New Beginnings...

A lot of really good stuff going on in the Setti household. Joey has surprised us with so many milestones this month. Dave and I are amazed with such progress he has made within the past 2 months. He's been using a lot of 5 to 6 word combinations...requesting, sharing thoughts, negotiating (gets this from his Daddy)...it's mind-boggling with this fast pace he's on. Two weeks ago during his speech therapy session, he finally ate ("crunch, crunch, swallow...into to your belly") table food...it was a Cheeto but that's huge! He is now confident in eating Gerber Yogurt Melts. Typically, he would only lick to get the taste -- now he's at the point where you hand him one and it's "all gone" in seconds into his happy belly. We are building his "chewing stamina" for when it comes time to eat meat...slowly but surely it is going to happen! Everyone on "Team Joey" is very excited for what is to come for this little guy! He's definitely a hard-worker...

Another huge thing is his willingness to be independent. Something we've just started getting used to. We never showed him the process for brushing his teeth. We used to just brush his teeth for him in the changing room. I just set up his bathroom the other day and just by observing us when we brush our teeth...he did the same thing once I put the stool up against the vanity. It's totally cool...I'm loving every second of this...he just gets it!

I love how he is showing me how he's brushing his teeth!

Days have been very busy. Seems busier than usual. We've been dealing with a lot of new transitions and patterns and schedules in the past weeks that is getting harder and harder to blog, reply to e-mails and to scrapbook. This week, I made it a point to do something creative.  I wanted to see how fast I could create something before being "redirected" by my little man. I used my Studio Calico kits for both layouts...I had fun while it lasted. :)