march 13, 2007

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lili is discovering how to use her hands more today.
she moved a wooden ring from one hand to the other.
and while laying on her back she somehow grabbed the pacifier that was laying next to her on the bed and got it inot her mouth!
and this was on a pacifier chain, too, so she knew which end of it she wanted.
she knows a lot!

i went to a coffee shop with her today because it was almost 50 degrees out.
i stuck her face forward in the maya wrap.
i have to say it's getting uncomfortable for me to have her in a wrap now.
and she gets hot in them. and so do i. and it hurts my back.
and it's a pain in the butt to get her in and out of them.
i need a stroller. i need a stroller BADLY.
i use the old fashioned pram but she needs something she can sit up in and see.

she was good while i sat there and ate my poppyseed muffin. but then she started to get bored of that so i wandered around the coffeshop showing her things while i drank my thai coffee in one hand. she loves to look at everything. especially lights. as soon as i get a stroller ( i want the bugaboo bee, dammit) i'm going to try and go out with her everyday and show her the world. it's my birthday next month so maybe i can get that stroller.
i know it's an expensive one, but it has everything i want. it's reversible and it all folds into one piece pretty simply. its' also small to fit in the car and light and it rides like a dream.
and she can lay way back in it and sleep or i can flip it up like a chair. it goes into so many positions. and it's not butt ugly.
and since she may not walk until a later age than most children, i think a good stroller like that is going to be worth the money.
not to mention...buh #2!

i showed lili off to a few people around the neighbourhood who saw her soon after she was born, to show how big she was getting. i never did mention to these people that she has T21. and i wonder if they ever can tell she has it. and i wonder if they want to ask me. and it's kind of awkward and i don't know why. because i just wonder what they are thinking, i guess. not that it matters...but as she gets older it will become more apparent she has it. and as it does, then i guess, there is no reason to say anything then either because what is there to say about it? i don't know. it's just weird when i see people because i wonder what they are thinking. they probably aren't thinking anything. who knows.

the OT and PT people came on monday and me with her.
just wanted to take notes, basically.
asked me questions like "does she smile back when you smile at her?" and such.
and then dangled toys in front of her to see if she would grab them and how she would.
they said her level of development is normal for a person with T21 so that was good.

they will call us again in a few weeks and then set up a meeting with a team and we can work on goals or something.
i'm not completely sure.

she is going to go have a hearing test on monday.
i have no reason to believe she has bad hearing, but you never know.

this saturday is the "new parent's breakfast" get together. the down syndrome association is doing it.
will they have pancakes?
i will have to take a cab to it by myself with lili because M has to work :/
i'm excited to see who else will be there and will i get to meet new babies with T21? i hope so!

i'm working on cooking a sort of jambalaya type soup right now.
it's been on the stove all day making the chicken broth and then i'm going to add tomatoes to that.
then when the new episode of Lost is over, i'll saute some andoille (sp?) sausage, onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms (maybe?) and add this to the chicken broth, with cajun seasoning.
would mushrooms go with that?
i know that adding mushrooms isn't very cajun but i have some.
oh and i'll add rice, too. and i have shrimp, as well.
i'm sort of making it up as i go along, as usual.

lili just fell asleep which means maybe i can have some time now to cut up the veggies.

20 minutes until Lost!
yippee :)