Hi Everyone! This is Carleigh! My mommy usually does the updates, but she is sick. She has a really bad sore throat and has almost lost her voice, so I get to do the talking. :o)

I went to the doctor yesterday. I weigh 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and am 22 inches tall. I didn't get in trouble for my weight this time. The doctor said I am gaining a little or at least maintaining and the doctor said I was a pretty pinkish color, so she's not going to worry about me. Whew!!

Also, I got my second round of immunizations. I was so little and cute that the nurse didn't want to give them to me. She didn't want to make me cry. She finally gave them to me, but I only cried a little. I'm such a big girl!

B got his stitches taken out of his face and he made more of a fuss than I did! He was screaming that he wanted Daddy and he wanted to go home.

Later in the day I went to see the geneticist. She was impressed with my pretty pink color and with how much I have grown. The last time she saw me was December 31st and I was a lot smaller then. She was surprised to know that I had been through two surgeries and had had RSV. She just talked with Mommy most of the time (Mommy had a little bit of voice left then) and she also took pictures of me and B so she can remember what we look like.

Well, that's about all for my doctor visits. We will see an orthopedist tomorrow, so there will be another update then. Maybe mommy's voice will still be gone. I hope so, 'cause getting to type is fun!! :o)

Hugs to all my Internet friends,
Carleigh Lauryn Grace (almost 5 months old now!!)

Today we had another visit with the pediatrician. We were "thinking big" as Carleigh was weighed. She now weighs 6 lbs. 13.8 ozs.!! The pediatrician said that gaining 14 ounces in 14 days is right on target. We are so happy that we're close to seven pounds and that Carleigh is growing as she should!!

Carleigh is going to stay on the oxygen. The pediatrician doesn't want her to have to work any extra to breathe. She is doing well with the oxygen. We do have her off it for small amounts of time, like when we make pictures of her or when she pulls it off herself!

Carleigh also had her first vaccinations. We were thankful that two of the immunizations were put into one needle, so she got three shots rather than four. Of course she cried, but it wasn't nearly as much as her brother did when he got his immunizations at two months of age! The nurse and I noticed right off how Daddy "just happened" to go pay at the desk while Carleigh was getting shots. It would hurt him as bad as it did her if he saw the shots in process! It's hard on me too, but someone has to be there.

We are going to see a neurosurgeon on Tuesday. He is going to look at Carleigh's head size and shape and determine whether or not she has a problem with hydrocephalus. If there is a problem, she could possibly have to have a shunt, which I'm hoping she won't.