{"id":1603,"date":"2011-03-30T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2011-03-30T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:25:10","slug":"4-months-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1603","title":{"rendered":"4 Months!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I’m a day late in getting this posted – a certain daughter of mine had my computer held hostage all last night.<\/p>\n

As busy as yesterday was (running from 6am till 6pm!), we certainly remembered that we were celebrating FOUR months with Dylan! \u00c2\u00a0Honestly, it seems like longer. \u00c2\u00a0Was he ever not here? \u00c2\u00a0His transition into the family has been extremely easy. \u00c2\u00a0Sleeping \u00c2\u00a0and eating issues are gone. \u00c2\u00a0His english \u00c2\u00a0is exploding and he talks in sentences. \u00c2\u00a0He STILL weighs 27lbs. and not an ounce more. \u00c2\u00a0Maybe he’s growing in height? \u00c2\u00a0I’ve got to look back to his initial appt. to check on that.<\/p>\n

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A new favorite activity…sitting on the edge of the sink and washing dishes.<\/p>\n

A few more observations…<\/p>\n

* He says I love you – “I lub oo” \u00c2\u00a0– Lainey taught him that one.<\/p>\n

* We were at church yesterday, waiting to pick up Abbey and Ethan from their student council meeting. \u00c2\u00a0We were on the playground, and there’s a small climbing wall. \u00c2\u00a0Lainey started up, and Dylan wanted to try. \u00c2\u00a0I immediately told me no, he just wasn’t ready for that. Before I knew it, he was at the top (with me “spotting” him). \u00c2\u00a0I have to learn NOT to lower my expectations of him.<\/p>\n

* The other day, I was holding him and he accidently bumped into my chin. \u00c2\u00a0He immediately asked “ooh ok mommy?” \u00c2\u00a0and kissed me. And, this morning he wanted a sip from a water bottle. \u00c2\u00a0I was worried he might spill and he said “I not spill it, I be tareful”. \u00c2\u00a0 Interactions like that are becoming common…I love how we can communicate so much easier now.<\/p>\n

* A lot happens next month, specifically his surgery on April 26th. \u00c2\u00a0We’ve already been talking a lot about his “new leg” and wearing “two shoes”. \u00c2\u00a0When I took him back to the surgeon last week to check on his broken femur (healing perfectly, by the way), he asked if we were there for his new leg. \u00c2\u00a0If we mention going to the doctor for anyone, he asks if it’s for his new leg. \u00c2\u00a0He’s anxious, though I realize he doesn’t know specifically what’s about to happen. \u00c2\u00a0We plan on getting together with our friends, the Gambils soon. \u00c2\u00a0They have a 5 year old daughter with an amputation\/prosthetic leg. \u00c2\u00a0I want Dylan to see and get a better idea of what’s coming. \u00c2\u00a0We’re blessed to have friends willing to share their experiences with us!<\/p>\n

So, our next Gotcha Day update will be at 5 months, and Dylan will have had his surgery. \u00c2\u00a0He’ll be BACK in that lovely spica cast, too. Looking forward to that! \u00c2\u00a0(sarcasm…)<\/p>\n

Happy 4 months, Dylan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, I’m a day late in getting this posted – a certain daughter of mine had my computer held hostage all last night. As busy as yesterday was (running from 6am till 6pm!), we certainly remembered that we were celebrating FOUR months with Dylan! \u00c2\u00a0Honestly, it seems like longer. \u00c2\u00a0Was he ever not here? \u00c2\u00a0His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yu-hai","category-gotcha-anniversary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}