Gracie had her second evaluation yesterday. She has improved in every area. Praise the Lord! She has a great cross-pattern crawl, a little bit too much of a cutsie attitude, and is so adorable that the lady said, “If she were in my house I’d never get anything done.” Yeah, kinda how we feel, too. Apparently
She needs to start talking—we know she can say words, but she can be very stubborn, so we have to figure out how to motivate her. She also needs more muscle tone, which means we’re not squeezing her baby arms and legs hard enough during her tactile exercises. We’re supposed to squeeze until she pulls away in a normal ouch-that-hurt kind of way. I think I need to start practicing piano again so I have some strength in my hands. That child don’t feel nothin’! —or so it would seem.
Anyway, we have a lot to do and a long ways to go, but we’re thrilled that all our work is actually helping and that she has every prospect of growing up beautiful, intelligent, and socially proficient and productive (what we call “normal”).
A big thank you to all of you friends who have been praying for us.
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