Alan's eventful week

This week was pretty eventful for Alan. On Monday he was suppose to have an evaluation of his gross and fine motor skills, but our little boy was sick. He was running a low-grade fever and was very congested. Aside from the sickness Alan surprised us anyway. We had him in his papasan seat and he reached up and grabbed the little bunny hanging over his seat. This was the first time that he has ever reached out to any of his toys with a purpose. Most of the time it is just randomly hitting things. Here he is on Friday playing with his hanging toys on his play mat. We are just thrilled that he finally got this skill figured out!

On Tuesday Alan was feeling a little bit better so we decided to let him play on the floor for a bit. I didn't want him playing on his mat because he would get all his sickness germs all over it. Yes I know there are sickness germs everywhere. :) But here is a picture of Alan attempting to roll over. This is as far as he has been able to go but working in the right direction for sure!!


Our little sleepy baby on Friday morning. I brought the camera in when I went to wake him up so we could go to Mommy's doctor appointment. He is so happy in the morning and I wish that everyone could see him like this. He is very giggly and so excited to see me every morning.

Wednesday was a big milestone for gross motor skills. Normally Alan does the "airplane" when he is doing tummy time. Not today. :) He put his hands down on the ground to help support himself. This was something we have been working on for several months now and was one of the major concerns from our doctor. But Alan did great on Wednesday and he even sat and talked to Tater for a bit. We also joined a new church on Wednesday night. We now are members of Open Door Baptist Church and are very excited to have a new church home in South Carolina!

Yes this is the standard laundry basket picture but it also shows that Alan can sit with some assistance now! We did laundry on Thursday and I plopped Alan in the basket so he could be with me while I was doing laundry and folding it. He sat really well with his back against the basket and only tipped forward a few times. I was soooo proud of him!! He is finally figuring things out!

We still have our appointment on Monday for an evaluation and he will have his monitor data evaluated on Monday too. Tomorrow will be two weeks since he was taken off of his medication so he should be coming off of his monitor soon!! YAY!!