My weekend started with my daughter's pre-school teacher letting me and my wife know of the progression that she was making in the classroom with her walking. As most of you know, my daughter has a rare condition called, Angelman's Syndrome. Children with AS generally walk between the ages of 3-5.
The progression that my daughter's teacher was referring to was in the area of walking. Of course, what she was seeing in the classroom, we were NOT seeing at home. The teacher let us in on a little secret and let us know some of the tips they were using at school to see the progression. Lo' and behold, we decided to immediately try some of the same strategies mentioned and wow, what a difference. To our surprise, our little Angel spent the weekend walking her little legs off! (unassisted)
Talk about a 360. My wife and I have spent a lot of time this weekend letting others know that hey, guess what, our daughter has officially began to walk! How exciting is that! In case you did not notice, you can see my previous post here.
I was actually watching a movie tonight and happened to glance over at the coat rack and immediately wanted to write a post. Why? I guess you can say that I am so proud of my little angel and the hard work that she is doing in school and just to be able to see the payoff makes me happy!
It amazes me that we think so often of ourselves and we think how tough we really have it. Really? Are you kidding me? We should just take a moment and look around sometime and I guarantee you can find something or someone that is much worse off and you realize, gee, I don't have so bad after all.
Grateful for a kid that works her butt off inspite of what she was born with to make her future brighter. It amazes me that this little 3 year old, soon to be 4 year old does this, everyday! Want to talk about encouragement? Wow, I have nothing to complain about, absolutely nothing. Next time you decide to complain or wonder why? Look to the left or possibly to the right.
Grateful dad,
AVIDRNR
Sunday, January 26, 2014
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What a day!
AVIDRNR
Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Great Day!
It was truly a great day! I started the day taking not one, but both of my lovely girls to breakfast! On top of that it was pouring down rain. I decided early in the week that I would give my wife a break and take both girls with me and it was confirmed when I told my 2 year old(Jessa) that we were going to breakfast and she responded, "It's my turn again daddy?" The reason she asked is because she has learned that the two of them take turns each Saturday and she went last weekend.
I knew it would be a bit of a challenge to pull this off, but I knew that I would be able to handle it. Why? I think for the most part, I have been watching my girls and they are growing up way too fast and are really maturing and becoming more independent. Pooh Bear(Jessa), she is a great helper and I knew that she would be able to do just that today, help me. She was up for the task and did a great job. Don't get me wrong, she was a bit busy herself, but was more than anything a good helper.
For starters, I had to get one kid at a time out of the vehicle due to the pouring down rain. Jessa was the first kiddo. I asked Jessa to patiently wait, with her backpack in front of the restaurant while I ran to get Juliana and she did an incredible job(and looked so cute doing so)! I was smiling from ear to ear just because she did what she was told. I got Juliana out of the vehicle and we were good to go!
We had a great breakfast(as always) and I am so proud of both of them. They let me feed them and then they both waited patiently as I ate. Love my girls! Then, it was time to do it all over again and get back to the car and once again, the girls were incredible and Jessa stood patiently while I got Juliana all situated in the car.
To top our morning off, I decided to take the girls to Pet Smart to see some pets. What a treat it was!! I won't bore you with getting in and out of the vehicle, but I will say that I changed the process and let little Jessa Bear walk with me solo while I held Juliana's hand and the umbrella and they both did extremely well(beside the fact that they both loved jumping in the puddles of water).
My girls loved every minute of visiting the fish, hamsters and birds!
Love my girls!
AVIDRNR
I knew it would be a bit of a challenge to pull this off, but I knew that I would be able to handle it. Why? I think for the most part, I have been watching my girls and they are growing up way too fast and are really maturing and becoming more independent. Pooh Bear(Jessa), she is a great helper and I knew that she would be able to do just that today, help me. She was up for the task and did a great job. Don't get me wrong, she was a bit busy herself, but was more than anything a good helper.
For starters, I had to get one kid at a time out of the vehicle due to the pouring down rain. Jessa was the first kiddo. I asked Jessa to patiently wait, with her backpack in front of the restaurant while I ran to get Juliana and she did an incredible job(and looked so cute doing so)! I was smiling from ear to ear just because she did what she was told. I got Juliana out of the vehicle and we were good to go!
We had a great breakfast(as always) and I am so proud of both of them. They let me feed them and then they both waited patiently as I ate. Love my girls! Then, it was time to do it all over again and get back to the car and once again, the girls were incredible and Jessa stood patiently while I got Juliana all situated in the car.
To top our morning off, I decided to take the girls to Pet Smart to see some pets. What a treat it was!! I won't bore you with getting in and out of the vehicle, but I will say that I changed the process and let little Jessa Bear walk with me solo while I held Juliana's hand and the umbrella and they both did extremely well(beside the fact that they both loved jumping in the puddles of water).
My girls loved every minute of visiting the fish, hamsters and birds!
Love my girls!
AVIDRNR
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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