This morning, Caroline informed us right before we entered Haven 3 (literally, I had my hand on the door knob) that we would each be leading a feeding session. Way to spring it on us! But it was totally fine. I went first and just "led" the group through all the activities (Beckmann exercises, tummy time, sitting practice, and feeding with language stim mixed all in). I felt really good about it and I realized I've learned a whole lot from Caroline! When we moved to Haven 1, Caroline let Lacey do the group while she checked Alfred out. Alfred has been at the Haven about a week and he is one month old. For the past few days, we've seen him have nasal regurgitation a few times. That's because he has poor velopharyngeal closure and the liquid was going up and out his nose instead of down his esophagus. Caroline quickly discovered that Alfred was in respiratory distress and he was taken to the clinic. It ended up being a very hectic situation for B Weave, Caroline, and the aunties. We found out later this afternoon that they are pretty sure Alfred has aspiration pneumonia. We are all praying he will get better!

This afternoon we stayed home. The first half of the afternoon we were able to rest and work on a few things. Then.... Caroline gave us an excellent little crash course in pediatric dysphagia! So now, we know everything there is to know about it... just kidding! But seriously, Caroline did an excellent job.

After dinner, Mrs. Ellie Hamby invited us to come back to her house to watch the first episode of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. It is a show that was on HBO about a woman in Botswana. Before we left to walk over, a few of us were sitting in the living room and were playing some music on our laptops. As we were walking out, I just felt the urge to put on Paper Planes by MIA. As soon as I did, everyone started dancing! So we walked towards the Hamby house with my laptop propped on my shoulder like a boom box. It was awesome. When we showed up, we saw that we have been doing movie night all wrong. Mrs. Hamby has a big screen with the show projected onto it, and a table full of popcorn, ice cream, and cokes! What a great night!