First feed by self

Micah actually fed herself some banana with a spoon.I placed the banana and spoon in her hand and she got it to her mouth. Then she held on to it by herslef.

Lemonade Day

had a wonderful day yesterday. It was National Lemonade Day and we went to the Gee's house to have a lemonade stand. Wendy hand squeezed the lemons and I made cookies to sell. we set up outside with posters and all the fixins. Wendy called her neighbor and they came with friends and then went door to door asking people to come out and buy lemonade. The girls came up with a cheer to do when cars went by and several stopped. They made about $38 and half will go to an orphanage/adoption agency. The girls were very pleased. When people would come up to buy the lemonade, Sarah would sing them a song on the guitar. She made $1.75 in tips. After we went inside, played and had fabulous spaghetti and meat sauce that Wendy had made. It was a fabulous day!

first time

Today was Micah's first time to play with her food. She had broccoli, chicken and rice up to her elbows and beyond. We had ECI out to evaluate her and they found her to be at a 5-6 month old. One of the questions they asked was does she know the word 'no'? I said she doesn't because if she is touching anything, we are excited and encouraging her to do it over and over. She is also sitting up a great deal with out me having to be so close to her. She has only fallen once or twice.
On the hand, Sarah is now a cowgirl again. She found a bandanna and wears a headband under her hat. The hat is Russ' but she now thinks it is hers. She walks around with her gun in her pant loops and yells Yee Haw!

Micah's Welcome party

What a wonderful day and weekend it was. It started with Zadie, Aunt Marcy and Uncle Jim coming in. Aunt Marcy set up a beauty parlor to paint toes and nails for the party that was going to take place on Saturday.
Saturday we got up and washed Sarah's hair for the first time since the surgery. We laid her on the counter and washed her hair like she was at the beauty parlor again. The party was at the Gee's house and the Gee's and Fourier's were the hostesses. Quite a few of our family and friends came out to welcome Micah to the family. I don't have near the pictures I should have. Aunt Marcy has more and hopefully I will be getting those soon so they can be posted also. Wendy and Darlene had wonderful food out for everyone to munch on, a scavenger hunt for the kids that ended in bubbles by the pool and a wonderful cake. I think everyone had a wonderful time. Micah was a bit overwhelmed but she was a trooper. We got some wonderful clothes and I think Micah will never have to wear the same thing twice. I love all my friends and family and can't thank them enough for all that they have done to help make this a fabulous time in the Richter's life.

Micah's first bath with no tears

Since becoming a family on March 8th, Micah has cried every time we put her in the tub. She also becomes very wiggly. But that all changed last night when Sarah and Micah got in the tub. Micah actually kicked her legs and splashed with her arms a very tiny bit. She watched Sarah pour water and sink toys and seemed to have a good time. It is a small step in Micah loving her new family and life!!

Micah sits up

On Friday April 16th Micah sat up by herself for the first time. I had to take pictures of it.

Sarah has surgery

Sarah had to have ear surgery last Wednesday. The hole in her ear from the tubes she had put in her ears last year, never closed. SO this past Wednesday, she had a form of Tympanoplasty, where they take a patch of fascia (skin) and place it under and over the hole in her ear drum. This should close the hole so that her hearing improves. It will never be normal but it will help. She was a trooper.
The night before we kept her up late so that she could have a snack because she couldn't eat after midnight. She got up very early and we gave her a bath and washed her hair. Now I am not sure why we washed it as they put a lot of goop in her hair to push it away from the area behind her ear. Sarah never complained about being hungry or scared. The actual surgery took about 1 1/2 hours and then we got to see and hold her. She got to have Icee Popsicles and then we got to take her home. The pictures are of her at home eating more Popsicles.