she sits!

That's right... Danika is now able to sit up all by her self! cheesey i know but I'm such a proud mommy. ill probably cry the day she walks. Ive seen other baby's develop faster and some slower so i haven't been too worried... but with the tile in our home and her healing from surgery I've been cautious about her hurting herself. I took her to a friends with carpet and kids to socialize with and sure enough my baby showed me she can do it!

she has also been studying her hands and fingers... moving them around slowly and observing them move. pucking up toy's and dropping them to see them fall... and now rather then leaving them where they fall and forgetting about them she now remembers and goes after them with her newly trained fingers! its so amazing to watch a baby grow and learn. its the most rewarding experience. she just makes me a better person just for knowing her.

it so cute to watch her play with other kids now. she used to stair and shriek... but now she just gets into it. she gaga babbles at them and shares toys. its the cutest. bad part is that she gets so distracted by them she doesn't eat without getting it everywhere.... That's right!! i forgot.... shes eating Baby food now and loving it! much better then the cereal. my big sitter.

 on a scarier note... we had a very bad tornado warning the other night. my mother starts running around putting everything she can think of into her bathroom. Danika seemed to actually enjoy the make shift bed she was made in the Tub :) she like it so much that she spent the entire night there and even slept in!

as for me i gave up and went into my own bed... i just got too tired to wait it out and told mom to wake me if she see's anything. which thankfully nothing happened.

As for Danikas lip its healing beautifully. i have to say im still very upset about the scar above her eye from the surgeon slip up. it scares me that he has to touch her again. it really puts me in a bad spot. do i offend the one man willing to do her surgery pro bono? do i chance that? is she safe with him? not to offend but this man should have retired 20 yrs ago. and while yes he does a wonderful thing for these celft children both here and in his home country... he still is past his prime and could have blinded my baby!

anyway we have a couple bigs days comming up. she has the surgeon appt next week and we should have a surgery date from there.  and next month we finally have a child support  hearing. im scared. every time i think about seeing him i panic. the last time i saw him was at the restraining order hearing and i shook and cried the entire time. there is something about a person making u feel helpless. its not even the pain from his hands beating me that bothers me... it was the fear that i couldnt defend myself against his strenth. and now the fear that one day he could do that to my daughter. yea this is just for the support and he would have to take further action to try for visitation and yes odds are it would be court supervised visits if anything (hopefully) but still... i'll just have to put my faith in god to protect us and keep us safe.

ill end today with a few wonderful photos that en ex coworker took for us at her daughters birthday party. thank you Stephanie :)