Catch up

Its been a crazy, busy few months and I know we have a lot to update, so here goes.

Matt's still attending speech therapy and the fact that he now thinks he sounds better is a big indication of his progress. He's still tripping up over words he wants to say, but he is getting more across than ever before. I've gotten so used to helping him out when he's word searching and now he doesn't want my help - which is awesome, but a difficult change to make. He also struggles around other people and wants me to elaborate on what he is saying, but they almost always understand what he means and its a great confirmation for him.

He is working really hard on all his exercises at home and says he is feeling stronger every day. He hasn't used his cane since April nor his brace since August. August was probably the last time we used an elevator, too - he's always looking for the stairs now. His shoulder and upper arm are stronger and seem to have more range of motion now, but his lower arm/wrist/hand are still pretty weak and not progressing much since they stopped using e-stimulation in therapy. I really wish we could do that at home because it seemed to help the most, but unfortunately that isn't possible.

Finally, we've spent the last couple months making some big decisions and figuring out details of our move. We are going to be leaving Vermont for New York on November 5. Keri will be farming full time at Roxbury and we're hoping to get Matt involved in the farm eventually, too. We are going to be building and adapting a wood shop for him which he is super excited about and he'll still have his mower. He's also found a stables nearby that does therapeutic riding and team driving. He'll figure out a way to be a teamster, yet.

We will be keeping our cell phone numbers for awhile and I will post our new address info in "My Profile" once we move.