Milestone UPDATE

Matthew is making HUGE strides in his development lately.  Just watching him you can't really tell that he's behind much.  His walking is improving everyday, he's starting to do more of a heel to toe walk and is almost trying to run inside some.  We're still working on walking outside in the grass and gravel, hard to believe but he does better walking in gravel than in the grass. 
Matthew is also starting to be a little dare devil and test his own abilities.  On Sunday I caught him trying to stand on one leg without holding onto anything.  He's starting to dance a little too, he loves ring around the rosies and the theme song to the "Wonder Pets" cartoon.

And our big news for the past couple of weeks, Matthew has started to pee in the potty standing up, he does it at school and here at home about 3 times a day and at night of course before bed.  He doesn't tell us but he does show us.   He does so well at remembering how to do things, stand on stool, pee, pull pants up, flush toilet and go wash and dry his hands.  With this new achievement also comes a scare.  Last week at school while potting, Matthew lost his balance and hit his chin on the toilet seat and bit his tongue.  He's ok but wouldn't eat much for a couple days.  Poor thing.

Matthew's fine motor skills are improving also, we've been working on how to hold a crayon and draw a circle.  He almost has it down.  He's at a stage now to where he wants to throw things, his crayons, balls, clothes, food , etc.

Matthew's speech is slowly, slowly improving, his understanding is improving but his speech comes and goes.  Matthew has a new speech therapist as of last week so maybe we'll see an improvement.  I still think it's his articulation and stubbornness.

He loves to pretend play and help out around the house as you can see above.

We are so, so proud of him.  If you're ever in doubt, God still does miracles-my baby is one of them.

Good night and God Bless!!

P.S.  Hope you voted today.