She and Logan sang in her preschool christmas program. I was a nervous wreck! It was her first time walking without her brace and I just knew she would fall down the steps and break a bone!! And everybody would see bone poking out and blood all over the place......my mind is disgusting I know! And I figured she would shut down when she saw all the people staring at her. But she didn't fall, she survived and I survived and she sang the snot out of jingle bells!! You've never seen such singing! It was hilarious! She may not have known the words but she sang something the whole time!
And she's walking!! Free from all splints, casts, braces! She's not walking normally yet but we are starting physical therapy today. Her genetic test did come back confirming the diagnosis of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type 1.
And she loves being able to get around. I can hardly keep her from skipping jumping climbing all over town. She has fallen quite a few times being a little too speedy and wouldn't walk on her leg for a few days and then she would be ok. I get nauseated everytime she falls and Automaticlaly think she's broken something. I shouldn't go to the negative but I'm working on that.....well The Lord is working on me about that anyway! He has protected her time and time again over the last few weeks!
Other events this month....baby's first christmas! She got a Barbie jeep, lots of baby dolls (which she named after her favorite babysitter Anna, aka"everybody's Anna"), and a kindle (she pronounces it Keeeendle). She did so great going from party to party. Then Christmas Day she just suddenly laid down in the middle of the floor and slept for 2 hours. Talk about overstimulated!
New favorite words: why? Why? Why?, No, No, No! What you doin?
Logan and Neena are starting to realize that they can be friends and playmates. And when they are alone they play together sometimes, more than last month at least. But when others are around they constantly fight for attention and fight fight fight! I mean they fight about how the other is looking at them, not eating or eating their food, talking too loud, singing "my song", not singing it right, and then 2 seconds later they will be building a fort together. It is getting better.
Logan started talking with an accent to match Neena's. It's more African than Indian but it's funny none the less. And she says come ON Like a true southern, "come oWN"!
We had our first post placement adoption visit and in case you don't know, we have to continue post placement Adoption stuff until she's 18. Crazy! So on our 3 month visit, Neena didn't want to go back and we wanted her to stay here! We still have some behavior issues on both sides of this family, I can be pretty bratty sometimes too, but we are in this for the long haul!
It's pretty amazing when we just stop and look at this beautiful child and see the plan God is unfolding for all of us before our very eyes! Generations have been changed!
