Happily Busy

I know that I have not updated my blog in a very long time, even for me! My commitment to try to update every day or every other day has been blown to bits with this absence! But, I have some good reasons for it. I guess you could say I have been busy--happily busy--doing many different things like...

...enjoying my happy 5 month old baby girl! You read that right--I did say "happy!" A few weeks ago, Camille was put on a muscle relaxant for her irritability and stiffness. The physical therapist who is seeing Camille explained it like this: Camille has stiff muscles, which makes her irritable because it is uncomfortable, which makes her more stiff, which makes her more irritable, etc. It's a cycle that can be broken (or at least helped) with a muscle relaxant. In Camille's case, it has done wonders. She has gone from crying all the time to crying hardly at all. She is now smiling most of the time, and has started really interacting with us. She is also sleeping better, too. It's not a miracle cure--she still has some inconsolable moments, and she is still pretty stiff, but she is better, and we are so thankful.

...trying desperately to keep up with my "happily busy" 2 year old. He is 100% boy, and 150% wild! This little boy plays harder than any other child I know. He seriously never stops--I even catch him wiggling in his sleep! But he is oh-so-much fun! I caught him the other day in a rare still moment. He just crawled up into my lap, and snuggled up next to me. I was looking into his sweet little face, and breathing in his sweet little smell, when all of the sudden, he looked up at me innocently, jabbed me in the eye with one finger, and said simply, "Poke". And just like that, my sweet moment was over, but not before I had a really good laugh.

...taking Camille to all of her therapy appointments. She is now having physical therapy twice a week and occupational therapy twice a week. She will begin speech therapy sometime after the first of the year. So far, the sessions have gone well. She is not really too behind developmentally, which was encouraging to hear, and she has already made improvements in therapy.

...feeding Camille by spoon! Again, you read that right! Since she is still refusing the bottle as if it is pure poison, one of her OTs suggested that I try introducing some solids by spoon so that at least she would be getting some practice eating orally. Turns out, Camille thinks eating by spoon is great fun, and she is pretty good at it too! So far, she has had rice cereal and applesauce. Everyone sees this as a very hopeful sign for her future as far as eating goes, which is a big relief to us.

...cheering on the Baylor Bears. Jason and I got season tickets for football again this year, and we have enjoyed getting to go to the games as our "dates" while my parents watch the kiddos. Well, at least I have enjoyed it. I'm not sure that Jason enjoys going to Baylor games with me. I think I embarrass him on a regular basis. I tend to get a little "in" to the games. Well, maybe more than a little. I guess it's not proper for an ordained minister's wife to stand up and yell, "Throw the stinkin' flag" or "That's the stupidest call I've ever seen!" To be fair, the Bears were playing Texas this past weekend when I might--or might not have--yelled those statements. If Baylor so much as thought about committing a personal foul, the refs called one. Everyone knows Texas always gets all of the calls, right? And to be really fair, Jason has only had to pull me down by the waistband of my pants one time in one game. And that was a basketball game against A&M, where I really did have to tell a group of very obnoxious Aggies to "Sit on down" after they were on the beneficiary end of a very bad call. Who cares if I was 5 months pregnant? They were being incredibly annoying! Totally justifiable, if you ask me. Anyway, win or lose, we still have the cutest Baylor fans around at our house, don't you agree?







...and finally, probably most importantly, we have been receiving very good news. Camille does not have any of the 3 syndromes that I mentioned in my last post that the geneticists thought she could have. As I have said before, it's great that she doesn't have any of those 3 (they were all really severe syndromes), but it is still hard not to have an answer. We meet with another geneticist this Wednesday. She is supposedly really good at identifying syndromes--she has 30 years of experience doing just that. We are hopeful that she will be able to help us. Please pray for that appointment. Pray for peace at whatever the outcome, answer or no answer, good answer or bad answer.

I will try to start updating regularly again, happily busy or not!