Accomplishments 2014!

I have a confession to make...I have been in a major funk for about 3 months now. I haven’t been able to shake the trials that we’ve faced recently. Usually my one bad day is followed by many good days and I can recover, but lately the bad days have been lengthier than the good ones. To be honest they have been more than I can handle. As I look back on the past few months I am in awe that I made it through. There have been so many setbacks with Lily Kate getting ill so often. BUT Praise Jesus that they have just been setbacks, which by definition is “a problem that makes progress more difficult or success less likely”… “Less likely, more difficult…” But not impossible. So progress has been paused, but prior to these “setbacks” there are so many things Lily Kate has achieved this year. Here are a few of them: SHE LEARNED TO WALK!, she is beginning to connect two words, she can climb and go down stairs with assistance, she can feed herself yogurt with a spoon with some assistance, she can almost climb onto the couch by herself, she can stay focused coloring for about 5-10 minutes, she can interact with Maddy Beth (a year ago she wouldn’t even go near her), she is intermittently using her “pointer” finger and pincer grasp, she can take off her shirt with assistance, she can turn off the light switch, she can throw a ball with 2 hands, she can slide down a slide independently, she no longer has to have her liquids thickened, and she is beginning to communicate her needs and wants to us without prompting. I’m so proud of all she has accomplished this year. I have high hopes for 2015! “ But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”- Isaiah 40:31