I am not sure what prompted this in me, but I wanted to bake my very first bread. I have never done it nor did I know what it took to do it, but I was up for the challenge. I decided to bake ciabatta bread.
Not bad for the first time.
When Craig was a little boy he learned how to juggle. He is actually really good. While we were in college he would show off his juggling talent and I wanted to learn too. Believe it or not I took Juggling 101 in college as a gym course. I know. I actually got pretty good, but not even close to what Craig is capable of doing.
This past weekend Craig was juggling for Dagny and she just thought it was the greatest thing ever! She was so excited that for days she would be pretending in her own little way that she was juggling. I am hoping that she will opt against taking juggling class in college and stick to more academic courses. We can only hope.
Here are the photos of the evening.
Today I took Dagny to her new pediatrician and she is wonderful!
Before we left for Russia for trip one, we started working with a local doctor, Dr. K. She also specializes in International Adoption, and herself adopted two children Internationally. While we were in Russia we sent her Dagny’s medical files and video. To be honest with you all, Craig and I already came to the conclusion that Dagny was our little girl even before Dr. K gave us her two thumbs up. We actually called Dr. K during trip two because Dagny was wheezing and coughing. She told us what to do and Dagny got better very quickly. When we got back to Rochester on Saturday 12/20, that following Monday, we took Dagny to meet with Dr. K. She said Dagny looked wonderful and in fact it has been a very long time since she has seen such a healthy child in an International Adoption. Yay! Now, the worst part was, and we did know that this was coming, was all the blood work that needed to be done. Dr. K ordered six tubes of blood! That was the hardest thing I ever had to witness. The fact that I hate giving blood I am sure skewed my view, but I very much doubt it.
So why the long story and whey did we not stay with Dr. K?
First, simply because I never did write about Dagny’s medical here. I have been meaning to but just haven’t gotten around to it.
Second, we decided not to stay with Dr. K because her office is on the other side of town and we have heard wonderful things about Dr. P and if today is any inclination I have to agree.
I can’t say enough wonderful things about Dr. P. She was so great with Dagny. She took her time with us. We were in with her for over an hour just talking and getting to know each other. As Dr. K, she is blown away at how wonderful Dagny is looking and doing. She said she was “Perfect”.
Here are her stats:
Weight: 55%
Height: 60%
Head Circumference: 55%
She showed me the chart and she is “perfect” on them, right on target and proportional in every way. She actually says that’s not something you see everyday. Yay!
Dr. P also said that it is so obvious that Dagny is very much attached to me. She said she can tell by her body language and just by how she is with me. I knew that Dagny has been doing great with the bonding but it was still great to hear Dr. P saying it.
Dagny also got three shots today, not so perfect. But, she was a trooper and did great. Poor little boo.
One more thing. Today Dagny took the spoon for the first time and she is starting to feed herself.
It was a perfect day.
Today we took Dagny to her first museum outing to the Strong National Museum of Play. For anyone thinking that that name sounds familiar, it might be because this is also the home of the National Toy Hall of Fame. We also ended up getting our very first family membership to anything. It was such a neat thing to do.
Dagny LOVED it, Craig loved it, and I loved it. Craig and I wanted to be a kid again, but since we can’t we are at least glad Dagny is so young and we will have many years of enjoyment. It is really a neat place with lots of neat things to offer. Dagny seemed to really enjoy all the colors, exhibits and kids. So, once again I will post MANY MANY photos to show you all what a wonderful day we had as a family.
We walked over to Sesame Street.
We arrived at Sesame Street.
We went to Wegmans afterwards to do some shopping.
We then drove to see the Berenstain Bears.
Here we are with the Berenstain Bears.
On January 19th Dagny took her very first steps. That was exactly one month from when we flew home from Russia. It’s so funny to see her walk. When she gets close to the person she is walking towards she dives at them. Then she giggles like there is no tomorrow. Absolute cuteness.
It blows my mind how much Dagny has developed in so many ways in such a short time. In fact, I sometimes forget she only has been home a little over five weeks. It seems like she has been here forever. She is truly a little sponge soaking everything new up.
Last weekend Dagny got a chance to show off her walking skills to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson in Ohio through SKYPE. She also showed off her dancing moves to what else but The Wiggles. It was so adorable.
I realize this is a long over due post about our little walker but better late then never.
Here are a few photos of her walking. I have to put a video together for all you.
