SMILE!

This has been a very eventful week! Adalyn started smiling, I went back to work, and we started brainwashing our child to watch sports.

This past Monday, June 11, when I woke Adalyn up from her nap (in her crib, no less), I talked to her and smiled big (like I always do).  Well, this time, she smiled back!! So, I did it again and she smiled again! I called Rodney to the room, and she did it again when I smiled at her! Ever since then she has been doing it.  Granted, if she is in a pissy mood she won't do it.  However, she's been doing it for us at least a couple of times a day! This is what they call a  "social smile" which is a big developmental milestone! Here's a pic. :)



She also had an appointment with the opthamologist this past Tuesday, and her ROP (retinopathy), although still there, has not changed in about 6 weeks.  She has another appointment in 3 weeks to make sure that things are not worse and we'll go from there.  She is also down on how much oxygen she needs every day.  Right now she is only needing the oxygen when she is down for a "deep" sleep.  She doesn't need it anymore when she eats! And she has definitely been eating! She is eating more and more everyday--always a light eater in the morning and around 4 or 5pm she kicks it into high gear.  She's been doing well with the rice cereal, although we're pretty much just giving it to her in the bottle and not with the spoon.  I may try it again with the spoon tonight or tomorrow to see if she's figured that out a little more.

I also went back to work this past Tuesday.  14 hours without seeing Adalyn was hard, but not as hard as I thought it was going to be.  Rodney was great in sending me tons of pic texts and a couple of video emails.  She was up when I got home (Rodney was performing for her on the ukelele) so I got my snuggles in.  ;)

We've been watching the EuroCup and have been dressing her up in sports outfits on several of the days.  The day that Italy and Spain played I dressed her up in blue because, well, we have to cheer Gli Azzurri (the nickname of the Italian team).  She did look a little too much like a boy, so I decided to add a headband.  :)  Here's a pic of Adalyn cheering for Italy!