Growing and Remembering

She reminds me of Oliver so much.  She looks like him, but she can do so much more than he ever could.  Since Oliver's life was so challenging I had forgotten the joys of healthy baby development.  It doesn't lessen how proud I am of how well he did as he tried to do things, it is just different.  When I see her succeeding at rolling over to get her play things I remember how Oliver would try to hold himself up and grab at toys.  I am sad but also impressed with how much he did try to do considering all imbalances his body was dealing with.  After doing so much physical therapy "playing" with Oliver, Beatrice's unhindered development feels so easy and surprising.  Elsa and Nora are delighted with each of her new skills as well, and tell me gleefully whenever they see her roll over or snuggle with a new toy.  And I don't have a good picture of them yet, but she grew some tremendous thighs the week we moved to Birmingham - by her 3 month check up she was at the 80th percentile for weight and height!