Lincoln turned 5 months old on my birthday and somehow August flew by without me being able to post about it. So, instead we'll post about him being 5 1/2 months old!
I know I've said this before but he is the love of our life! He makes us smile, and melts our hearts most every hour. What a blessing his presence is on our family. We love to watch him work hard as he gains strength and learns to do new things. He's a fighter, and so proud of himself when he accomplishes something . . . like rolling over! Yes- he's finally (kind of) rolling over! We're so excited to watch him do this and be able to hold his head up more while on his tummy. I took for granted all of these little milestones that came and went with easy when watching Jezelle as a baby. With Lincoln everything takes more time and a lot of practice. His mommy's patience is being tested, that's for sure!!! He started OT (occupational therapy) at the clinic I work at, which came in handy since I was able to hand-pick the best OT there to work with our sweet boy. She's wonderful and although the therapy session is for Lincoln, it's very therapeutic for me too! When I told Darlene, the OT, that we don't know what the future holds with his recent diagnosis, she smiled and said, "well, then his possibilities are endless, aren't they?" . . . I cried.
Oh therapy. It's a way of life for us now. And although I look forward to our weekly appointments, I dread them too. I love to see Lincoln make progress, and yet at the same time I am reminded of his delays and that never gets easy. When I'm feeling down I often turn toward my new blog obsession www.kellehampton.com She seems to somehow always post about something that I'm dealing with at that moment and then puts it much more eloquently than I could. After a therapy session one day I was reading her blog and she wrote, "(therapy) It isn't ideal and it is, in the beginning, a bit overwhelming. But somewhere along the line, it becomes a new normal. And it is what it is, so we make the best of it." Yup- well said.
AND . . . right at 5 months his first tooth popped up! It's his right front bottom tooth. It's now half-way up and it looks pretty cute! Jezelle didn't get a tooth until 10 months so we were pretty surprised to see it so early with Linc.
I know I've said this before but he is the love of our life! He makes us smile, and melts our hearts most every hour. What a blessing his presence is on our family. We love to watch him work hard as he gains strength and learns to do new things. He's a fighter, and so proud of himself when he accomplishes something . . . like rolling over! Yes- he's finally (kind of) rolling over! We're so excited to watch him do this and be able to hold his head up more while on his tummy. I took for granted all of these little milestones that came and went with easy when watching Jezelle as a baby. With Lincoln everything takes more time and a lot of practice. His mommy's patience is being tested, that's for sure!!! He started OT (occupational therapy) at the clinic I work at, which came in handy since I was able to hand-pick the best OT there to work with our sweet boy. She's wonderful and although the therapy session is for Lincoln, it's very therapeutic for me too! When I told Darlene, the OT, that we don't know what the future holds with his recent diagnosis, she smiled and said, "well, then his possibilities are endless, aren't they?" . . . I cried.
Oh therapy. It's a way of life for us now. And although I look forward to our weekly appointments, I dread them too. I love to see Lincoln make progress, and yet at the same time I am reminded of his delays and that never gets easy. When I'm feeling down I often turn toward my new blog obsession www.kellehampton.com She seems to somehow always post about something that I'm dealing with at that moment and then puts it much more eloquently than I could. After a therapy session one day I was reading her blog and she wrote, "(therapy) It isn't ideal and it is, in the beginning, a bit overwhelming. But somewhere along the line, it becomes a new normal. And it is what it is, so we make the best of it." Yup- well said.
AND . . . right at 5 months his first tooth popped up! It's his right front bottom tooth. It's now half-way up and it looks pretty cute! Jezelle didn't get a tooth until 10 months so we were pretty surprised to see it so early with Linc.
