The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength

It has been far too long since our last update! Here you go.

O has been having a great time with physical therapy the last couple of months! It is making her more and more confident which is making her stronger. Each week we alternate from pool (it has a floor that raises and lowers to change its depth for each child's need) to land therapy.

She started out clinging to Ms Emily (her therapist) and now she is walking all over the pool. She is confidently walking in 2 ft of water, which hits her at about her shoulders. She is jumping in to Ms Emily from the side of the pool, learning the basics of the doggy paddle, and we are working on the back float (she is still clinging on for dear life on that one). On the ground, she is walking up and down half-size stairs with railings all by herself. With assistance, she is walking a balance beam. She is strengthening her balance to be able to balance on one leg (not quite there yet). Because of the weekly therapy she is gaining confidence at home too. Just a few weeks ago, she was asking for help to walk around the back yard. Now I am sending her outside with her friends to play and she is walking all over the yard by herself.

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She is making some pretty cute observations these days (almost 3 yr old!) like "Daddy calls you babe" and "actually, I don't like this one, I like that one". She has been such a wonderful baby/toddler and I can already tell that 3 is going to be a lot of fun! Just recently she has been talking a lot more, telling stories, and making us laugh. She will go one for a good 10 minutes, changing the subject a few times. While Robert and I were dating, we meet with some friends who then had a 3 year old. They told us that "if you want to understand the mind of a woman, listen to a 3 year old". They have no restraint over their thoughts. They just all come out.

Her imagination is awesome too. Her cousin was in town over the weekend and they were playing beauty parlor.

She fills our lives with so much laughter and joy.