Well life here has been busy. Last week we had Addie's first checkup with her braces on. She is doing great! The doctor was pleased with her progression and the fact that she doesn't seem to mind the braces. Now we don't go back until May 30th! It is a nice break to not be going in every week like we were with the casts. She also had her 2 month check up (although she was 3 months). She weighed in at 10lb 9 oz. So I am guessing she is closer to 11 or so now. She is gaining weight well though so the doctor was pleased with that. The occupational therapist also got back to me and she is planning to come out to the house around the end of April to reevaluate her. Her arm is making progress still as we do the exercises daily. She is also doing much better on her tummy time so that should also start helping with her arm strength. A new issue we have found since her casts are off is that she does not bend her right knee. It bends but she does not bend it. I will be bringing this up with the occupational therapist comes back out. For now I am just bending it on my own when I do her foot and arm exercises already. Hopefully that will help. We have been blessed by how faithfully God is and has been carrying us through. He is just so faithful. We continue to see improvements and we continue to see God's hand. We went back to Indiana this past weekend which was the first time we had been there in over 6 months. As we were there we had a chance to share more about Addie and everyone got to meet her for the first time. We shared to update everyone, but we were blessed by remembering and realizing how God had been preparing to handle Addie even years before. As we looked back we saw ways that God had lead us that at the time didn't make sense or go along with our plans but now we see what a blessing it is. One example was moving to Illinois. We never desired to live in Illinois our goal was always to move south if we moved from Indiana, but we really felt like God had opened the door for Mike's job here. So we came and now we are only 20 minutes away from a new nice Children's hospital. It is connected to the hospital where Addie was delivered and where she was taken right away for the NICU and then again where she had her surgery. It will also be where she has her next surgery on her hip. God knew the doctors and nurses and proximity of this hospital would ending up being such a blessing that at the time we never knew we would need. God really does work all things for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28), even though we may not always know how each situation we face could end good. We intentionally choose to trust God to fulfill His promises, which becomes easier as we reflect on His past works in our lives and continuous peace He has provided. As long as we remain open, He consistently grows our faith. "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you." Psalms 145:9-10 We have and are seeing His goodness to us day in and day out despite the trials and tribulations and so we have and we will continue to praise Him name!
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