Gus is doing better all the time. We thought he might plateau on his progress any time now but he just keeps surprising us. His desire to keep moving, suddenly rolling over or throwing himself out of our arms (only to laugh really hard at us) keeps us moving.
He is making new sounds but not really any words. We'd really appreciate prayer that he could speak clearly. It is so frustrating to him as he makes the same sounds over and over and we just don't understand him. He looks worried and confused often.
We finally finished the book:
We 'read' it every night to him, talking about the events of the day. Each of the items in the book are the same items we use when we go to do each thing. (For example, the rug stands for 'belly time' and the keys represent going somewhere in the car.) This will hopefully lead to an understanding that books are a representation of a story that happened, like with his book.
Molly is desperately trying to walk, but loves to show off how she can stand without support. We tell Gus that he feels the encouragement from her because lately, he wants to stand more on his own too. He suddenly holds himself up, with little or no help from us to maintain the stance (we do help him get to that position to begin with).
Thank you for praying...miracles keep happening. God is so good.
Dear Esther and Matt and family,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading every posting that you put up. This is so very encouraging! We miss you and long to see you all again. Many many hugs and kisses, Adrienne and Paul