it has been awhile

Well, I am back. it has been awhile since I wrote anything and well, I really don't know what to write. M is doing well, she starts school Jan 5th and will be taking a school but. Of course I will be a mess the first day. I wish I could follow her to school but then I would have to call out from work. I will be soooooooooooo happy not to pay for daycare. I am kinda getting tired of having to take off from work when ever M has to many bowel movements or she gets a bloody nose just because the air is dry. I hate that we have to pay for the whole week when the daycare is closed for 2 of the days because of the holiday. I can't wait for all that sillyness to end.

Well enough of my venting.Who is done all their holiday shopping?? we only have to get maybe 4 more gifts for family members and then we will be done.

Gotta go for now
D

I am soooooooooooooo happy!

Today I took Meigan to overbrook school for the blind for an observation and IEP. And guess what? M will be starting pre school there on Jan. 5, 2009 when she is 3 years old....Hip,Hip Horray!!!!! Another great thing today is that I got my car back from the body shop. Another Hip,Hip, Horray!!!!

Well gotta go.
D

Temper,temper little girl

Well I do believe that my darling little peanut is now showing a whole new side of her personality. All I can say is wow!! The past 2 days, when Meigan doesn't get her way, she has a major hissy fit. I didn't realise just how loud this little ball of energy can get until she got mad and started screaming. Calgon, take me away.( along with a stiff drink of just about anything).
Today's fit started when he got a bump on her jaw and she spilled her water. I took the little cup away because it was empty and she hat a fit. My mom and a friend of mine said welcome to the age of 3, it's worse than a 2 year old.....lol

I hope she is better tomorrow. Well gotta go, it is getting to that time again when I must hit the bed for a night of restless sleep.

D

$$$$$$$$

Well I took the car to the body shop $2000.00 in damage. Thank goodness I only have to pay $500.00 . Meigan is doing really good now with her eating, she has to work more on using a fork and spoon but other that that she is great. I still wish she would start talking to us. I am soooooooo frustrated that she communicates by only making noises. Well gotta go, I hear the little one giving daddy a hard time.

D

crash boom bang!!!

Ok. R,M and I went out this past Monday to window shop for a bigger car for me. Needless to say, we came home with a Toyota Highlander. Today, was going tobe a wonderful mommy daughter day. Meg and I get in the car, I start it up and instead of putting in reverse, I put it into drive and smashed into the back of the house. The house is fine but now my newly purchased car needs some cosmetic surgery. Augh!!!!!! I can't believe how stupid I am. The gear shift is different than my old car and I didn't pay attention to which gear I was in. Meigan was unharmed but I am not feeling so good. I guess I have been very tense so my whole body hurts.
Any way, Meigan will be going to overbrook to be evaluated for mor interventions with her vision and development on the 15th of Oct. That's all for now.

D

Daycare

O.k, here is the thing, I get to work yesterday by 7:50 M was o.k no problems in the morning when I dropped her off at daycare. At 9:25 I get a call, M has has 2 very loose bowl movements (sorry, tmi) can you pick her up. I left school at 9:45 to pick her up. We get home and she goes again but it was almost normal. She did #2 a total of 6 times yesterday. The reason for all the #2's, she had to much apple juice the night before. I had to take a family sick day with 1/2 pay all because her poo was to loose. AUGH!!!!! The only good thing about leaving early from school was that I did not have to teach the 8th graders. I understand that the the daycare is looking out for all the kids, but was it really necessary for me to take a day off for a load of poo??

cold

Well it seems Meigan has a cold, the poor little bug. If it is not the snot, it is the coughing. She always amazes me, even though she is under the weather, she is still happy. She has been very tired because of not sleeping that well but still happy! This past week went well for M as well as me. My students didn't get the best of me and M had fun in daycare. Hubby just walked by with M in his arms. She looked like she was running because he had her extended out in front of him due to her stinky bottom. He hates diaper changing and I am so used to it it's not funny. Right now M is giving her daddy a hard time. To funny! Well gotta go.

