happy new year

well we are a week into the new year so i guess i'll do an update on where akaiya is at...

at the last weigh in she was 28.5 pounds. she hasn't been eating to well in school so hopefully her weight doesn't drop. i finally gave in and measured her height last night. everyone keeps telling me that she looks so long. every time i think she's gotten taller i measure her and there has been no change so i just kept putting off getting out the good ol measuring tape. well, her legs were looking really long so i figured i would check her out. she measured in at 40 inches. if she would straighted her little legs all the way out she might be a little taller but probably not by much.

akaiya is currently in the 1st grade. she attends school 5 days a week. the bus comes to pick her up at 7:15 and she comes home at about 3:30. it's a long day - but she naps at school almost every day (not that the teacher wants her to!) she has made her first real friend at school. i think that has been my favorite thing about the 1st grade for her. i never even considered that she could make friends because she doesn't communicate verbally, and she doesn't walk - but the little girl has a lot of charm. for some reason she has connected with this boy, and i think it's really awesome. he still informs me that she is his "girlfriend" when i walk into the classroom - gotta love 1st graders :)

akaiya has been trying her hardest to get herself into the sitting position from laying down. she has the strength, she knows what she needs to do, she just can't get all the steps in the right order...she has a great time giggling while she tries to get up though!

healthwise akaiya has been great. she has had a little cold or two, but nothing serious. at the recommendation of a ped that she saw when she had a cold (a doc that had never seen akaiya before) we will be seeing a cardiologist. hopefully this visit will not reveal any issues. the last time we saw a cardiologist she was about a year old and he said that she didn't need to be followed, so this recommendation came as a bit of a surprise. akaiya's biggest health issue is constipation. we have tried everything and have basically resigned ourselves to the fact that she's always going to have poopin' problems.

the things we are looking forward to in the new year is mommy's graduation in may (yay!) we are so excited about going to virginia for conference. hopefully a lot of east coast people that we have never met in person will be able to attend! i am hoping to get kaiya into hippotherapy. all of the research i have done makes it seem really worthwhile - and kaiya would probably get a huge kick out of seeing the horses. she absolutely loves dogs so she would probably think it was a huge puppy with funky hair :)

we would like to wish everyone a happy new year. thank you to all that read about akaiya and wish her well. we hope that every has a great 2009!