Wow! We knew it had been a while, but to log on and see the July 5 post was our last...time flies. We'll be better about keeping this up to date in the fall. Over the summer, we had a busy July filled with doctors appointments, therapies and group class as well as a wonderful visit from Noah's Grammie and Grampie (down from Canada). August was a time to slow down a bit and spend a week on the Cape with great friends. Noah had been afraid to go in the water, but we eased him into the ocean that week and he loved it by the end. Now we're into September and we're thinking about the Red Sox fading, the promising new Patriots season and - most importantly - our little baby turning 1 year old on October 1st!
It's amazing to think about all that has happened with him since April 1 - the day we received his diagnosis. Blood, sweat and tears. For Susan and I, who see him everyday, we often lose sight of the progress he's making physically. But thinking back and listening to others who don't see him so often, as well as his therapists, he really is doing well. We've posted some recent videos of our constraint therapy sessions below - we try to do these twice a day for 30 minutes each time. He sees Sandy, his physical therapist, twice per week and he sees Jessica, his occupational therapist at Children's once every 6 weeks (which we're working through red tape to get much more often). He's not quite ready for opening day tee ball, but I guess he's got a few years until that time anyway. So, physically we're encouraged, though to us, it seems to still be moving slowly. Cognitively, he seems to be doing quite well (knock on wood - I just smashed a chair). He makes all sorts of noises, he babbles "words" all the time (Dada is his favorite!), and he has all sorts of different squeals, screams and screeches of delight...he's got a set of pipes that you can hear down the street! He's curious, he's inquisitive and he's figuring things out like a child his age should (I can't really call him a baby anymore - he's 25+ pounds these days!). And, he's happy...happiest baby (oops) I've ever seen. He smiles at anyone with a good soul - and he can tell. He waves "bye-bye", he points at things he's interested in and he gives big open-mouth kisses to his favorite people and things.
We'll keep this post somewhat brief - even though it's been a while. We will be better about updating - don't want to post all our material at once! Enjoy the brief videos:
