Mission completed

We have returned from our Shriner’s appointment… And of course the experts there think Jordan’s amputation was caused by something different. It doesn’t really matter to me. But they think what caused it was syndactyly – where there was some kind of vascular incident that prevented the arm from growing around 4 to 6 weeks…

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First Zoo Trip

Jordan got to go to the zoo for the first time… Sure she didn’t realize it, but it was cool. My cousin Mike and his two oldest kids joined us at the zoo for some fun for a few hours. The challenge of the day: I left the stroller in the van when Randy went…

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Hoppy Easter

Yeah it’s a pun. But I dressed my kid up in a cliche on this holiday. I couldn’t help it. I didn’t have a baby the last time we had a first Easter. (Cam was born the day after Easter and then he was more than one year old when we got to the next…

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Needing sleep

Jordan has had her smiles today… But she has really needed her sleep. Which is a huge bummer since we finally got to introduce her to Uncle Brett, Hunter and Lindsay. It’s been wonderful to see them. It’s amazing how people have gone out of their way to see Jordan and visit with us. Of…

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More video

I just downloaded video of Jordan checking out her little arm and moving it to her face. It’s very exciting. It’s also exciting that she’s sitting with her great-grandmother who is doing amazingly well after she was sick just last month.I love this video thing. I’m such a geek. If this video window doesn’t work,…

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Showing off

I think Jordan discovered her little arm yesterday. After weeks of exercises and playing with her little arm, yesterday she started lifting it up to her face, touching her lips with it. I was very excited. It’s the smallest things that are very exciting. She’s smiling and cooing to all of the family and friends…

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Thumb sucking and not sleeping

Yup. That’s a picture of her sucking her thumb. The girl sucks it more and more by the day. It’s another thing I need to let go. I’ve prayed she wouldn’t find the need to suck her thumb or need a pacifier. But I’m going to let it go. What I’m not letting go well…

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Cool quote

“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.” -Anonymous

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The joy of failure

Jordan completed her developmental test today. She was on the edge of failure because she really doesn’t have much of a range of motion when it comes to her head strength. She’s really good at holding it up, but she does not like to turn her head much. It’s amazing the things that happen to…

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So Tired!

Returning to work has been nice… But running Jordan back and forth to various therapies is exhausting. I need nap time or something to get through each day. This morning Jordan slept 13 hours and was awake for an hour when our PT came by for a meeting. Jordan was too tired to really take…

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