Moving Forward

We finally received Thianna's medical card in the mail today!  Yeah!  We have been waiting so long for this.  A month longer than it should have as my work did not file the paperwork properly.  But we got it .  

Now we can proceed with a long to do list that our Pediatrician gave us when we took Thianna in for her first appointment. We do not have any record of vaccinations for her.  Although, we know she has had something because she has a mark on her arm.  But since we don't know, we just have to start from scratch. So I have made her first appointment.  She'll have to go every two monthes for awhile but I'll feel better knowing she is vaccinated.  

We also have a slew of blood work we can proceed with now.  All of it is routine and we don't expect anything to be abnormal but once again good to get it all done and know for sure.  We can also move forward with tuberculosis testing, hearing tests, eye examination and dental  appointment.  We might be busy for awhile!

This week I have been a bit under the weather so we have taken it more slowly and stayed home more than usual.  Luckily, the kids have not lcaught my cold / flu other than a few sniffles.  We did manage to start some Christmas decorating.  They were absolutely delighted to decoate a gingerbread house together and took turns the whole way through.  

Thianna did really well.  I think she thought we were crazy having all of that candy around and not eating it, but she managed!

We may have stayed in our jammies all day!

Nathanh and Thianna watching tv together in Mommy and Daddy's bed!

Thianna is picking up more and more language everyday.  It is not uncommon to hear simple three word sentences from her now such as "mommy eat banana" or "Thianna's turn please."  She is beginning to be more curious about phrases.  I said "in a minute"  (something I say a lot with two kids) and she repeated it with a puzzled look and said "what" - meaning that she didn't understand and wanted it explained to her.   So I explained it more simply, using her least favourite word - wait.  

I really do not have any trouble understanding what Thianna wants or needs now.  She is very vocal and really her launguage is just that of a two year old.  The only thing is her pronunciation is  not very clear.  But for someone who has only been speaking English for three months, it is pretty good.  I will have to admit though that it is Nathanh who understands her best.  If ever Erwin or myself don't know what she is saying we can usually just ask Nathanh and he knows.  Or else Nathanh will just get frustrated with us after she has repeated herself several times and tell us what she's saying.  I have read that it takes about four monthes for a child in Thianna's situation to catch up to where they should be with language.  So I can't wait to see where she is in another month!