Daddy and Me

A good week!

Morgan had a good week last week, at school and at home. The teacher said Morgan sat for 10 minutes to work on learning activities! This is huge coming from a girl that has always been on the move. They have been working on recognizing her name. The teacher says that Morgan chooses her name by looking at it and that she gets it right EVERY time! The OT said she had such a great session this week. They worked on signing "more". The OT helped her do it in order to keep going on the swing. Morgan would push some and then the OT would stop it. Morgan got the hang of it quickly and signed by herself 7 times in a row. At home, we have been working on helping her be more independent. She can feed herself finger foods, so we started putting it on a plastic plate and have her sit and do it by herself. She is getting better about it. Also, the other morning, she did something so cute, that just shows she is really expressing herself and has a cute personality. In the mornings she comes to the gate at the kitchen and wants something to eat. My husband Billy tries to give her kisses, but you can tell this really annoys her cause she keeps looking at me for food, trying to ignore him. He keeps doing it for fun, and sometimes she will just give him a quick kiss to get rid of him. Well, this one morning, she had enough. She took him by the hand and we thought she was leading him to the door to take her outside. However, she led him to the middle of the living room, and let go of his hand, to leave him there, then she walked back to the gate at the kithen. So hilarious that she was leading him away so he wouldn't bother her anymore. We all got a big laugh out of that. Thank You, Lord for laughter.

Learning!

Yesterday, Morgan learned something new! She figured out how to turn the door knob and open the door. This is exciting because she has watched us do it and figured it out. She did it because she really wanted to get in the bedroom where her brother was hiding. We were so proud of her and closed the door several more times to watch her do it again. It was really neat to see how proud Will was of her. It is the little things that are such big things to us. It just shows that her brain is healing and she is developing and learning now. My specific prayer has been: "thank you Lord that her brain is restored and repaired". God is so good! To Him all the glory!

Goals to work on

Morgan is on her two week break from summer school. However, we have things to work on over the break. We are working on Morgan trying to be more independent. It starts with basic, simple tasks. I didn't realize how much I always do for her, when I should try and get her to help. We lowered down her swing and now she can help push with her legs. We make her do at least two or three pushes by herself and then her reward is for us to push her high. Also we have her feed herself finger foods and put it in a bowl to have her reach in and get it. This we also do at dinner time to keep her occupied and give her something to so so she won't hit. These are some tips we learned from a student studying special education and behavior analysis who came to observe Morgan. It is nice to have some pointers and some goals to work on until school starts and until we get our ABA therapist. Morgans teacher this summer has been so encouraging. She said "I really see her potential". We are so thankful for all our blessings. God is so good.