Happy Easter from Team Gramkow! We hope that all of you were able to celebrate that Jesus is risen from the grave! Praise God! We are so thankful for his provision for our family. We have some updates!
On Thursday, April 9, Ellie was given her last synagis shot for the cold/flu season. Julie, our home health nurse, weighed Ellie and she now weighs 13 pounds 6 ounces. Wahoo! She's gaining on the very bottom range that she's supposed to be. I of course always want it to be more, but HEY she's still gaining. I just have to keep telling myself that!
She's started to find her feet and will giggle a little more these days. She also loves to stick out and curl her tongue. I'm sure you'll see that from the pictures! Too fun. She also gets bored pretty easily, so she's wanted some more mommy/daddy "hold me" attention!
Yesterday was a big step for Team Gramkow. We went to church! We purposely went late and then left early (mostly for mom's stress level). Baby steps! Maybe next time, we'll stay and talk to someone afterwards. Just still in cold and flu season, so I'm still of course nervous. All morning getting ready for church I was feeling sick to my stomach and was just so nervous. BUT...who am I to not trust that God will take care of everything. And, I just had to keep telling myself, it's not like anyone's going to cough directly on her, or hold her or touch her face and hands...because the mama claws would come out! Ha! Anyways. It was WONDERFUL. So wonderful to hold Ellie in my arms and singing praise songs! I used to sing to my belly all the time at home when Ben was away in Wichita this past Summer, so it really had some awesome meaning! YAY! She did great too. She looked all around. I don't think her eyes and head could follow everything fast enough, there was just too much to look at! We also took her to the Easter Cantata last night - wasn't sure if that would be too much stimulation or not. She did fall asleep during the middle of the cantata.
Ben's supposed to hear back from Lockheed today. So hopefully we'll have an update soon! He's working on homework from home today with Ellie because Bridget is sick with a fever :( He did get his incompletes from last semester cleared by Friday! Wahoo! He actually got two "A's" so was pretty pumped. All those late nights paid off, and unfortunately they aren't stopping quite yet because he has his final presentation and meeting with his Master's committee this Friday.
Enjoy the pictures of our cutie pie Ellie in her Easter Dress (Thanks Aunt Audrie and Uncle David!)
