Well, it looks like things didn't materialize the way we thought....and that's just fine with us.  No sign of spells.  I think I am a little afraid to write that things are going well because we know how quickly things can change.  But the good times are just as real to us as the bad - and I want to look back on these times and remember how much JOY this little girl brought us!! Rachel has been SO HAPPY lately.  She has probably laughed harder and smiled more in these past few days than in any other happy period!  She is still eating every half hour or so, but she is eating well.  Last night Dave and I had her on our bed and she was laughing and laughing....just one look from us would get her going.  Ethan set up a monster truck jump in the kitchen where Rachel was sitting and every time he 'jumped the cars', she would burst out laughing - again and again.  And the other day I was on the computer looking through pictures of Rachel, with her in my arms.  She looked at me, put her hand on my cheek and giggled!  And then she looked back at the screen and giggled again.  It was so sweet.  Sometimes I forget that there is a little person in there who really wants to communicate with us, and then there's moments like these that remind us again.  It has been pretty busy here - with lots of good stuff.  There has been some discouraging stuff too (eg. respite situaion), but I don't want to think about that stuff right now.  Thank-you God for this beautiful little girl!