Birthday Party!!

We had a lovely birthday party for Maria today at her Phx grandparents house. It was a nice small group - Grandma Anne and Grandpa Joe, of course, Maria and I, Uncle Andy, Auntie Kim and her two boys. Maria and the boys stayed in the pool quite a while. Maria's getting used to the pool and is liking it more.

After swimming, her Grandpa Joe fed her jello and fruit dip (cream cheese and marshmallow whip) and some kiwi (not so crazy about the kiwi, loved the jello!). Lots of sweets for a kid who usually eats avocados, asparagus, squash, and salmon. Keaton helped her blow out the candles, then she had her required bite of chocolate cake. She seemed to like it ok, but not as much as her mom... (she was probably wishing she had something like parsnips and sweet potatoes).

By this time, she was exhausted, but still we had presents. She got lots of nice things. I'm not sure if her favorite was the electric orange bathing suit or the large princess pillow. The dresses were pretty nice, too.

The worst thing about the day is that her dad couldn't make it. He's still trying to get out of Athens.

The best thing about the day (or one of the best) is that she had 24 oz of milk today -- all from a bottle!!!! She hasn't done that since, wow, probably February or maybe even November, who knows. She had 3 5oz bottles, 2 4oz, and just now she drank an ounce. I think she heard me talk to the gastro doc about talking to a surgeon about getting the G tube put in her stomach. Or it could be that I'm giving her 1/2 organic cow milk and 1/2 organic rice milk with 1T of thickener (thinner than honey, thicker than nectar) and she likes it better than my milk or the formula. Whatever it is, I'll take it!!