Our Girl is Almost WALKING!!!

It has been a while since I updated on here, so there are a lot of new things going on!
Juliet is making wonderful progress this year and so far we are in awe of her abilities. She is down to only one therapy session a week instead of the two she was getting last year. She is standing on her own and loving it! She will bounce to music and loves to "dance" with mommy. She has just started clapping, and expects everyone to clap for her when she does it. Trust me, she will stare you down until you clap for her. (She is going to be very upset when she realizes she really is not the center of the universe).

Just in the past week, she has begun taking steps on her own. She has gone up to 3 steps before she fell into Daddy's arms. She is so proud of herself and she loves being up. It won't be long before our little miracle child is a TODDLER!! Oh where has the time gone?!

We have also started working on sign language with her. She now knows "all done" and "more". Its great to see her communicating and the joy on her face when she realizes we understand what she wants. (Well, unless she tells us "all done" during therapy, and doesn't get her way).  She has also started to babble more, and loves to "talk" to her big brother Jackson.

She is weighting right at 21 pounds and has started to join in when Daddy wrestles with the big kids. It is so wonderful to see her interacting with her siblings and becoming the independent child that she is.

We are still on "house arrest" until the middle of April, but so far we have managed to avoid any major illnesses, so it must be working.  It will be an adjustment for all of us to go back out into public when we are allowed to, but I am looking forward to showing off our girl to all our close friends and church family.

We are getting close to the one year anniversary of her coming home from the Hospital. I still cannot believe she has been home for a YEAR!!! I expect one day, these dates may not seem as big to me, but I cannot help but think of all we have accomplished in the past year. I am so THANKFUL God has blessed me with this little girl, and even though the beginning of her life was not "great", I wouldn't trade it for anything.