We are back at last

Wow, it really has been a long while since I last wrote. In March, we went to Michigan for 3 weeks of intensive suit therapy. Jake made amazing improvement as a result. During the first 2 weeks, he cried so much and I felt so bad for him, even though his therapists assured me over and over that he wasn’t hurt in anyway. She said he was crying because the exercises were very demanding, and he was feeling muscle soreness.

Amazingly, during the last week, Jake began to take steps on his own, 2, then 4, then 6. Can you believe it, on the last Friday that we were there, Jake took around 16 steps on his own, and I have the video clips to prove it. Granted he hasn’t taken that many steps since then, but every time I watch the short clip, I am so proud of what he had accomplished, and I have so much hope that he will do it once again. For right now, he is taking 4 steps on his own more consistently.

Then in April, my husband and I went on a European vacation while my mom took care of Jake. In 10 days we visited Berlin, Prague, and Vienna. Vienna was my favorite city out of the three. The people there were friendly, and place was beautiful, the weather was great every day.

Jake’s speech therapist did a few sessions with him at my mom’s house. Grandma was absolutely surprised by the fact that Jake responded to every one of his speech therapist’s questions by vocalizing and pointing. She was very encouraged bythe therapist’s positive comments about Jake’s ability to communicate. Tomorrow Jake will have an evaluation done by the psychologist from the district, it is part of his turning 5 evaluation. Wish us luck!