July Part Two

One of the kids in my Daycare, ETHAN, was in the hospital for an infection and Kira had a blast jumping on the bed with him and they put the bed in all sorts of positions. You can see Kira has lots of personality especially when she is feeling well.

Our good friends Chris and Emily gave birth to their second child in mid-July. Little Clara Emily Smith is a beautiful, peaceful baby who has shown God's goodness to ll of us. Their first baby was born at full-term but had passed away before Emily was able to birth him. Carter Christopher is missed more than any of us can imagine. They are forever changed. I hear of Clara's peacefulness and wish Kira had more of that when she was young!

Kira's weight was down again and we are following a gluten-free diet since late June and see her hair started to grow, her gums stopped bleeding when we brushed, and her constant diarrhea calmed. She has had bouts of rashes on her trunk and around her mouth as well. Try to imagine caring for 5 or 6 kids and changing Kira's bedding and clothing up to a couple times a day during bad spells. Poor kid, it will smell like she is rotting from the inside out. What strange times we have had with her since she was born. Our Dentist has been very concerned about Kira's teeth trying to figure out why they came in damaged (her first tooth was actually when she was about 13 months). The top four central teeth have awful enamel. He is anxious we find out if the adult teeth are going to do this as well. VERY DEPRESSING to think... he suspects she was critically ill as a tiny baby (which she was) or that we are dealing with a nutritional/mal-absorbtion issue... like Celiac Disease. We have a good friend Mark who deals with Celiac Disease and gave us lots tips and even groceries!
(I will repost with pictures of Clara soon- they are in our mess of recovered photos)