Because You Just Might Wonder

Have you ever seen a cuter baby?
Me neither. Just sayin.






Sweet Brooklyn has been busy busy busy lately! Just in case you wondered. She goes to physical therapy every week, and developmental therapy every other week. Mondays in our house are quite crazy, as all of her therapy falls on that day... so on the other weeks, she has developmental therapy in the mornings and physical therapy in the afternoons. Shew! Are you tired? Me too.



That being said, she is making progress. We LOVE the physical therapist and she has just been such a blessing to us! Brooklyn can now sit for short periods of time on carpet, but please don't ask her to do it on slick surfaces or in the grocery cart or bathtub. We aren't that advanced yet. They do all kinds of things with her to strengthen her core muscles and she really doesn't complain until the very end of therapy, when she usually just goes limp with exhaustion. They tell me that its very hard work for a baby. She always naps very well for me on Mondays!



She also saw a neurologist last week, and we were thankful to have some major disorders ruled out. He agreed that she is low-toned, and delayed, but was able to rule out a lot of scary causes. She could've had a stroke in the past, or some kind of minor disorder, but they are going to keep an eye on her for now and see her again in January to check her progress.



She isn't crawling yet, but don't think she isn't mobile. She has a very effective roll and army crawl. She likes to scoot across the room, grab Savannah's toys, and grin. Savannah then snatches them away with a glare, and Brooklyn continues to grin. This might go on for years.



Brooklyn will also begin to get the respiratory antibody shots that she got last year, starting next week. She will get them every 28 days from November-March. She is at a very high risk for contracting/developing pneumonia because of her preemie lungs. The shots are very expensive (read: approximately $3000 per shot), but do you know how awesome our pediatrician is? When she found out that we couldn't afford them (insurance will only pay 60%), she personally got on the phone and called a few foundations to try and get funding. We are so thankful for God's provision... we kind of found our pediatrician by "accident"... but we all know there are no real accidents like that, don't we?! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jesus!



So... that is what Miss Brooklyn is up to nowadays, because if I hadn't told you ALL of that information, you just might wonder. And besides, you couldn't start off the weekend without that cute picture. That would just be wrong. You're welcome.