What Developmental Delay????

Yesterday, we took Amelia for her follow-up appointment at the International Adoption Clinic.  This was the visit in which they did developmental testing on Amelia to see if she has closed any gaps from the developmental delays she showed in China.  Please keep in mind that Amelia was seen by this same group of doctors in April and September in her orphanage.  She was diagnosed as having developmental delays more than the normal orphanage delays.  After her testing, Amelia was pronounced to be in the normal range in all areas and in the above average range for cognition and fine motor!  They discussed how she is thinking on the level of a 2-year-old.  We knew she was smart, but WOW!  Her communication was her lowest area.  Amelia's receptive language is great, but we need her to start speaking some English.  She is now walking around like crazy but is still behind in her gross motor skills because she has just begun to walk.  We are so proud of the gains that she has made.  The doctor was very impressed and pronounced her a healthy, normal child. :) Thanks be to God!  Amelia has also gained 2 pounds since our last visit!  She is now up to 22 pounds and is still 29 inches long.

While waiting the LONG wait between specialists, David and Amelia played ball.

Amelia discovered how to turn the water on with the foot pedals.

She's very impressed with herself!

This past weekend, Amelia was a party girl.  We went to my nephew's birthday party on Saturday.  It was his 7th birthday, and he was very excited to celebrate it at the Fun Factory.  We were not sure how Amelia would handle all of the stimulation, but she did great.  She LOVED the blow-up slides!  This girl is a definite dare devil and liked to take the slide by herself.  David and I took her down the huge slide with us, and she laughed each ride down.
 

She's having a great time!

This is her way of trying to climb up to slide down.

Amelia is trying her best to climb back up the slide so that she can come back down.

Funny that she knew the tokens came out of that slot!

Trying to climb in the bouncy house.

Her first bite of ice cream.  She didn't like it as much as we thought she would.  She only ate a few bites before she was finished with the ice cream.  She LOVED the pizza though. :)