Big changes in 5 weeks

Remember this little waif of a girl?



When she came to our home, she weighed just over 20 lbs. She didn't eat much and her muscle tone was a little on the floppy side. She couldn't walk down our driveway because of the slope and she ran looking a little bowlegged. She was scared of every stuffed animal we had.

After five weeks, she has gained 3 1/2 pounds and while she is limited in her food choices, she eats a lot of them. She can almost run down the driveway and stuffed animals are now seen (most of the time) as the snuggly, cuddly things they were meant to be:



Honestly, she looks huge in this picture to me:



She is working on saying words like "up" and "mama" and is learning how to baby sign for some others. She is learning to cuddle and not wiggle so much. She is a lot more verbal and knows how to get her way. She has wormed her way into our family and she is here to stay.