Busy weekend!

Sorry for so long between posts: we've been busy, busy, busy.
Recap:
THURSDAY we took Eliana to the pediatric cardiologist. He is obviously a brilliant man as he told us several times how beautiful she is. He also says he thinks she looks like she's doing very well. He plans to do the surgery to correct her PDA through a catheterization (hurrah for no open-heart surgery!) but not until she's a little older. Since she's in no distress now, so doesn't need the correction ASAP, he wants to wait until she's 12-18 months old so she'll be a little bigger. We see him again in May.


FRIDAY we went to the pediatrician. He was really impressed with how well she's doing. She gained a pound and an ounce in her first 2 weeks home, weighing her in at 11.14! The doc could see the improvements she's making in motor control, verbally and social skills. He doesn't need to see her for another month.


SATURDAY we were just busy: errands to run, projects to do around the house, visitors from out of town, visiting Matt's Dad in the hospital, etc.


SUNDAY was a big day. First we had Eliana's baptism. It was a beautiful mass with lots of our friends and family there with us. Our priest is great and it was a lovely service. Then we went to our baby shower/meet Eliana party. It was great! There were about 100 friends and family there to help us welcome our girl home. We received way too many presents, shared lots of hugs and just had a really nice time. THANK YOU to everyone who came to share in this wonderful time with us. It was a long day for Eliana, but she did great! She only took a short nap all day and was pleasant throughout everything. She fell asleep as soon as we got home, a full 2 hours earlier than usual, and slept all night. We're still a little tired today.




I will post more pics of the baptism... Eliana looked so sweet in her gown and bonnet! Waiting for Uncle Pat to share his pics.