big weekend
Nolan is all better from his UTI and seizure experience. He is back to his normal self just doing his toddler thing.
He had a fun weekend. His friend Eva (our neighbor who will be five in Oct.) came over to visit on Saturday morning and then we went to her house (at Nolan’s insistence) that afternoon. Eva has a younger brother, Joseph, who will be one in Sept. so Nolan got to “play” with him too. Then his cousins Coleman and Logan came over to spend the night which was icing on the cake! Nolan laughed more than I have ever seen, I think he wore himself out but couldn’t stop laughing.
On Sunday we went to church to hear Dindin give the sermon and to introduce Nolan to the people of the Church of Reconciliation since they were so helpful to all of us. Nolan lasted long enough to be introduced and then had to be taken outside by Ronan. Thankfully they have an awesome playground for the kids. Later that day we went to Julian, NC for a lunch/meeting with some potter friends. Nolan got to meet some new dogs and cats as well as meet some of the largest horses I have ever seen. He got to pet their noses and see them run along the fence. We walked all over the farm, played in a sand box and saw lots of cool art.
As you know Nolan has been reluctant to walk on his own, still is. However, on Sunday he was walking towards a door with me holding onto his shirt as usual. He was so intent on the door that I let go and he didn’t notice and walked all the rest of the way no problem. I’d say he went about 7 to 10 steps. So we know he can do it now, we just have to keep pushing him. I think it won’t be long at all now as I have seen his confidence grow rapidly in the last couple of weeks.
We are working with Nolan on being gentle or at least not hitting others, so far he is totally ignoring us. Our poor dogs have been the target of random slaps (the cats are too wary) not to mention me, Ronan, Eva, Joseph, Mom, Dad, Mimi, Maymay, Deb… you get the picture. Actually, there was a breakthrough moment just last night as I was putting him to bed. He looked up at me, I smiled and he raised his hand to whack my nose, I said “no, don’t” and he lowered his hand and put it behind his head. So there is hope but most of the time it seems like he hasn’t heard us. Typical toddler stuff!
He now weighs 19lb 7oz and got a good report from his endocrinologist recently so we are flying high for the moment. More hoorays!
Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 9:44 am
So much great news and so many happy pictures. Thanks for continuing to do this. I really appreciate it.