Lots of milestones for Julia

The last few weeks have been huge in terms of Julia's development. She's tracking objects and people with her eyes, grasping toys, and of course she's still smiling. She even has begun to parrot us, sticking her tongue out to mimic us, laughing, and lots of baby talking sounds. What will be her first word?

Please enjoy this video made from clips over the last month. 

As always, much love to everyone out there, a special comforting wish for all our family in Arizona. 

Auntie Val, We can't begin to tell you how much you mean to us. Kisses and more kisses. Big drooly kiss from Julia. Heavenly kisses from William.

All our best,

Liz, Tom, Julia, and ^William^

Julia's 3 months old

How the heck did that happen?

We knew these good times would go by quickly. But you never really get it until it happens.

Julia's been doing well. Our last meeting with the hematologist was very promising. It appeared at that time, that Julia could possibly be on her way of "outgrowing" whatever it was that caused her such harm in utero. But more recently, her last blood test didn't quite follow the same upward (happy) trend we were used to seeing. Sooooo we are still in this waiting game of trying to figure everything out. 

It would be so so so amazing if she just got better. We shall see. 

We know you all keep thinking of us and we very much appreciate it. Also, the gifts we received are so much more than we could have imagined. Thank you to everyone! Julia loves all her presents :)

Will update again,

Liz and Tom