We hope (hope, hope, hope) to get more positive news tomorrow, even if it's not an echo. Then we're headed to the beach for the second time this week, trying to soak up the last gasps of summer up here in New England. (Meanwhile, I'm happily busy planning the big birthday party! Mike Morris will be performing for the kids (but he's great fun for the adults, too). Check him out at http://www.mikemorris.us/. )

Photos are from a summer visit with my nieces, Ella and Evie (Lori's girls). Annie took a break in the middle of our visit to the park and the girls had fun decorating our driveway. Annie certainly was enthralled with all the activity while the girls were visiting. It was a cousin-fest of girls!

Happy end of summer and start of school, everyone!