Explosion

I heard the forecasted temp of 74 degrees on the radio on my way into work this morning. 74 degrees! I honestly did not even understand the sounds that created the words "seventy four degrees." Seventyfourseventyfourseventyfour. It was like she was speaking a language that I had never heard before. Isn't it sad that "seventy four degrees" sounds so strange? So, yes, it is BEAUTIFUL today. It's one of those days where you think that this has to be what the weather in Heaven is like. Unfortunately I was sitting in a windowless meeting room for most of the day, but our evening has been fabulously awesome.


Already doing the sign for more, even before we reach the bottom of the slide. Can I just say that this kids LOVES being outside. The park and slides and swings send him into fits of excitement beyond explanation.

I wanted to write a quick post about Elijah's PT/ST session last night. He has four people who work with him each Thursday session. A physical therapist, a PT student, a speech therapist and an ST student. All four of these awesome ladies work extremely hard with Elijah every Thursday night. They have all seen hours and hours of tears, refusals to cooperate, lots of screaming and more giant tears. Well. Last night I saw all four of their mouths literally hanging open because of the developmental explosion that has transpired over the past week.

A week ago they were begging him to do the sign for more. Last night he did it about 50 times, and without being asked. He also said some words that I haven't even heard him say before. He pointed to a giraffe and said, "Affff." He used "up," "pop," "roof," "help," "ball" and "off" appropriately. He stood up nice and straight as he played while holding onto the side of a table. He even moved his hips back and forth a bit as he stood. Elijah has always resisted movement. Everything about how he moves is very rigid, so even a little intentional side-to-side hip movement is exciting stuff. This is also why it was exciting that he willingly bent his knees to get a toy from the ground. His feet weren't pointing to the sides as much (which means he is feeling more stable), and all around he just seems more comfortable with his body.

YAY ELIJAH!