Good things happen to those who wait.....

For weeks now, many if not most, of the postings on this site have been not so full of sunshine and happy thoughts. For those of you following along, thanks for hanging in there. It has been a long long journey. I've recognized over the last few weeks that Jackson has made great strides (literally!) and I wanted to be sure to share those happy thoughts with you as well.

He is walking. Really walking. He is still very wobbly, but he is walking nonetheless. I don't know when we turned the corner but he is definately spending more time walking than crawling. He is really enjoying time spent outside walking, pushing his little car, and swinging in his swing next to his big sister.

As I've said before dinnertime has become a bit of a struggle. Luckily we've discovered that part of the struggle occurs because he wants to feed himself. This is huge. While the amount of food he is getting isn't a great deal he takes his little spoon and does his best to feed himself. The end is always a mess but it is worth the hassle of the cleanup.

Ba. Jack is still just saying ba. No ma or da. Just ba. But his babbling has increased in frequency so we're hopeful that sometime soon he'll discover one of the other 21 consanants. He is also signing more and more. Picking up signs left and right. Eat, more, all done, and bath are some of the regulars, add in a high five and blowing kisses and you can almost have a nonverbal conversation with him.

So that's it in a very large nutshell. Good things are happening. Finally.