An update

It has been a while since we have written and that is only because life with 2 children and working is pretty busy--as many of you reading this already know. Daniel is doing really really well and there just hasn't been much to report on. He continues to walk in his walker (mostly at school) and he continues to talk and talk and talk. He has some issues still with hitting but we are working on it. For the most part he is a very sweet little boy.

We recently got approved for Medicaid which was a process and one in which will continue to be a process. With Medicaid, we can actually get outside help with Daniel. My parents continue to take very good care of him, but as he gets bigger it is becoming harder and harder for them and for me to lift him up. Hopefully the person that we hire will be able to help with that and with other things as well.

Something we want to try to do with Daniel this summer is potty train him. We don't know if it will work but we figure we should try. Our plan is to just put him on the potty every half hour to begin with then gradually stretch that until we have him on a good schedule. If anyone has any other ideas then please do not hesitate to let us know. It should be an interesting summer.

We are hopeful that one day soon Daniel will learn to stand on his own and walk on his own. Every day he gets stronger and stronger and since no one has ever said that he will never walk on his own, all we can do is wait. He will, we all feel it. We all feel that Daniel will catch up to most things, but on his own time. It is difficult each and every day for me to see him and think of what he could be doing. Daniel makes it easy for all of us because he is happy and a joy to be with and he doesn't realize what is different nor does he feel separate from others--although we really don't know that for sure.

We can only look ahead to a future that will one day have him walking on his own and going to the bathroom on his own. No matter how difficult a dream that may seem--we have to dream right?