bath time

Tikvah's cord fell off, and she got her first bath. Doesn't she look like she's having fun?

Tikvah now has a fun little "appliance" in her mouth to help her palate grow together properly. We think she looks cute! Its like a retainer, but no teeth! It has definitely made feeding times easier and not so much air gets swallowed. She is putting on the pounds! At Selah's well-child visit we got to weigh Tikvah too, and she was almost 9 pounds already!! Hallelujah! Maybe she'll get to have that first surgery sooner. (To sew her lip together, which then pulls her gums and palate together as well. Didn't God make amazing bodies? He is the great Healer.) Of course, little Selah is still not quite 20 pounds. They are going to be the same size pretty soon!