D

The weekend is here!!! long live the weekend!

Ever since we put Meigan in day care, she goes to bed like a dream. We put her in bed at 8:00 and she is fast asleep by 8:15. I am so proud of her, she finally figured out how to hold her food with her fingers so that she can feed herself. She is my little learner. I really think she had a growth spurt, R , Meg and I went shopping last night and bought her some new pants, 18 month. She is getting longer but still not filling out. Today is a down day for us, nothing but cleaning to do. Well gotta go.
D

Hi there

It has been awhile sinse my last entry. Meigan is in the process of getting through her 2nd week of daycare. She is having a ball. The only problem is once again her eating issues. Today she didn't eat her breakfast and not much of her lunch. She did do much better at dinner but it is alway a challenge with her. Her teacher said it could be because she is getting a cold just like her mommy and nothing tastes good right now. One good thing is that she is in bed by 8:00 and she doesn't make a fuss !! On to another issue. R took her to the eye doctor and we should be getting a letter from her that states that our little bug is legally blind so we can get her into Overbrook School for the Blind when she turns three. The eye surgery is still in limbo until we talk to her surgeon in Oct. Is she was blind from her corneal opacity then the surgery would be done but because she has some vision, if she get the sugery, it could make her vision worse. We are so stuck, we don't know what to do. Does she get the surgery and risk the vision she has or do we let it go and she lives with the way she sees for the rest of her life? Well my nose is getting stuffy so I will go for now.I hope to write this weekend.

Denise

Our little one is crazy today...lol

Hi everyone. It has been a few days. Today Meigan and I went to see her daddy for lunch. What a fuss everyone made over her. She is the bell of the ball when we visit daddy's work. She was yelling and dancing happily for anyone who would stop to say hi to her. She even walked away with the cleaning staff. Those ladies are so nice, one of them went skipping down the hall while Meigan tried to do the same while they held hands. It was so funny to see. If I let miss Meigan, I think she would have stayed all day in work. Later, when daddy came home, she was a total nut running and playing in the house. At least she sat to eat,but was up and yelling right after she finished eating. I guess over stimulation will do that to a little one. My biggest challenge was bed time, M didn't want to go to bed so mommy had a slight stress meltdown. M finally fell asleep at 10:50 and here I am still awake. Yikes, I hate to see this issue continue when I start back to work next week, my students won't have any peace in my room. This past Sunday we went to visit friends of ours. A great time was had by all, except for dad who was doing electrical work outside of J and B's house...lol Anyway, M had a real good time playing and exploring with S,E and young B.This weekend we are taking our little miss to the P.A. Renaissance Faire. It's the kids weekend there.

Well I better go to sleep now

D

hi there

Well it has been awhile.
We were on vacation in the poconos this past week so that is why there were new posts. We are all doing fine and Meigan is still improving with her eating. We were actually able to go out to dinner one night and that little lady of mine was the best! She sat in a highchair and played and ate the whole time. We discovered she likes fried calimari...lol . Nana and g-pop are going to watch her today while I go to the doctors. Well I smell something brewing in a diaper so I better go for now.

D

the muncher

Well Yesterday I took Meigan to see her god-mom and her kids. We spent the whole day together playing and talking. When lunch time came around I became the proudest mom in the world. Meigan sat in her chair and actually ate everything that was given to her. She is finally chewing her food!!!!! She had 1 1/2 chicken nuggets and some mac & cheese. For dinner when we got home I gave her beef lomain and she ate all of that and even some of daddy's dinner. We are finally getting over that bump in the road that was her issues on food. For breakfast today she ate a pancake ! I see a trend here...lol My little bug is finally catching up with things she was never taught in China. Oh, I think I smell a stinky little girl, Gotta go to change a diaper. peee u!!

Why?

Our Angels

As I sit here and write, I think about Meigan and also about a Little girl names Katie. Katie was taken away from her family to early in her life. She was a happy wonderful little girl and I often think That I would go crazy if anything ever happened to Meigan. Katie's parents are the most amazing people I have ever met. They took their grief and turned it into something that can save other lives. They also found love in their hearts for a special little girl they now call daughter. Shay is the luckiest girl in the world to have parents like these. And I am proud to call them friends. Although we don't see each other or talk that often, I am a better person for knowing them.

