It has been a wonderful and difficult 6 months for many reasons. The medical issues he has faced and the time/energy/work that it has taken to get him healthy have been hard. But the worst of that is over and he is making progress every month. He is so much stronger and more agile than he was in October. He cracks me up because he sets little goals for himself and then works until he has reached them. One week it was being able to pull himself up into the car by himself. The next week it was opening the car door and buckling his seatbelt. Another week, he wanted to learn to use the TV remote (that goal is still a work in progress).
Becoming a family is hard work. All of the boys struggle in different ways on different days. I struggle. But there is a lot of love in this house and we are getting some practice in apologizing and extending grace and forgiveness until the rest of it begins to come more naturally for all of us.
Here are some of the firsts that we have had the privilege of experiencing with Wilson during the past 6 months.
First bed of his own:
First bubble bath:
First Mexican food (a favorite of his):
First tube slide:
First pumpkin:
First trip to the zoo:
First time trick-or-treating:
First arcade game:
First school bus ride:
First video game:
First carousel ride:
First pie in the face:
First trip to the dentist:
First movie theater:
First snow angel:
First candy hearts:
First time bowling:
First bowl of Lucky Charms:
First ice cream cone:
First time dyeing eggs:
First Easter basket:
First Easter egg hunt:
First kite:
First time at Lake Michigan:
