Between taekwondo lessons, Boy Scouts, school conferences, taxes, and trips to Iowa City, I am finally finding time to catch up. Tonight, Eli is working on his pinewood derby car. He and Dad are throwing back and forth ideas for supping up this year’s model. What a different March we are experiencing than last year. March marks a year since we found out about Sidney. On the 30th, we walked into the house after church only to have the phone ring with a call about a girl in Hunan province. It still makes me excited to think about finally sending in our Letter of Intent. March is also special because, the 31st is Sidney’s second birthday.

I am trying to come up with ideas for a child who is really just learning how to play. We were at my parent’s house on Sunday for dinner. My parents also observed how much her nature has changed in the last couple of months. She played when we first came home, in very brief amounts of time, before simply standing on the side and observing. Now she is in the thick of it, wrestling on the floor with her brother.

Sidney is doing beautifully with her newly separated fingers. I suddenly became panicked yesterday as I looked down at Sidney’s newly healed fingers. I realized the outside finger was a bit crooked. This was something Tom and I talked about, back and forth, for several days. I made a quick call to Iowa City. Despite the size and what I am sure was a very busy Monday, the nurse called back within 2 hours. Dr Lawler advised the nurse that this was the shape of Sidney’s finger prior to surgery. A bone was removed in this portion of the finger, however it will retain its original shape. This was totally fine. I was worried we did something incorrectly with the finger and freaked out for no reason.

Finally, I am happy to say, other than Sidney working on cutting her 11th tooth since being home, the entire family is well! Sidney only had a few teeth when we first brought her home. I had not considered teeth might not come in if there was not proper nutrition. We know much of the nutrition Sidney was getting was taken by giardia. Once this was taken care, the teeth have not stopped erupting. I think I saw her with her entire fist in her mouth today.
OK, off to put Eli to bed and relax!