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.

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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.

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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

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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
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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