Nathan

A few days before Halloween, Nathan got stuck in a Halloween costume.  Not sure how, nor did I see him.  Samantha just brought him to me crying.  I held him for about a half and hour.  When I went to put him down, he wouldn't put any pressure on his leg.  He wouldn't even put it down.  So, after several Dr appointments, we found out that he had a compound fracture on his foot, just below the inside of the ankle.  It was stressful thinking that someone might topple on top of him and cause greater injury.  But, we made it and it seems to have healed just fine.  These little guys recover so fast!

Among some of Nathan's other frustrations in life is his speech.  It hasn't quite taken off and he gets super upset about not being able to communicate.  My sister-in-law, who is a speech therapist, had me make some laminated cards of things around our house than Nathan likes and uses.  We attached a magnet to the back and have about 20 pictures on the fridge.  No matter what he says when he points to a picture, we tell him good job!  We also copy the sound to help give him confidence in the sounds he is retrieving for the object.  He seems to be doing great.  Yesterday he said "shooo ah"  which was shoes off.  He's doing great!