Big news!!

Ok, so this post will actually cover a few days - October 25 - 28

On the 25th, Joe had a follow up appointment with the pediatrician that specializes in internationally adopted children.  We had last seen her six weeks ago.  Since we had last seen here, Joe Sung Min grew an inch while gaining about half of a pound.  He looks great!  She was a little surprised to hear that he wasn't holding his own bottle yet or feeding himself but thought it would happen soon.  Otherwise, he checked out great and was a trooper when he got 4 shots.  Big sister Liv had her own appointment with allergist/immunologist and got a flu shot as well so they were commiserating in the back seat on the way home...

Joe has made great strides in his gross and fine motor skills.  He is much better about picking things up (he will pick up food and then drop it off of the high chair) and has gotten the hang of one of his favorite toys - a jungle tree house that you drop a ball into.  It goes down one of two slides and spins around.  He absolutely LOVES it.  He also loves going over to Liv's table, rifling through the drawers and pulling out markers or crayons... what a little stinker! :-)

Joe had his first bubble bath on the 26th -- Liv thought he'd like it.  He was definitely intrigued by the bubbles and even let Liv give him a little bubble beard.  They have so much fun in the bath -- they are very cute together.

This week, Liv has been part of  a cheerleading camp put on by Elyria Catholic High School.  It was open to kids from the local Catholic schools.  Liv and her BFF had a blast learning cheers and rooting on the Panthers during the first quarter of the game. 

 

And finally, the BIG news.  We weren't sure when it was going to happen - but it finally did... Joe started to feed himself AND hold his own bottle.  Yay!  He is still getting the hang of it, but at Grandma's house, he fed himself pieces of grilled cheese sandwiches.  Way to go, Joe Sung Min!!