Paul's Update - 01/11/07

Dear Friends:

Paul had a much better day. This morning Dad asked Paul if he was hungry and Paul looked at him and SAID "yes". Then Dad asked him "do you want some carrots?" and Paul again SAID "yes". Later Dad had him work with the 10lb dumbbells, do some sit-ups and roll over on his side and back. Then Dad was able to get Paul (with lots of encouragement) to get over onto his stomach. He didn't like it and when Dad asked him if it hurt his stomach Paul nodded "yes". While he was on his stomach he was able to get onto his knees with his elbows on the bed. This is a significant improvement and shows lots of body strength. After dinner Paul wanted to sit at the bedside for a bit. Dad let him sit there for a bit while Max was eating his dinner, then asked Paul if he wanted to practice some standing. He nodded his head "yes" so Dad gave him the walker and let him practice standing up and sitting down. He can do this all by himself lately. He started off a bit rocky since he didn't lean forward enough but after he was able to get up he stood and sat down about 6 times. Then Dad asked him if he was done or did he want to continue and Paul SAID "I want ... " and muttered something Dad didn't understand so Dad let him work some more. He did about 6 more times. After that he was pretty tired. Dad said Max tried to stand up by himself today too! Oh boy ... they are both going to be walking at the same time ... LOL!! Tonight Tabby worked with Paul's counting and alphabet. He did pretty good. Tabby tried to get Paul to do A, B, C ... and he said "A, B, E". He does his numbers but the alphabet is a bit harder. He'll get it ... just think ... only three weeks ago he couldn't do ANY of that! Isn't God good?

Have a great weekend ... TGIF!! Lynne & Carl