Yay, I'm 78 weeks old today!
Masinja is getting more and more active every day. He constantly wants to be on the go! T.M. and I take him for "walks" around the house daily. He also likes to "walk" with his Tonka Push, Ride, