She Gets an A+

Jadyn's first night home - where she belongs...

Today, Jadyn had her first visit to the Dr. We went to see Pete this morning for her check up. She actually did very well, even though it cut into her nap time. She was well behaved, for the most part, and did all of her "tricks" for the nurses. Of course when Pete came in, she acted mute.

She is really quite the entertainer. She constantly surveys the room to make sure that everyone is watching her and what kind of reaction she is getting. She's a hoot!

She weighed 21.8 lbs which is down 2 lbs from what she weighed in China. I am not really surprised by that as her diet has changed dramatically (introduction of table foods) and she is in a whole new environment. We made the decision not to redo her immunizatins at this visit as we felt it best to let her have another few weeks to settle into her new life. She was so traumatized when we first got her, I don't want to risk any setbacks. She is laughing, playing, talking, and generally being the cut up that we knew she would be. So, next visit, we will begin with blood work and immunizations. That should be fun.

Pete said that I could switch her to whole milk as he was not concerned about where she is nutritionally. He felt that she would be fine on milk. He was also not concerned about her developmental delays and felt that she would continue to quickly catch up. Actually, the only thing on the developemental chart for a 1 year old that she could not do is pull herself to standing. She has some weakness in her muscle tone, especially in her upper body. If you have seen her legs, you'll understand why there is not much weakness there. We have learned to roll over from back to front and front to back, wave bye bye, say mama, say dada, show us her tongue, play pat-a-cake, and play pee pie. She is so funny. She learns very quickly. She is still not eating from a spoon except for ice cream and she ate a whole scoop of vanilla ice cream with me feeding her from a spoon. I could not get it to her fast enough. She was like a little bird.

She is a pure joy and we look at her and still can't believe that she is actually here and that she is ours. And yes, we still look at her and cry. Pray that she will soon get on Tennessee time and off of China time and that her itching and rash improves. She is more that we could ever have hoped for. She is a perfect fit for our family. Hmm, imagine that.