Happy Christmas!

How far we've come - we had a lovely Christmas together and Matt was more 'there' than he has been yet. Just two years ago we didn't even think we would eat dinner together because he wasn't on solid food yet. Then when we did have dinner he kept repeating 'prime rib' when all he wanted was the Dr. Pepper sitting across from him. No confusion this year - though quiet, Matt was engaged in the conversations around him and did not seem to get overwhelmed as easily. After 3 days of family dinners, he is feeling good about his interactions and ability to keep up with the crowd. "Slow and steady," he says, "but much improvement."

Getting settled

Things are finally coming along here in New York - Matt started new therapies yesterday and I think it is going to be great. Even though it is an hour away, it is a hospital that specializes in brain injuries and they are excited to be working with Matt. He has OT and speech twice a week for a month and then we'll see what happens next. He continues to improve from what we have seen and it is never too late to discount miracles with him.

Roxbury Farm is working out to be a great place to be. (I put our new address in my profile.) Matt has lots of new places to walk, more people to interact with, and we even got a draft horse, which was one of Matt's dreams for our farm before. We're still getting used to him and don't have specific work to do yet, but Matt's been practicing one-handed driving and takes Milt out with his cart. My sister & I have been logging with our mentor and we can see how Matt fell in love with working with horses in the woods. Even though he won't be in the woods any time soon, I hope he can get some part of his draft power dream back.