Callie update

sitting all by myself :)

Callie continues to do great.  She is just getting over her first little head cold, and we are very happy for that.  We actually took her to the doctor a couple of days ago because we thought she was showing signs of an ear infection, and that was definitely an adventure!  Her pediatrician was not in the office, so they told us to go to the ER at the hospital her pediatrician works at.  First, they handed us a thermometer to check her temperature, which I thought was weird.  She was a little warm, but not feverish.  They asked us what her normal temperature was, which I had no clue of.  Then, instead of just weighing her they asked us how much she weighs.  Again, I didn't know, I don't have a scale at my house . . .  We finally got in to see the ER doctor and he just asked us questions, it didn't even seem like he wanted to examine Callie.  But once the team representative, who was acting as an interpreter, told the doctor that Scott was a baseball player the doctor started doing a little more.  He looked in her throat and said it was a little red, and with the runny nose and congestion we told him she had he determined she had a cold.  When we asked him to look in her ears to rule out an ear infection he looked at us like we were crazy.  We had to ask like five times for the doctor to look in her ears.  When the nurse finally brought the tool over to do it the doctor said he couldn't see anything because there was too much wax.  We asked if he could remove the wax, and he said he couldn't, that we would have to go to an ear specialist!!!  WHAT?!?!?!  Well, we made it to the specialist who took the ear wax out in record time and said there was no ear infection.  So, let's just say that the medical system in Japan is a little confusing . . .  All in all it was a crazy day, but at least Callie turned out to be okay.

Callie has also turned into a rolling machine!  Well, at least a one way rolling machine :)  She rolls from her back to her stomach really well, but gets stuck on her arm when she tries to roll over to her back again.  But she constantly wants to roll, especially when I am changing her diaper.  She loves being naked and she rolls over to try and escape.  This is usually not a problem, except the other day she rolled off her blanket onto the carpet and peed.  When I saw what she was doing she just started to laugh, like she did it on purpose to be funny :)

on my tummy

She is also using her hands a lot more.  When we are at restaurants she is always reaching for the menu so she can turn the pages and always wants to hold whatever you have in your hands.  Every time I am on the phone I have to put it on speaker because she wants to hold it :)   Her exersaucer has an area where there are buttons to push that play music and say words, and flip little pages, she loves it!  Every time she makes it make a noise she looks up at us with an "I did it!" look on her face, it is so cute!  You can tell she is learning how to use her hands and fingers and it's just amazing.  Scott and I will have to be very careful to not place any limits on what we think she can do, because I have a feeling she will be able to do anything she wants.  She will definitely be a very determined child :)