Christmas and Zoe

Phil and I have now learned why our parents were not as excited about Christmas as we were. Naps are no where in sight, presents upon presents to eat, and a series of church services and get-togethers that made bedtimes negotiable. But we did it, our first Christmas home with Zoe, we survived and she of course is no worse for wear. Regardless of the chaos that surrounded the day, we were happy to celebrate Jesus' birthday, singing hymns, and tell of this event to Zoe. How truly blessed we all our because of his birth and the sacrifice he made for us all.

All the festivities did push around around our normal routine but Zoe was ready to get back to work with her physical therapy appointment. The therapist was happy to see Zoe getting better at sitting up on her own and her assisted rolls becoming quicker. We hope with some more strengthening exercises we can get both of these to become unassisted completely. Zoe is also doing well with her feeding despite still having a stuffy nose and nagging cough. We continue to introduce new table foods as she as lost more interest in cereals and purees. So far she enjoys potatoes, chicken and beef broth, noodles, and grown up cereal. We continue to thank God for the success that Zoe has already made and patiently anticipate what the future holds for her.

We hope that you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas. We surely did.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ^a the Lord. Luke 2:11

Christmas!

Christmas was fun! I am tired and need some extra beauty sleep so I will update you all later.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Mid December

Unfortunately Zoe had her first trip to the ER on early, early Thursday morning. She developed another round of croup that we were not able to resolve on our own so we headed to the emergency room to get a dose of steroids and time with the nebulizer. Both were quick acting and we were home in an hour and a half resting comfortably in bed.

Zoe continues to have this mild cold or side effects of teething. Either way, she has been a little under the weather and has been keeping both mom and dad on their toes. We pray she is her old self by Christmas.

We continue to be busy in the Casmer home as we gear up for the holidays and Zoe's therapy schedule ramps up to get her closer to her milestones by February. We also have been getting check ups her various doctors. We are happy to see Zoe is gaining weight but is still taking her time with the process. She is currently 14lbs and 11oz and 26in long. As we make more adjustments to her diet we hope to see a faster rate of weight gain.

God's blessings as we celebrate the Advent of our Lord and we look forward to sharing pictures of Zoe's first Christmas home.

A Visit to Santa

Just had to see Santa yesterday to wish him a Merry Christmas. I was a little nervous but mommy was there while daddy took our picture. I got an ornament and a toothbrush. I love my toothbrush! Fun to chew on.

I am pretty busy this month. I have had extra therapy to get me caught up with some skills that I just seem to need a little help with. I also have my check up with my GI doctor so we can get a weight check, evaluate my diet, and see how my tube is healing. Mommy says my and daddy's schedule is a full time job in and of itself. Do you know what that means?

I hope and pray you are all having a wonderful CHRISTmas holiday.

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