Another Weekend (and a day) Gone By

It was another light therapy weekend here in Seattle, and it gave us another chance to get all rested up for another big week.  Jacob is getting more and more animated with every day that goes by and he is getting more and more happy too.  He also has started to babble again and we even got him saying Yum Yum while he was eating this weekend.  

Joshua has decided that he is going to be as therapist when he grows up and has been having fun doing the things the (mostly speech) therapist has been doing with Jacob.  He continues to be a big help to the therapy because Jacob loves to watch his brother and imitate him on things.  He has even made an attempt to get up and try to get to Josh (I think forgetting that not everything goes with him as easily as it used too). 

Last week they measured Jacob for a splint to wear on his right foot, to give him a bit more support when he is trying to walk and today it came.  He tried it on and started walking with it.  He did really well!  They had to help him with positioning his right leg and some stability of course, but it was amazing how quickly he took to it with just a bit of help (and not much complaining).

 Josh has his moments when he is a bit difficult or wants to go do something else, which I really can't blame him for, especially considering he is only 5, but I am so proud of how well he has helped out with Jacob and endured the long hours at the hospital at times.  All of the nurses have taken to both Joshua and Jacob and they all seem very impressed with Josh's big brother skills.  Josh has even been busy sweet talking some of the ladies at the Ronald McDonald house.  Saturday one of the ladies took him to the "secret toy closet" and let him pick out a toy.  He of course picked out a remote control front loader (which is appropriate because every day he watches the construction outside Jacob's window).  So far he has carried it back and forth from the hospital every single day.  Today he even let Jacob try out the controls, which he was a bit hesitant about yesterday.  

Tomorrow I am sure we will do some more walking and I will be sure and take my camera for this time.  For tonight I will say goodnight.  Hopefully I will sleep better here at the hospital than I did Saturday night.  I can't say that the sleeper sofa is the most comfortable thing, but also, little Pee Wee number 3 has been waking up at those midnight hours and moving around a lot.  Oh well, only a few more weeks of the sleeper sofa to go, LOL!