18 months

Le Le is 18 months old!

The last 3 months had been full of ups and downs.  We are so blessed to have our family together.  We are grateful everyday to have the most amazing daughter.  We are sleepless happy parents!

We have been so excited to introduce Le Le to her new family.  One of the most amazing moments was enjoying an afternoon with Brian's grandparents.  This was precious time that we will cherish as Brian's grandmother died 1 week later.  Grandma Bolander loved Le Le and couldn't be more excited to spend time with her.  She had always been one of our biggest supporters.  It was so difficult to go back to Idaho the following week for her funeral, but what an amazing family she is now apart of.  So much love and support!  Grandma Bolander is missed and loved more than words can express.

We are now home and finding out that there is a little toddler in our home too.  It is surreal, after such a long wait.  She is finding her voice and progressing quickly.  She is learning something new daily.  We couldn't be more excited.

New Family

(This post is from a month ago!  Sorry for the delay!!)

I apologize for all of you that have asked me or my family if we are all ok since we stopped updating the blog.  I am so sorry, but life has changed!  Reality is here and we are loving every sleep-deprived minute of it!  Le Le is doing amazing.  Since we got home she had been overwhelmed with new sites, sounds, people, and a whole new world.  She finally got a semi-sleep schedule and then she was pretty sick for 2 weeks.  We learned the heartbreak of having a sick child very quickly.  Her lungs didn't fully develop due to her prematurity and this caused her to have some reactive airway issues when whatever bug we ALL got came along.  She was getting breathing treatments 2-3 times a day and could only sleep on our chest.  As soon as you tried to lay her flat, she couldn't breath.  It was so hard to watch her struggle.  Then Brian ended up with pneumonia and the sickness overtook our home.  We were quarantined to our home.  Le Le is finally feeling better and I can't wait for her to have some play dates!  The silver lining to all of this, is that she is attaching beautifully.  She definitely knows mom and dad.  I am also happy to announce that I think she is becoming a little bit of a Mama's Girl (sorry Brian, you got your time being the favorite!).

She has also had numerous Doctors Appointments which have all gone great.  I am confident that she will catch up with all of her new friends and grow by leaps and bounds now that we have her in our arms.  We are still sorting through all of her medical history but she is adjusting quickly and I am excited to watch her change daily!  We have been weaning her off of her seizure medication and with that we have a whole new personality and she definitely has a little Sass now and we love seeing her personality coming out.

This is the sassy look!

To beat the heat, we do a lot of swimming and Le Le LOVES the water!  She loves to relax and drink the pool water.  She has really bonded with our pups and enjoys swimming daily with them.  Bath time is her favorite time of the day and the worst time of the day is when bath time ends.  She fights getting dressed and would rather stay naked.

Le Le is also becoming a big traveler.  My sister had her wedding reception shortly after getting home and we went to Washington to celebrate.  She meet some of her cousins and  enjoyed enjoyed being out of the heat.  We also we went to Lake Coeur d'Alene and Le Le loved being out on the boat.  We are now planning on leaving for Idaho for a family reunion.  Le Le will get to meet so much family!  Knowing her, she will do it with grace.  She is a little trooper and we are thrilled to have her in our life.

I am starting to go back to work part-time, which is so hard to be away!  I cried the first day I went back, but Brian is good about giving me updates and sending me snapshots throughout the day.  The best part of my day is when I walk in the door and she starts giggling and crawls as fast as she can to me.  It doesn't get better than that.