Pumpkin Painting!

William's OT brought pumpkins to paint today! William and Juliet both had a great time!

The Stander

We tried out William's stander for the first time yesterday!

Look at how tall he is! Last time William was measured he was in the 97 percentile for length and Juliet has always been on the petite side. So I wanted to get a picture of them side by side up right to see the height difference in William (15 mo.) and Juliet (3.5 yr).

And no Dan and I are not tall people nor do we have tall family members. From discussions with other MTM parents, tall and lean is typical for our boys. 

Please do not think I am delusional when I write this, but sometimes it is just fun to be the dreamer type. I was thinking how amazing it would be to watch all of our boys play basketball together once we have cured them. Oh, I know it is a BIG dream and probably sounds crazy. 

Anyway, William did well in his stander (as long as we kept it positioned so he could see Elmo of course.) Yes, as we tried out the stander for the first time, we made sure to have Elmo on so we was completely occupied.

Blocks

Blocks! William and Juliet have been playing a lot lately with their wooden blocks. They stack them, they shake them in a basket...they are constantly coming up with new things to do with these blocks.

Yesterday, while watching football with Dan, William created the project of placing all of his blocks on his car! It was really fun watching him work so hard on his little project!  

Our therapists are always trying to get William to put items in a container and he will never do it for them. I wonder if this counts? :-) 

Website is Up!

We have launched the Where There's A Will There's A Cure website!

We would love to have you visit us at www.will-cure.org

Ready, Set, Go!

Ok, while William took his nap, Juliet and I came up with the great idea of testing out the Barbie car on the ramp!

Ramp

Below are photos of the new garage ramp (chair included for scale).

Dr. Appointment Photo

Here is a photo of William and Nurse Mels at the University of Chicago!

Sitting Progress

Look no hands!!!

Today in physical therapy William sat unsupported for a maximum of 15 seconds!!

(In case you are wondering what he is so focused on...he is watching his Sesame Street!)