Progress on several counts

Well, it's official!  I called the therapist myself!  Since Tobin was the one to go to the last visit, I didn't feel like I had enough information as to what Tanner's final evaluation consisted of and whether or not his file was closed.  Jean said that when she first met Tanner, he walked on the balls of his feet over 90% of the time and quite high on the tippy toes, I might add.  She said that after the altered-shoe intervention, she saw him walk on his tippy toes less than 50% of the time.  Since Grandpa Tucker and Frances bought him brand new Justin cowboy boots for Christmas, he will be able to be up at the angle he prefers, yet have the weight of his body still on his heel! Therefore, we hope he improves even more.  I have never seen my son walk so normally, as he does when wearing the cowboy boots.  Now, don't get me wrong, you will still see him up on the balls of his feet, but the progress is that he is stretching the muscles in his calves enough that he is also comfortable flat-footed.  Now it is a matter of breaking a habit, rather than a physical development issue or comfort factor.  The more often he walks flat-footed, the more stretched out his calf muscles become.  So, in summary, Jean does not need to see Tanner again!  She said he was one of the sweetest little boys and always hugged her and she truly enjoyed working with him!  Likewise, Jean!!

Both of my kids are talking more and more.  Tanner said several sentences last night, not just sketchy phrases that only I would know (that's important to point out).   He said, with an old purse on his shoulder, "Come on Sis Sis, we go to Wal-Mart.  We need gas.  You go potty there?  OK.  Come on. We go to church on Sunday."   hahahahahaha  Cute, cute, cute.

Kinsey is in a phase where she likes to label everything she sees from the moment she awakes.  She will stand up in her crib, by only the light in the closet, and point and declare "blanket", "shoes", "jacket", or "dada?"  At that point, I carry her into our bedroom, where Daddy is soundly sleeping, and drop her off so I can get ready.  They snuggle and play for a bit prior to getting dressed and ready to go.  She names things all day long while at Amy's as well.  She has also started telling me when she has pooped or tooted.  haha