Bathing Beauty

Julia loves playing in the water! We went to Andrew's parents' house the other day and Julia played in their kiddie pool for almost an hour. She had a blast and looked cute doing it!

FIRST STEP!

Julia has progressively become more confident in herself. She loves to show off and takes great pride in her newfound independence! The past week, or so, she has been standing up on her own from a squatting position. It's amazing the stability and control Julia has when she stands and cruises around.

Well, last night Julia took her first step all by herself! My in-laws were over for dinner and we were watching Julia show off for us. She was standing up on her own and showing us she was "so big" and then all of the sudden she took a step!! Oh, you can't imagine the shear joy we all felt. Now Andrew and I are ready with the video camera for when she does it again to try to catch it on film and post.

More good news... Julia had her last OT session this morning! I couldn't believe it. The OT and I had talked about how well Julia was doing a couple of weeks ago and how the OT thought she only needed a session or two more, mainly to do two more CDs for the Therapeutic Listening program we are doing with Julia. This morning and at Julia's last session, the OT assessed Julia's skills. As of this morning, she has reached and surpassed all of the goals set forth when we started. Her oral-motor skills and working on eating solid foods has also greatly improved. Julia loves chowing down on cheerios and rice krispies cereal. Tonight at dinner, she even ate some salmon, potato, and fruit we were having. I was amazed! Way to go pooh bear!!!

So, now we keep cheering out little girl on and we go back to the OT in six months to "check in" with the OT to evaluate Julia's progress. I feel so blessed that Julia has made such incredible progress so quickly. Andrew and I are so proud of our baby girl.

Hopefully, I'll have a video of Julia walking very soon...