Discovery: Hands!
On December 20th, 2007, my daughter touched both of her hands together for the very first time since she was born!
At birth her elbows didn’t bend hardly at all. We have done a lot of physical and occupational therapy on her since then. We got them to bend enough to touch each other a few weeks ago, but of course we had her in casts. Yesterday Charley and I gently bent her elbows and then placed her hands together. She looked down at them a few times and then back at us like, “What?” 
Also her right hand looks so much better. We lovingly call it “the claw” since it’s stuck in that possition, but hopefully we can uncurl it a bit in the next few years (months?). Her elbows still only have passive movement, meaning she does not bend them on her own yet. But the exciting part is that (granted she’d have to bend her head down) she could get her right elbow to bend enough to get a spoon to her mouth! Of course we’re still working on the hand and fingers to be able to hold the spoon, but even though it hurts now, I’m hopeful she could grip something with maybe even just a few more months of stretching. Oh Lord, just let the muscle be there! Please let my baby be able to move her arm!
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My fingers are going to be longer than Mommy’s!
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When I put this thing on this other thing it makes Mommy and Daddy happy… parents are weird.
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Hi Daddy! Look what I can do!
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Look how far my right hand has come! Hard to believe this used to be the extent of how much I could bend my elbows too!