D

What to do???

Here I am with an other late night. That little bug of mine took over 1 hour to go to sleep and in the process she figured out how to get her big toe into her mouth. I am really trying hard to get her to bed at a decent hour but she is a wild woman! So once again, mommy can't sleep and she is tapping away at the computer keypad.
Anyone have any tylenol pms...lol Well that's about it for now.

D

communication

Meigan had a blast yesterday. I am starting to see more changes in how she plays and communicates to us and the people around her. Yesterday was our neighbor's pool party for their 10 yr old daughter and Meigan was the only one from our block invited. At first she didn't want to go into the pool because of all the people in the pool. After about an hour, and when many of the kids got out of the pool, she decided to go in with the help of a young guest that was willing to hold her in the pool. Well after that, Meigan didn't want to get out. When dad or I took her out, she would leed me back to get me to put her back in. She is constantly taking my hand now and leading me around the house to turn on the ceiling fans or to tell me she wants a toy. She is using the sign ( hand movement ) for more now which makes me very happy. Her therapist said today that she is starting to do things she never had a chance to do when she was younger. So I guess she is starting to kind of catch up to where she should be for her age. i only wish she would start to use real words or just say mom. She says dog and dad but that is about all we can understand right now. Sometimes I think she is saying somethings in chines... who knows. When ever I go into another room now she yells for me. before she would look under the door to see me in the room. It is pretty cool that she is getting verbal..... but boy is she loud!

I still worry about her eating and not gaining more weight. When we first got her, it was in November and she only weighed 15 lbs, she is now 19lbs and has grown 2 inches. The feeding clinic in Children's hospital wants to put a feeding tube in her but we and everyone we have spoken to say it's a bad idea. She is a very active 29 month old who eats like a 9 month old. Maybe this is why I don't sleep a lot lately. I always worry that she won't eat for me and that she will get sick.Everyone tells me it will come with time but I can't help being such a worry wort.

Well I have rambled on enough for tonight... oh it is tomorrow already and my peanut will be greeting me in several hours by climbing into our bed after daddy goes to work. So until my next sleepless night

D

I can't seem to get it

For the past two days, I have been trying to down load some pick of meigan to this blog but I just can't do it. I am getting kind of frustrated. Oh well. In about five minutes, my little pip-sq eek will be at her first pool party. ... Wish us luck... lol

Hi there, let me begin by saying it has been a few days since I last wrote anything. Yesterday Meigan had her teacher come over from overbrook school for the blind. We all had a good time, I thought that we would play outside in Meigan's baby pool. At first, the little bugger would not go in the pool. After a round of jumping with her teacher, we managed to get her in the pool and she had a blast! She was dancing, splashing,and playing with her toys. I was so proud of her. Meigan doesn't say words yet but she is starting to communicate by way of grabbing our hands and pulling us around the house to show us what she wants. She also gets annoyed when the celling fans are turned off. It is the funniest thing. I don't know what we would do without this little bundle of joy and energy!

bye for now
D

what an adventure

Well lets see, where do I start? We brought home our little lady on Thanksgiving night of 2007.
We didn't expect her to be so tiny. The paperwork said she was eating some solid food and walking with some help. Boy were they wrong. Her name is Meigan Fu Chan and we met her when she was 22 months oldin Chongqing China. It was love at first sight. I can now say that she has come out of her shell and is a little wild woman. Tonight she decided that she liked wearing her shorts on her head. Such a silly kid. She still does not talk but she is finding her voice by hollering for me when ever I am not in the room. She has also learned how to scare one of dogs to the point that the poor thing did #1 on the couch today. I think that is Meigans favorite thing to do, chase and torture the dogs. Well This is my first blog and it is late, I hope to give updates each day or week, which ever one Meigan will allow...lol