Appts and what-not

Wednesday we will have our first appt with the opthamologist. I was told it could be about 4 hrs long. I know it takes about an hour to dilate her eyes, but another 3 hrs? Wow. I really can't wait to see what they recommend. I'm glad I got a referral and an appt so quickly.

Last week Anna was a trooper getting her blood drawn. I thought it went really well, the guy did a great job (I'll try to use him again next month when we finish up the testing). She had stopped crying before she was even finished and never seemed to give it another thought. Pretty sure she did better than me collecting the stool sample....yucko. I don't have any of the results yet, which reminds me that I should the doctor's office and see if they have them yet.

Also, my agency DID end up finding me her vaccination records!!! I was shocked. I was emailed the copy from Moscow, so its not completely clear, but hopefully good enough for them to be translated. They have not yet gotten back to me about getting the records translated, but hopefully I won't need to pay them to do this as my dad's friend who is from Russia has given them to a professional translator here for me, and can also have a doctor who is fluent in Russian help if needed. I am still having her titers done, but now they can be compared to her records, just as you all seem to have done. I feel better about this.

She continues to sleep wonderfully, Attachment does seem to have back-tracked some. Did this happen with anyone? The last few weeks it just seems like she would rather go to others than me.....other family members, other parents, even strangers. I mean, its still pretty good, its just that it seemed so great at first. Eating and drinking are still about the same. I'm sure I get more frustrated than I should at her eating, or lack of. Our county regional center finally called to set up Anna's evaluation for the Early Start program to hopefully help with speech and her eating. Its not until Oct 18th, and I'm sure they wouldn't get her started with therapy sessions for weeks after that if she qualifies (which I don't see how she wouldn't). These service are only available until she is 3 yrs old and shes 26 months now so I hope she can get in many good months.

I feel like we haven't done anything too exciting, but we have taken her to the county fair, 3 birthday parties (she loves the bouncies!), to the park (shes a pretty stable climber and will go down any big slide and loves the sand), she played in the sprinkler this weekend (I haven't taken her in the pool yet) and likes the trampoline. I think I will sign her up for a kid's music class soon. I hope the weather cools off....the summer clothes I got her are mostly too small and there are only fall clothes out now! The sale racks seem to be picked over pretty darn good.