I'm going to start writing more in here. Little and often. Or that's the plan anyway.
Stanley has been amazing this week. He's really starting to crawl, in his own special way. Each of his limbs can move almost normally in their own right, it's just when he tries to coordinate all of them that he doesn't get the desired effect. This can make him very frustrated, uncomfortable and angry sometimes; but this last week he's improved so much. Today, in fact, while Leela was in the kitchen, she turned around to see Stanley's smiling face peeking around the door frame. This is the first time he's ever managed to travel that far from the play room - and it brought tears of happiness to his mother's face.
Willow's also amazing. She's still not walking on her own, but it can't be long now. She spends most of her time destroying things, ripping books off shelves, taking stuff out of boxes, putting stuff in boxes and being a little monkey. Watching a 'baby hospital' programme on TV last night brought it all back. Just over a year ago the docs were working through a list of things to try to basically keep her alive. Each time one option failed, they'd try the next. We just can't believe how well she's doing - just remembering how ill she was; we don't even associate that poor baby with the little girl we see today.
Both Willow and Stanley inspire me so much in everything I do. There's no way they got all this motivation and determination from my side, so I think we all have Mummy to thank for that.
Stanley has been amazing this week. He's really starting to crawl, in his own special way. Each of his limbs can move almost normally in their own right, it's just when he tries to coordinate all of them that he doesn't get the desired effect. This can make him very frustrated, uncomfortable and angry sometimes; but this last week he's improved so much. Today, in fact, while Leela was in the kitchen, she turned around to see Stanley's smiling face peeking around the door frame. This is the first time he's ever managed to travel that far from the play room - and it brought tears of happiness to his mother's face.
Willow's also amazing. She's still not walking on her own, but it can't be long now. She spends most of her time destroying things, ripping books off shelves, taking stuff out of boxes, putting stuff in boxes and being a little monkey. Watching a 'baby hospital' programme on TV last night brought it all back. Just over a year ago the docs were working through a list of things to try to basically keep her alive. Each time one option failed, they'd try the next. We just can't believe how well she's doing - just remembering how ill she was; we don't even associate that poor baby with the little girl we see today.
Both Willow and Stanley inspire me so much in everything I do. There's no way they got all this motivation and determination from my side, so I think we all have Mummy to thank for that.
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