Children's Miracle Network

The coolest thing happened today! Bella and I were in Costco and they are raising money for Cook Children's Hospital through Children's Miracle Network so I made a donation. The cashier then showed me a picture and said, "This is what your money is going towards." The picture she showed me was that picture of Bella with her PaPa's hand next to her to show her size when she was first born! I couldn't believe it. When I told the cashier that was my daughter and the baby in my basket she got really excited and started telling all the employees around. The general manager came out and took Bella's picture so they would have "Then" and "Now" photos. It was really neat! I'm so proud!

This was all on the heels of an appointment at the Child Study Center where they were doing diagnostic testing on Bella to make sure she is developing properly. The tested her hearing, fine motor skills and gross motor skills. She is considered low risk so they don't need to see her for a year. Isn't God good!

We went to her regular pediatrician yesterday and she is now 17lb 3oz and 27-3/4 in. long. They said she is in the normal range for her age. He said her runny nose and eczema are allergies and to start giving her Benadryl and put cortizone cream on the eczema. If we can't get things under control that way we may have to do some allergy testing later when she gets a little older. We haven't seen a big change in her nose with the Benadryl, but the eczema seems to be looking better.