He's on a roll!

The good times just keep comin' around here, and I can't say enough how thankful I am to the Lord for this season of victories and "happy" He has given to us!

Judah has all of a sudden decided that he's going to eat a half-jar of baby food at every sitting, 3 times a day. That's a jar-and-a-half a day, people! Including the small amount of baby cereal I add to that to thicken it a little more for him. Another exciting thing about his feeds is how well and how quickly he's learning to eat. I have always taken for granted all the coordination that goes into eating, simply taking a bite. See spoon. Open mouth. Get food off spoon. Chew. Swallow. See spoon. Open mouth. And on and on it goes. Tube-fed babies don't get that, so it becomes a learned art, and my baby is learnin' away! He's finally making the connection to open his mouth when he sees the spoon...and he's not blowing quite so much out of his nose:)


Yesterday we had therapy with our OT, and our Services Coordinator came along for her monthly visit. What a fun visit! His OT celebrated with me when she heard about Judah's feeding success, and then we all celebrated some more when I told them about his ophthalmology appointment from the day before. The best part, though, came towards the end of "floor time". Judah saw Lydia's Cubbie book* laying on the floor just out of his reach. Over the last few weeks he has showed more and more interest in trying to reach things, but today he finally made a move! He did one tiny little tummy "crawl"...and then did another when we moved the book away again! Did you catch that? He moved forward all by himself!TWICE! Now, that was cause for celebration, and did we ever!:) I've said it before, but I'll say it again: these ladies that God has put in our lives to serve Judah and our family are invaluable to us! Their faithful support, encouragement, and genuine love for and excitement over Judah is priceless. Our time with them is sadly temporary (only until Judah's 3rd birthday), and I am determined to enjoy and learn from every moment we have with them!

*Lydia has become our resident evangelist. She loves Judah's Ladies, too, and always vies for their attention when they're here. She beams under their praise and encouragement when she helps with "therapy", and she colors pictures for them:) Lately, she's been telling them all about Cubbies. She brings out her vest, her book, and her mad memorizing skills, and tells them all her Bible verses! It's awesome..."from the mouths of babes", you know. She is a little light already, and her sweet spirit only makes her that much more endearing.