HOPE'S STORY, PART 4: "OCTOBER: THE BEGINNING"

From my mom's update:  Oct 2, 2011

"Hope never ate or stirred on Friday. Rather than put her in her little bed that night, Caeli sat up all night coaxing her to eat and just holding her. Several times she made a stretching kind of movement, stiffening her legs, opening her mouth, and arching her back that worried Caeli. Saturday morning she ate again for about 20 minutes and she began to open her eyes again. We brought Hael from the airport straight to see Hope and found the three of them outside in seemingly good spirits. Tyler was rocking her in his arms and talking to her and Caeli was in their garden feeding corn to the lamas.

Pepere (French for grandpa) and Hope

Daddy, Uncle Hael and Hope

After a short visit and a dry diaper change, we left for John and Celeste's (Caeli's aunt and uncle) house to watch General Conference. (They decided a trip to Temple Square would be too much.) Caeli held Hope the entire time until she went upstairs to feed Hope. It took a long time to get her to eat for about 5 minutes, but Hope opened her eyes a lot more and even followed Caeli with her eyes. She ate again about 3 am this morning."