February 26, 2011

Nikki took 7 steps yesterday! She could walk if she would slow down. She gets around faster crawling and she wants to keep up with the dog Otis and Matthew.

She said "up" yesterday when she wanted me to pick her up.

She has a rash all over his neck and chin, I thought it was from the whole milk we were trying to switch her too (Matthew got a rash all over his chest whenever we gave him whole milk when he was first here too). But now I am not too sure, her rash flared up after a few days without milk.

Here is Matthew with his trophy from the cub scout pine wood derby and our neighbor Luke with his. Matthew got first, he is a tiger cub and Luke got third and I think he is a bear cub.

This is how Matthew goes to Luke's house to play in the mud.

Nikki & Otis

Nikki making alphabet soup?

Nikki with cousins Jayden and Jaley.

Nikki has been with us for 5 weeks and home for a little over 3 weeks.

She is a sweetheart. She is starting to give hugs, waves and says bye bye, loves to play pat-a-cake (she rolls her hands to the roll it part) and is taking a few steps. She still isn't sleeping very well but it is getting better.

The doctor proclaimed her healthy even though she isn't on the growth charts yet. The doctors don't hear a heart murmur & she has outgrown the pulmonary stenosis....those were her only special needs except for anemia (blood test was fine). She weighed 18.6 pounds and was 29 inches tall. Matthew weighed 18 lbs when we adopted him too, except he was 26 months not 16 like Nikki.

She is a smart little thing and only has to watch something once before she figures it out. She loves our weiner dog Otis, I thought she would be scared to death of him.

Nikki & Uncle Todd

Poor Matthew didn't make it through supper the first 3 nights we were home.  He did sleep through the nights unlike us.

Nikki wanting Matthew's food (since he was asleep)

Matthew pushing Nikki in his dump truck

Nikki's White Swan Red Couch photo (this is a tradition for people adopting from China ) Sorry it is blurry, I'll try and find another one.

Nikki's been with us 3 weeks now!
She's crawling all over the place, waves goodbye, and tells the dog no.

She isn't sleeping all night yet, but hopefully she will soon. She started daycare because I work during tax season. She really seems to like it. She can pull her self up to standing without holding on to anything. She loves to eat and eats almost everything. She is generally a very easy baby. We are very blessed!

Jetlag has been really rough on us, plus I caught a cold or maybe a flu the day before we came home. Nikki is not sleeping much between 11:30 pm to 2:30 am but other than that she is doing well. I will update with pictures soon, and change the header to our new family picture.