It's nice to be typical...

HERE IS CAMERON IN THERAPY, NOT MARDI GRAS I SWEAR!






We just celebrated Connor's Baptism last weekend, it was a wonderful day and I have to say just so nice and "normal". I realize that might seem like an odd word but it was just your typical get together with family and friends, there was no medical drama, no explanations needed about baptisms done in hospitals, Connor was just like all the other babies who were baptized. It was nice. For a brief moment as I walked through my house filled with everyone I thought to myself so this is what it feels like to be typical. It feels darn good!

On that note Cameron had his 2 1/2 year check up yesterday and he has grown alot!
2 1/2" since May 22nd. He is very tall (75%) and very skinny 27lbs. But he is doing great, it was so nice to be able to impress his Dr. with how far he has come:
She heard him say a word for the first time
She saw him walk for the first time
She watched him identify shapes...
and quite frankly she was amazed. She looked at me and said who taught him this, did you?

We talked about how far he has come and how he has defied the odds. As she reviewed his charts & made sure he was still getting all his therapies. She then showed me how his head circumference is growing on track and then said "after that scare he gave me thank god" I'll never forget that day in Dec 2006 she looked at me and said "his head is not growing anymore" I asked what does this mean, and she said his brain may have stopped growing we need to get him an MRI and I burst into tears in her office. But we have come so far, his brain is growing, he is making strides.

We walked out of there yesterday the closest thing to a typical family we ever have before...coming back in 6 months for the 3 year check just like any other child. What a nice, normal typical day.

Oh and then Cameron went screeching up and down the halls of the office bldg for 20 minutes, a typical two year old.

Next week we see Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics - I've got a long list of questions but that's what happens when we get to wait 6 months between appointments. That's a good thing.