Josh hasn’t made time to write since last weekend, so I’m stepping in to fill the void. A lot has happened in the past week. Nate has gotten over his barking croup cough and seems to have passed his germs to both Daddy and Mommy. Luckily, Lewis seems to have dodged it so far, but something has kept him from sleeping very well for the last several nights – so we’ve been using any spare time we can find to nap. Aunt Annie and Uncle Danny will be coming for a visit today and Nanny and Babu are coming to help out this week.
We’ve had a little trouble getting into a pattern after the inaugural excitement last weekend. Nate insists that our new President calls him on his cell phone to discuss the state of affairs! Nate is too cute and without any prompting he started drawing the road from our house to the airport to school and to the grocery store (and what road would that be?). I guess art imitates life!
And you know how everyone has a list of things they would like to accomplish in their lifetime? Well we've had many evaluations of Lewis this week. The Arlington County "Parent Infant Education Program" aka PIE had a physical therapist and an early educator come to observe Lewis this past week. The occupational therapist from a private provider has also been coming out to the house to work with Lewis as has a speech therapist. In all these appointments, we've been making lists of goals for Lewis. Things like,"beginning to eat like a typical infant", "learning to walk", "some time together to enjoy each other", "bringing hands to midline", "postural control", "improving visual motor skills" and "learning to ride a motorcycle" (wait, that one is being scratched off the list).
I never thought we'd start this early, but its pretty darn cool to see a little bit of progress. Lewis is beginning to have more head control and he can sit in his Bumbo seat for up to 10 minutes. He loves to follow the sound of Nate's voice and watches his big brother’s every move. Though both eyes are now having problems, Lewis’ eye patch seems to be starting to correct the left eye. And he is learning to improve his nutritional suck when he gets his feedings. There is much hope.
Jenn and Josh, we love your idea of a list for Lewis. We understand why Lewis follows everything Nate does and says. Nate captivated us the same way. We hope with Jenn's parents there and also Annie and Dan visiting you two can catch up on your sleep. It's going to minus 10 in our neck of the VT woods tonight. Stay snug down there. Love to all in extended family. Carol and Paul
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