Casey with Mom afternoon nap...

Busy Girl

Casey has been pretty busy these past couple of weeks. She has been working hard in all of her therapies (PT, OT & Cranial). She is making progress. She still doesn't bend on her own, but in PT she was able to get past 90^ on both legs. Cranial and OT have really been helping her with her mouth as well. She is starting to really get vocal at night. She has been curling up the corner of one side of her mouth trying to smile too. She doesn't have a full smile just yet, but she is getting there. She has learned that she can open and close her mouth some to make new sounds too. When most babies are heading to bed is when Casey seems to really wake up and start talking. It's very cute.

Casey has been out on the town a lot lately. She went to the pool a few more times, and I am sure we will be back this weekend. She went to dinner with some friends on Tuesday. We just got back from a walk to the park so she could see the ducks. We may try to go to the LA zoo this weekend, depending on the weather and her of course. Tim is getting around pretty well too. His back is still sore from time to time, but he is recovering well.

Casey was fitted for her hearing aides this week. She got the pink ones of course. They will be in after 3 weeks. We will post pics when we get them. She is probably going to have to get her tubes redone as well. No date for that just yet.

Casey had a huge neuro appointment this week too. She is officially seizure free. The doctor was very pleased with her progress. He told us to keep doing what ever we're doing because it is working. He was actually a little surprised at how well she is doing. A positive neuro visit is really nice.

We will try to catch her partial smile on camera and post pics. We will also get her in her hearing aides when they come in. We hope everyone is doing well.

Little Fishy

We took Casey to the pool for her first swim. We were not sure how she would react, but she seemed to really like it. She hates her bath until we start to wash her hair then she loves the bath. In the pool I let her float (with my support) and I bounced her up and down some. I did not submerge her head but let her see the water. The entire time she was very relaxed and even kooed some. There was a lot of other mom's and babies in the pool too. We all hung out at the steps together. There was a little 2 year old girl named Ava that Casey made friends with. She really like Casey's glasses. She called them baby goggles. She would come over and talk to Casey and bounce around for Casey to ride little waves. They were very cute together.

Tim's doctors and Casey's PTs have all told Tim that once he feels up to it that walking in a pool is a great exercise and stretch for back patients. While Casey and I hung out on the steps he walked some. He did pretty good. He walked for at least 15-20 minutes. Casey and I were in the pool for about 30 minutes.

We will have to plan more trips to the pool now that we know she likes it, and that it helps Tim's recovery. Maybe we can make it a weekly family outing.