Happy holidays friends!
If you're wondering what the numbers in the title of this post mean....they're Kadi's! Here's a little comparison for you on what six months of injections can do:
June December
127cm (4.17ft or 50.04in) 134cm (4.4 ft or 52.76in)
50 lbs 60.3 lbs
Below 1st percentile 3.2%
^^That my friends, is a complete miracle to us. She's doing so well. Things that other people would never think twice about are huge steps for us. Last winter, we could barely hold a conversation with Kadi. Her brain was completely starved and malnourished. A few weeks ago we were sitting in a turning lane yielding to cars going the opposite direction, when she noticed that we had a green light (solid green, not an arrow) and asked why the cars going the other direction were able to go and we had to wait. That might seem like nothing, but I could have started crying. That shows she's able to differentiate and problem solve. That part of her brain couldn't work last year.
We had a great holiday and are missing it already. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. Everyone is more giving and cheery than the rest of the year. Sorry, but it's true.
We spent time with Taylor and her family as well as both of our families. Taylor's mom gave us a book filled with pictures of all of us. The ones we took this fall, both girls when they were little and my favorite part- the essay Taylor wrote about her and Kadi for school. I have read it 100 times and still get butterflies. She is a special girl, that Taylor. I've been bugging her to write something similar on here but I haven't convinced her yet.
My husband- the only one on earth that could stand to vow his life to me deserves a public apology. A week before Christmas I sent him out with my Christmas list that I thought was reasonable and he came back with nothing. Absolutely nothing. I assumed he was getting the new Tahoe that was on the list since there were no bags. I asked him where he went, he told me the mall (nothing I asked for was at the mall). He told me he was just brainstorming and thought of something but hadn't purchased it yet. I got on to our credit card account, nothing, I checked our bank account to see if he went to the ATM, nothing. The night before Christmas Eve comes and the girls earned one present each by eating all the horrible dinner I cooked them. I secretly wanted to make Matt feel bad so I let him open one of his too. There I sat with nothing, feeling sorry for myself. Matt said he felt bad that I didn't have anything to open, but who are we kidding, he was laughing inside. He thinks I'm a spoiled brat, which I think is a little harsh, but who doesn't want gifts on Christmas!? Anyhoo- Christmas Eve comes, I gave him a bad time all day and told everyone we came in contact with how much my husband sucked. (I'm sure you know I was being sarcastic). We went to 5:00 service and I fixed dinner for us and my parents. At dinner, I gave him a hug and told him although I was a little disappointed, I still loved him like crazy. After dinner we went to open gifts and magically, a box full of gifts appeared. The reason he came back with nothing is because he had THOUGHT AHEAD and had his mom order my gifts because he knew I would look on our credit card. That man. I can't even stand how amazing he is sometimes. Why he loves me, I'll probably never know, but he does, and I feel like the luckiest person on earth. Although I love getting gifts as well as giving them, I do know the true meaning of Christmas and that is most important to me. I really do have a heart and hope that no one takes me seriously most of the time :)
That's it for this time folks. Happy New Year!
