Thanksgiving

        I have been slacking on the blogging lately. We had a busy November with 4 Thanksgivings, but we have a lot to be thankful for. Especially for all the progress that Beckett's made this year. His speech has improved more and more. He loves to play with cell phones and he has always called them "moan" but just this past week he has corrected himself & has been clearly saying "phone". Lately he tells anyone & everyone (including strangers) "Bless You!" if he hears a sneeze, and he will say "Excuse You" if he burps (still working on that one!). I'm going to try to get a video of him talking & post it soon. But here's a cute pic at least :) 

        Beckett's fine motor skills are improving too & he recently met one of his goals which was for him to drink out of a sippy cup without handles. He has trouble using his left arm/hand so he used to just grab the handle with his right hand to drink. But he's finally figured out how to coordinate using both hands to hold the cup & turn it up to drink. He still needs a little help sometimes but he is getting really good at it.

        It's weird to read over Beckett's little victories and think about how trivial they would sound to someone with only typical children. But for us every single new thing he does is a big deal. We don't take one thing for granted because we know that there's no guarantee he'll continue to learn new things or that he'll continue to just progress along a developmental timeline like other kids do. The only thing his dr's say is that they are very pleased with how far he has come but that doesn't mean it will continue & that they have no idea what he'll be like in the future. So we clap & cheer for every bite he takes holding his own fork or sippy cup and we get overly excited when he says the right word for what he wants. We pray that he just keeps getting better & we give thanks because he has already surpassed the expectations of his dr's, and shown us that maybe we shouldn't put our faith in the "experts".

       We have another little blessing who has definitely helped Beckett & that is his little brother. They are becoming closer & I know that Emerson helps Beckett learn new things plus it gives him someone close to his own age to interact with & learn social skills. The video is them playing the keyboard in Granny Sue's basement over Thanksgiving. Beckett's little hand on Emerson's back just melts my heart...