Walking
First basketball game
Miss Jordan got to go to her first college basketball game tonight! She had a ball. Seriously. By the end of the game when our team was REALLY winning, we headed out when it was clear she was exhausted. But she had fun cheering and yelling and eating popcorn. She was WAY more engaged than…
Read More +Hooray Jordan
We had our first meeting with our physical therapist in almost two months. We haven’t seen her since she filmed Jordan for a “stride study” that she’s working on. Jordan wasn’t walking properly and was really knock-kneed. Since then we got new shoe inserts and today was the proof: They really work. Jordan’s therapist was…
Read More +Fried
Why oh why oh why do I wait to pack until the last minute? Why? To make matters more interesting, I took the kids to a birthday party tonight after work. Jordan was already ready for bed when we get there. She was doing pretty well once she noticed there was pizza to eat. So…
Read More +Could I be leading my girl astray?
For the first time in my 17-month-old’s life, I let her watch almost an entire hour of Sesame Street. She sat on my lap while the whole family gathered in our bed. She kept pointing and saying “baby!” The theme was about babies and what it’s like being an older sibling. Cam was even engaged.…
Read More +Jordan walking!
Jordan walking! Originally uploaded by NerdyMom I finally caught an action shot of the girl walking. I’m so proud. During Cam’s pre-kindergarten graduation, I basically let Jordan run free. I trust the families who have kids at the school, we were sitting near the back and her favorite teachers were there keeping an eye on…
Read More +17 Months Old
Miss Jordan is 17 months old today. I’m so proud of all she’s been able to do in the last month! She’s walking better every day. Yesterday, she was walking FAST from one spot to the other in our basement. She fell on her face on Sunday and even though she bruised her mouth, she…
Read More +Prosthetic action
Jordan is figuring things out. Last Friday I got a voicemail from her occupational therapist telling me how Jordan was figuring out how to really use her prosthetic. Today I got to see the proof. This picture shows Jordan holding a striped tube that you have to hold to put shapes on it. She would…
Read More +Wow (Shaking head)
I normally talk about Jordan here, but I’ve turned up my nerd level a notch since I got a new MacBook Pro yesterday. I’m scheming to get my station’s website up and running with a big project for next year, so today I started building documents on Google Documents and I’m kind of excited about…
Read More +Even the boy is excited
Cam and I watched Jordan stand up, walk across the grass and step up onto the concrete in the backyard, then walk over to me where I was sitting in a chair. Even Cam was excited. Wow. Now I have to carry a camera to capture a moment to share with everyone!
Read More +Home just in time
I got home this afternoon… While I was on the phone with the family this morning, Jordan took six steps across the room without any encouragement. When I got home this afternoon, she started walking non-stop… Holding hands or not holding hands. Then something amazing happened while Cam, Jordan and I were playing with chalk:…
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