I haven't updated in a while. I was emotionally drained after Grace came out of the hospital this go-round and then I got sick on top of that.

Grace is doing fine. She put on some weight - she is now tipping the scales at about 26 1/2 pounds! We attribute her weight gain to her voracious appetite when she came out of ICU. After not being allowed to eat for days, she wanted to eat and eat and eat! She has tapered back down to normal size meals but she is maintaining the bit of weight she was able to put on. She still weights less than when she started the diet - but her weight is now going in the right direction!

We had Rita's Family Day over this past weekend. March 21, 2004 was the day Rita was placed into our arms. We had to alter our traditional Family Day celebration a bit this year. We would normally head to Chinatown and have some dim sum and spend some time walking around and shopping. However, we have no idea how to work out the ketogenic diet exchanges for dim sum and we don't like to torture Grace with things she loves and can not eat. So we had to re-work things a bit this year. Rita decided that she wanted to have pizza for dinner and have dinner at Aunt Helen's house. Fortunately, Aunt Helen and family were agreeable to the new plan. We went to a park near Aunt Helen's house and played with the new kites and balls she bought for the girls. We then headed back to her house for pizza and chicken wings (Grace's new favorite food).

We need to fit in Grace's Family Day celebration. Her Family Day is December 12th but she was in the hospital for hers. We were going to celebrate them together but Rita wanted her day to herself. I think that was just sharing a bit too much for Rita. We will pick a day and celebrate for Grace!

Thanks for all of the love and support and prayers.
Marie, Tom, Rita and Gracie

P.S. I get corrected now whenever I call Grace, 'Grace'. She tells me that her name is 'Gracie!' It's a good thing she can't read or I would really be scolded - LOL