3 BIG steps!!

I said I wasnt going to post again until closer to Ians MRI in Dec.....unless something remarkable happened. Well guess what!? It happened! Yesterday I went to go pick Ian up from Pathfinders, and when his teacher saw me she gave me the biggest smile and said "I have great news". My heart started pounding, Im thinking oh did he pull himself up again or say something?She got really giddy and said "he took three steps". I was in disbelief. I was unsure what she meant. "What do you mean...like all by himself? How??" She then told me during physical therapy they had him standing up and slowly got him to let go of the therapist so he was standing on his own. They said he was really upset and anxious (because he isnt used to this) but then he calmed down a little and took THREE STEPS to the therapist. Just like that! We all knew he could do it, its just mind over matter now! Now that doesnt mean he is a walker now but maybe by Christmas! It means he CAN do it we just have to help him build up the confidence to do it. The teacher said "I wish you could have seen it". I told her I would have been a blubbering idiot and I dont mind TOO much that I missed his first steps. I pretty much knew his first steps would be at school. So I had emotionally prepared myself for that. So now those reoccurring dreams I have been having of him walking are finally coming to life. Well I have to go write in Ians baby book now!!!

relatively normal

So its been a while since my last post. Thats because everything has been relatively normal! Ian hasn't had a Drs appointment for at least a month. It is so nice to get a break from that place. The biggest thing that has happened around here is Ian finally got his walker. He got it November 1st. He loves his walker, and when he gets sick of walking around he will just sit on the floor and spin the wheels lol. He does really well with it! He is pulling himself up more and more from higher and higher places. Any progress I see I get really excited about. I think about it like this: If today Ian stopped progressing he would still be able to walk with a walker and communicate with some signs. There was a time in my life I wasn't sure if I was even going to get that. So anything I get now just feels like bonus! Dont get me wrong I have expectations from him and they are not low at all they are just different. 

Something new I have to get used to now that Ian has a walker is THE STARES. I have only taken Ian out in public with his walker a few times. I usually just let him roam the house in it and that kind of thing. Well this weekend we went to Chuck E Cheese for a birthday. He was having such an amazing time just running around checking everything out. With that walker it definitley makes him stand out. He doesnt look like a normal 1 year old who cant walk. When he is tanding strait up and running around with the walker he looks older and of course its obvious he has some disability. Funny thing is I did not mind the little kids asking questions or the adults saying things like "he gets around good with that" or whatever, but just standing there staring at my son with a sad look on their face REALLY bothered me. Its not sad, and if you have a question ASK!I know I am going to come across this more and more and I bet I get used to it. I just dont want anyone to look at my son and have pity. He is not pitiful. He is amazing! So thats all for now. I will update in a couple weeks when his MRI gets closer. (Unless something really remarkable happens :0)) Please keep him in your prayers. I believe he WILL be a WALKING and TALKING miracle

                                                               Ian playing skee ball