Wonderful, Wonderful Sleep!!! (and other things)

Getting ready for Santa!!

Cute hat, but it weighed his head down when he was on his tummy. He kept trying to lift it higher, it just wasn't happening.

Max used to sleep until 4:30, I'd feed him then he'd sleep till about 7:00. That wasn't bad, I could function pretty well on that amount of sleep. Well, we got so out of our routine from all the traveling, plus he was sleeping in his pack-in-play, which he is almost as long as, that at night he would wake up at least every 3 hours and often times more than that. Last night he slept from 10:30-4:30 and from about 5:00-8:30!! I can't remember when I last felt so rested! I do, however, long for the day when he sleeps through the night.

I can already see his little personality developing. Sometimes when I'm holding him he'll cut his eyes over to the side and look at me, then smile the biggest smile, then turn and bury his head in the crook of my arm. He'll do it over and over as long as I am laughing at him. It's the cutest thing.

I think I've already mentioned that Easter Seals is coming Thursday. I feel pretty good about how Max is developing and I don't know if he's doing everything that he should be, but I do know that he is making progress. It seems like every day he is getting stronger and moving better. He still occasionally has trouble moving his left side. It will lay limp while the right side is moving, but I wonder if that might show up more at times when he doesn't feel good. I would appreciate it if you would ask God to prepare our hearts to hear whatever the therapists have to tell us, whether good or bad.

I would like to take a minute to tell everyone who has sent me emails that I have read every single one and deeply appreciate every word. If I haven't emailed you back yet, I do plan to. I appreciate all the encouragement and stories about your own children or children you know who have come so far after a rough start.

We read a verse in Wednesday night class a few weeks ago that has really stuck with me. It's from Romans 9:17-21.

"I raised you up for this purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth...But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

Doesn't that just say it all?

May God bless you as you go throughout your day.

Kelly