Progress

Imma seems to be making a lot of progress as far as communication is concerned these days. Yesterday in particular she did several things that I have never seen/heard her do before. I want to record them here so that we can remember.
1. She found Elmo's nose! Ever since she was about six months old, we've played that game every mother plays, "Can you find Elmo's nose," (or whatever) in a book. Usually, she responds by pointing at something else and saying it's name or turning the page. Last night, three times, she pointed right at Elmo's nose and said, "Elmo nose." Yay!
2. Brian was standing in her way. So she said, "Beep! Beep!" in order to get through. Not even sure where she picked that up from.
3. She nodded her head, "yes," in response to a yes or no question. Lately she has been saying yes about as frequently as she says no but I have never seen her nod her head before.
4. She unlocked the dead bolt on the back door. I guess she really wanted to go outside! This one is a little scary.
We are having more conversations. This morning, while driving to school, we talked about what animals we saw. We saw birds, dogs, and cows. She also told me that she wanted to watch, "more" Barney. She usually just screams when the show is over and she wants me to do something to fix it. I really think she is making a lot of progress, though it was disconcerting earlier in the week when the ECI people told me they thought she might be autistic. I frankly don't see it at all. She has some tendencies but I think all children have some tendencies. There are some major things that most autistic children do that I don't see in Imma at all. But we are going to have her evaluated by the early childhood center next week so we will see what they have to say.

Glucose Screening

I failed my one hour glucose screening. The nurse said it wasn't by much, but I still have to come in and do the three hour test. I am not extremely excited about this. That means I have to sit in the doctor's office for three hours, not to mention having my blood drawn three or four times. I am going to try really hard next week not to eat too (or drink!) too much sugar. I would really, really hate to fail the next one. I don't need a gestational diabetes diagnosis--no thank you!

Baby Registry and Easter

I went ahead and did our baby registry for Lucy last night. I decided to register at Target, Wal-Mart and Babies R Us. I also decided it would be easier to do it by myself than to try and make sure Brian agreed with all of my decisions. Doing on-line seemed a lot faster than going to the store (and I could do it in my PJs!) While I was advised by several people that I should just ask for diapers (good advice!) I did pick some cute things out for Lucy. It seems like she is getting a lot of hand-me-downs so it would be nice if she had some things that weren't stained with Imma spit-up. Mostly I just chose some towels and sheets for her, and some things for her room. I think I could change her clothes three times a day for the first year and we might make a small dent in all the clothing she has. (Thanks Grandma Libby and Grandma Kelley for keeping us stocked!)
I do have some Easter pictures of Imma to upload but I am having trouble uploading anything and have been having trouble for the last few days. Might need to call in an expert (Alyson!). We ended up not making it to church because all three of us have a horrible cold. Imma fell asleep around five this evening, she was so tired. Brian made a nice ham though so we at least didn't miss out on Easter dinner. I feel bad that we didn't make it to church but I'm sure the people we would have been coughing all over appreciate it!

I've got to go to Summer School!

Because I am the principal! Can you believe it? I interviewed this morning and found out this afternoon. I am so ecstatic! This is such a great opportunity and I feel very blessed and honored to have been chosen. Now the really hard work begins! God has been so good today! Thank you Jesus for answering prayers!

One of these things is like the other!

My friend Alyson just found out she is having identical twins! So exciting! What a prescious gift the Lord has given to this amazing family. I am so happy for Alyson and Justin and so blessed to have them in my life. Please continue to pray that Alyson's pregnancy goes well over the next 33ish weeks and that these little boys or girls grow big and strong! You can follow her story at http://thesteiners.us