12/15/07 Update

Amanda had another great day in therapy yesterday. Her big break-through was that she kept wanting to get into the crawling position and when she did, she would rock back and forth like she wanted to crawl forward. She also did really well at reaching out consistently for toys with her right hand. At one point during the day, she was reaching out 100% of the time for a particular toy. She also got a special delivery from her Grandmama and Grandpa of a musical Christmas toy. The therapists asked that we not play with it this weekend so that it can be a super special toy for next week to help motivate her. We played it once for her and she loved it. I am excited to see how she does with it next week. I will post pictures of her playing with it next week.

Today, she had the day off and got to have some fun checking out a horse for Katie. We have been looking for a new horse for Katie for a while, as we sold her pony. We wanted to get her something a little bigger and a little better trained that she could have for a while and we found the perfect horse for her today. The picture is of Amanda testing Katie's horse out for therapeutic riding. She passed the Amanda test with flying colors. Amanda had a great time on her and the horse seemed to genuinely enjoy Amanda. I know Katie will love her new horse. She is exactly what Katie wanted. The horse is a real sweetie and is very well trained. Now we just have to work out the logistics of getting it back to NC.

Katie is going to a party at our old barn tonight. She gets to dress up in a snazzy dress so she is really excited. Tomorrow she gets to go ice skating. She has been living it up while we have been out of town! It is nice that she has so many nice people to do things with in NC.

The other neat thing that happened today is that Dan's cousin Lori called. That was a nice surprise and it was really fun talking with her.

Anyway, I hope all of you are having a wonderful day. Thanks for the love and support. God Bless!

Susan