Tuesday - A Much Better Day

Gracie had a good night and was sleeping so soundly this morning that I hated to wake her up to go to daycare. I eased her into the day by singing her awake and I even had time to snuggle a bit. This was rewarded by big smiles and a much happier girl. She was much more cooperative this morning than she had been all weekend and I could tell she was feeling much better.

As I was dressing her, I asked her if she wanted to go see Barb, Michelle, and her friends at daycare and she gave me a great big smile. I think she missed everyone. She had a good day at daycare and Jeff picked her up at snack time to head to the clinic for physical therapy. I met up with them at her appointment and she did a great job and worked hard. I love when Leslie (her PT) comes out to the lobby to get her. Gracie instantly smiles and goes to greet her, takes her hand and away they walk to the exercise room with mom and dad trailing. She looks like such a big girl. She was cooperative for most everything and is really coming a long way on her stairs climbing skills. We need to work on her hip strength over the next two weeks by getting her to pull up into a kneeling upright position to grab a toy or whatever.

Gracie got to see Auntie Sheila for a few seconds on the our way out of the ramp to go home. Auntie Sheila, Gracie apologizes for being so stone faced...she was rejuvenating from her workout. By the time we got home she was ready for some fun. We played outside briefly before supper. She walked up and down our sloped driveway by herself without holding onto a hand tonight. She was much more confident in her skills.

Gracie ate a good supper. She got to eat fresh nectarine chunks...this is her new favorite fruit. After supper we took her out for a walk/wheelchair ride and she was just crazy loving it. Her hands, feet, and mouth were going a mile a minute. After our wheelchair ride and a little horsing around outside once we got home, it was bath time. She was a wild girl in the tub and had a great time. We read a book, got her pj's on and then she was ready to go to bed. She played hard!

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie