Wednesday morning

I know its been awhile since I've posted, but Matt's been keeping us so busy! His words are very clear, but we spend a lot of time guessing the meaning of what he is trying to say. There is a list of things we can go through of what he is usually asking for: apple juice, pudding, blankets... but every once in awhile he throws something completely new in and gets so frustrated with us. This weekend the new thing was shaving his beard, so finally he made a razor noise and pretended to shave. Then he is so thrilled when we figure something out! Its like Christmas morning everyday.

Matt is staying quite busy with physical therapy - yesterday he took the giant tricycle for a ride down the connector. He came back completely exhausted, but was willing to walk with the parallel bars for another 15 minutes. He is so determined to get that leg to work. He's still wearing his eyepatch for double vision, but it seems to be getting better because the other day we played a round of dominoes and he played on his own! A week ago, he needed someone to play on his team to help him find the pieces.

I feel like we make that statement a lot these days. "A week ago, Matt couldn't..." And now he can. I'm amazed each day by his progress and can't even imagine what we'll be saying in another week. The best thing now is that Matt is along with us - he has a vague idea of what he couldn't do before and what he can do now. And he keeps us laughing through it all.