Mama's Present...First Steps

Today, finally, Ian took his first steps on his own...only two of them...but that's progress. He did it a couple of times. The cool thing is...today is mommy's birthday!!! What a great present!!!

Ian is doing great. He's had a rough couple of days though. I think all of this uproar during Charlie's illness is finally getting to him. We had made some progress with me being able to at least leave the room without him crying. Now we're back to square one. I think it's because I'm the only stable thing in his life right now. Tonight he really played with Charlie a lot and gave him lots and lots of kisses. I think he's just realized that daddy is home. Yesterday, we had to take him to the doctor because we got a call from daycare saying that he had a fever of 103 degrees. 45 minutes later, when we arrived at the doctors office, his temp was only 99.7. He had not had any Tylenol or anything. Dr. Sood examined him and said that he looked fine. He was cranky, cranky, cranky. Based on his actions and running a low grade fever....we finally figured out that he's cutting another tooth. Last night was miserable for him, but this evening he was fine. Hopefully this weekend will be good too.

Charlie is doing much, much better. He went back to work today for the first time. He made it through the entire day. He has had three doctors appointments this week and a bone scan. The infectious disease doctor was thrilled with his progress and changed his IV antibiotics. He only has to do one infusion per day. If the bone scan looks good, they will probably take the PICC line out next Tuesday when he sees the doctor. We're praying that happens...but we don't want to do it too soon. He's building his stamina and strength back up. His color looks much better and the places on his arm where the infection was look great. All in all, he's doing great.

We had our final post placement visit with Gayle on Monday afternoon. After about 15 minutes, Ian was DONE. All he wanted to do after that was show everyone just how loud he could be. Fortunately, one of the other ladies from the Dillon office was able to come in and get him and walk him around. Gayle got the report typed up and sent off to our attorney on Tuesday. We're now just waiting on a court date to finalize the adoption. What a glorious day that will be!!!!

A couple more cute little tid bits about Ian today:
*He has the cutest way of saying "uh-oh"...you just have to hear it.
*He loves books, but this one particular book "Snuggle Puppy" has a part in it that says "ooooooooooooooooo".....when Ian picks up the book he says "oooooooooooo". Everytime he turned to the page that has the "oooooooo" on it....he says it. Smart boy.
*He's the peek-a-boo champion. He loves to play with his daddy.

We're getting ready for India camp next weekend. I'm so excited. Mia Supritha will be here and I can't wait to get Ian and Mia together again. We're also going to get a chance to meet other families that we've only corresponded with on the Dillon Internet Forum. The director of the orphanage, Anju Roy, is still planning on being here. That will be so exciting for the kids.

Tomorrow evening is the Dillon Run For The Children. We're going...I'm planning to walk in the 1K fun run and push Ian in the stroller. Charlie was going to do it too, but I don't think that should happen just yet. My friend, Lori, is running in the 5K. Last year Lori and Renee ran the 5K...it was their first one. Lori is going to do it again this year. I'm so proud of her!!!

Hopefully life will soon get back to normal. We have been blessed with a wonderful group of friends that have walked by our sides through all of this. Our Sunday School class brought meals to us again for a week after Charlie came home from the hospital. We've had friends that have watched Ian with only a few minutes notice and we appreciate it so much.

Please continue to pray for healing for Charlie. While he's much better, he still has a little way to go.

More updates about our precious...almost walking Ian, soon.