Tidbits

Here's some of what's been happening around here:

1. Justin got fitted for new orthotics.  They should be here in a week or two.  Then the hunt for shoes begins again!
2. Travis learned to tie his shoes!  He's been doing great, but this week it finally all worked together and he has been getting them tied every time.
3. Justin improves his walking all the time.  This week Miss Caroline said she told Justin it was time to go so he got out of his little chair and headed out the door.  Usually he reaches up for her to carry him, but not anymore!  She was a little sad...  I am really excited now that he can walk in and out of the house from the car so I don't have to make so many trips with groceries and other items.
4. We have been working diligently on some fitness resolutions and Randy has been running and hitting the gym and I am increasing the number of workouts per week.  Until the VCR ate my aerobics tape yesterday.  Poor Randy had to spend his evening dismantling the silly thing.  I am scared to try it again so I just went to the gym this morning.
5. Justin has been doing lots more unprompted signs.  He chooses to say something rather than always needing to be asked a question.  Unfortunately, his favorite unprompted sign is "stop".  He has decided that he doesn't like the car music so he tells me to stop it every day.  So sometimes we do and sometimes we don't.  And we are listening to a book instead.  That seems to help.
6. There's a new DS support group starting in our area and there is a meeting tonight.  It's a kids' play area so that's a good sign that at least there will be some small kids.  We are anxious to hear what it's all about.
7. Travis and I watched the movie "ET" yesterday for the first time.  Wow, that brings back some memories!  Travis asked questions the entire time and his biggest concern at the end was what happened to the men in the tube who fell off the van when they were escaping with ET.  He doesn't like loose ends of stories.  No artistic license for him!  It was really fun though.