Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you had a wonderful holiday. Allison enjoyed her first Christmas and had lots of fun with her family! We spent the holidays pretty close to home this year as we still have to limit Allie's contact around others.
Santa was very good to Allie bringing books and toys and of course lots of cute outfits. Her favorite gift was from Aunt Erica, Uncle Kyle and cousins Jackson and Tyler....Elmo Live! She just stares and smiles and watches him over and over again. Mom and Dad admit that they are pretty amused with Elmo Live too!
Allie is doing amazing and continues to grow so fast - she is now about 13 lbs, loving her baby cereal and has tried a few different fruits . We did get Allie a cranial helmet to help shape a flat spot on the back of her head (very typical with preemies) - she'd adjusting to it well will hopefully just have it for a couple months. Allie has also been going to physical therapy one time per week to help strengthen the left side of her neck (she tends to favor the right.) Her therapist anticipates that she won't be there long and we'll just keep working on some stretches from home.
We look forward to sharing 2009 with all of you and may it bring you and your family good health and happiness!
Best Wishes,
The Shepards
