Daddy is in Japan and we're holding down the home front in a chilly, soggy Kentucky. I am due a post, but have been dreadfully bad at pointing the camera at my own children these days. The photo above was taken on the day Reni turned 21 months, about 2 and a half weeks ago. I thought taking his portraits in prosthetics would be easy. NOT. The boy just wanted to walk! Duh! This is Nathan's new favorite photo of his son.
In lieu of any real news, I'll share some videos that you may have missed if you don't follow our Twitter feeds. First up is Reni trying out a wrap-behind walker courtesy of his physical therapist, Lee Ann. We're going to see how this works this summer for giving him some independence outside in his legs. If you're familiar with our general area (probably only if you're a current or former Asbury student), Reni walked across the street, around a parking lot a bit, then crossed West Main Street, past the new Media Comm building, across the Cage parking lot and halfway up the hill to the new physical plant! We only stopped because we ran out of time! He was thoroughly enjoying exploring on his terms. We cheated and hitched a ride on a golf cart back home courtesy of some phys plant workers who couldn't resist stopping to cheer Reni on in his hard work.
This particular walker is good for his form because he doesn't learn out to walk leaning forward.
This next video is just some cute, happy, giggling kids, enjoying each other on the playground on Mother's Day. I can't describe how special it is to me to see them interact and love each other. Reni ADORES his big sister and his first words everyone morning as I lift him out of his crib is her name. Ellie loves to tease him (in an affectionate way) and encourage him to say the WRONG thing. Gotta work on that "example" thing, with Els. ;-)
Finally, Aunt Rebecca shared a link on Sunday from a local new segment featuring her Lynchburg AMBUCS chapter's dispersement of their first bicycles. While for obvious reasons we couldn't be present to receive Reni's tricycle, his photo (from last week's blog post) did air at the beginning and end of the segment.
You can view that here:
http://www.wset.com/story/14649072/organization-provides-cycles-for-people-with-disabilities?redirected=true
Click the video player in the right-hand margin.
Finally, if you want to follow Nathan's travels in Japan, you can read those here:
http://asburywgm.blogspot.com
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This post is sooo incredible! I am celebrating with you on all the great things God is doing! (I have more exciting news to share !!)
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