January 15, 2004 | 11:30 PM
Weight: 17lb 3oz (95
th percentile)
Length: 27" (99
th percentile)
Milestones:
- Rolled over. Duvan rolled over again last week!
- Sitting. We noticed early one morning that Duvan was able to balance somewhat while sitting by himself. He soon fell over, but it was enough that we've really started to encourage him to sit up. We'll just hold him steady, he definitely has the upper body strength to keep himself up for long times. He looks so cute when he's sitting up by himself!
- Kicks his legs up and holds hit there. While lying on his back, Duvan has started to kick his legs straight up and just keep it there. It's so cute! We'll post pictures of it soon!
- Attachment to Mom & Dad. We're visiting a lot of folks in the evenings. Last week we went to see some friends and Duvan was very unhappy in anyone other than our arms. It's so good to know he knows us now. We're more than just care-givers!
Praise God for:
- Healing! (See below).
- Another great report from the doctor. Duvan is growing well, all his "vitals" are checking our well. According to the doctor, Duvan is ready to start on solids. We've decided though that we'll wait until after we've made our international move before embarking on that adventure.
Well, we really wanted to show you some pictures about these last 10 days, but unfortunately those are on our computer that's being shipped to South Africa. So... check back some time in middle March for the completion on this entry.
Today, after Marésa had Duvan in the Snugli for some time, she came into the bathroom and noticed that he was deathly pale. Soon after he also threw up and just appeared a little lifeless. In the afternoon Duvan had had some bad diarrhea as well, so all was not boding well. The diagnosis by the doctors we called was that it appeared to be a stomach bug, because his symptoms were not expected side-effects of the shots that he had earlier in the day. When Marésa first called with the news of Duvan's vomiting and diarrhea, Jan prayed earnestly to God for healing (more out of fear than out of faith). Yet God answered our prayers, because it wasn't 15 minutes later that the color returned to Duvan's face and he was fine as a whistle. He was all smiles and had a normal evening! We are so thankful to Our Father!
