A little piece of heaven

It’s the little things in life that bring the greatest joy. We had a nice, relaxing, happy fourth of July. Spent lots of time with friends and family.

The highlight of my weekend was feeding Nathan. I decided to let him hold the spoon and eat his meal. Usually we just feed him – it’s quicker that way. But on Saturday I decided to guide him through the process of eating his lunch.

He was so excited! I could tell he felt happy and proud of himself. Maybe he feels that 2 year old desire to do things for himself, but he normally can’t. SO he was thrilled that he was holding the spoon himself. It made me happy to see him happy.

Anyways… I am adding some pics and videos of our weekend.

Okay, here is the video that I promised of a session of the reach program!

Lately I’ve been obsessed with gait trainers. Some women obsess over shoes, purses, clothes. I obsess over gait trainers. Go figure 🙂

So I managed to get a hold of a Pony gait trainer to see if it would work for him.

My dream is to find the right device so Nathan can gain some freedom of mobility. Also, so he doesn’t always have to be sitting in a stroller or in our arms. I want him to have a device that he can stand in and look other kids at eye level, and maybe one day, so he can move a little.

Unfortunately, the Pony didn’t really work for him. His legs are too stiff for him to really be able to take steps in it. It looks like I’m on the right track going after the Kidwalk and the Hart Walker.

We’re still working on getting approval for both of those, I really hope we can get them soon!

In the meantime, here are pictures of our latest failed experiment