A Fun Friday

Friday started out a little rough. It was a 2 bottle night, so our nightly consumption is down, but Grace woke up at 4:30 and then stayed up. We tried everything to get her to go back to sleep. We sang songs - even my sure fire rendition of "Cab Driver" (look it up, it's a beauty!) failed to put her back to sleep. Grace was very smiley - I wish she would've let me in on the joke - but maybe I was too tired to get it anyway.

After putting up a valiant but futile battle against the Un-Sandman, we decided to get up and have breakfast. We ate breakfast and watched Arthur on PBS (I love that theme song). Finally we went back to sleep at about 8:00.

When we awoke, everything was GREAT. We had a super day. Grace was a laugh a minute. The morning was full of play and fun. We had a good lunch and then a long nap in the afternoon. She was a little more clingy after the afternoon nap, but still in a great mood. We played "chase" for a little bit (albeit a slower version, since she can't run yet, she crawls to get away), sang more songs and just played. Grace laughed alot - which, in turn, makes me laugh.

One thing that is really neat is that now that Grace is on lower doses of medication - and not so groggy all of the time, she seems to understand more and more each day. Today we had a little talk about the order of events - specifically about securely attaching the diaper and THEN crawling away - and, wouldn't you know it, she stayed perfectly still until we were done. It is exciting to see her actually "get" things.

Over all, it was a great day. To top it off, we are now spasm free for 23 days.

Thank you for your continued prayer and support.

All the best,
Jeff, Lisa, and Gracie