This morning I finally captured Micah standing up on video! He's been doing it for a few weeks now but he usually does it when I'm RIGHT THERE so no opportunity to grab the camera. This morning as I was getting dressed I saw Brianna saying "UP!" to him and him standing up! I ran to grab my camera and through just a little prompting they were again playing this game. I LOVE to see how these two interact! They both love each other so much and it's obvious in their play together. :)
It wasn't too long ago that I took this very similar video of Kristopher and Brianna- when she first learned to stand up :)! Isn't it wonderful how sometimes the best 'therapists' are older- or younger- siblings? (July 2008)
Considering Micah is 8 months younger than Brianna and that he had 16 months of doing NOTHING, this is really a HUGE achievement for him!!!
It's been said many times that the best gift you can give a child with disabilities is a sibling. One to learn from and one to teach. Looks like my 3 with disabilities will have each other as well as a big brother to "learn from" and a little sibling to "teach" :)
And as a side note- TREES DON'T GIVE. My parents went citrus gleaning this morning and picked fruit that will be sent to homeless shelters (I think). Their last stop was my house and Kristopher and I went out to help them pick. Mom got at least one orange to the head and Kristopher a few near misses, but when I was scooting all the oranges that we'd knocked down to the ground into a pile I was the unfortunate one that walked right into a protruding branch. OW. Big tree. Hard branches. NO give!
ha ha ha and the tree was probably thinking you had a hard head! lol!
ReplyDeleteVery cute videos! Well done Micah! I love their jumpies!
That is THE CUTEST video of Brianna and Micah together! She has become quite the pro walker since the last time she was at my house! I'm still amazed at Micah's progress!
ReplyDeleteYeah Micah! I love the way he shakes his head no and then loses his balance. He and Brianna are so cute together. If I didn't live about 6 states away from you, I'd ask if I could come over and play with your kids sometime. :)
ReplyDeleteThat video of Micah and Brianna is darling! So cute!
ReplyDeleteWow, watching that video it is hard to believe that Micah is the same child that you brought home less than a year ago! Your wonderful family has transformed him. He and Brianna are just too cute together.
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Theresa
Very Exciting seeing Micah standing, him and Brianna are so cute playing with each other. Hope your head didnt take to much of a beating...LOL
ReplyDeleteHi Meredith! I have been reading your blog for some time now by way of the RR site. I'm so impressed with the heart your family has for international adoption of special needs children! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Even though my blog is just getting started, please feel free to hop on over and see what I'm about. I've made a recent commitment to blogging every day starting tonight, so we'll see how that goes! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute video!! That little Brianna is just waaaaay too cute! And her walking is so much steadier than when we saw her a few weeks ago! Micah sure has come a long way FAST, hasn't he? What an adorable little bugger!!!! What a fun video!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThey look like they have so much fun together. What a great video.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh!! Brianna and Micah are SO cute together :) I love how she imitates what he does!
ReplyDeleteI loved watching Micah stand up, shake his head, and sit down, and he and Brianna playing. Such cuties!
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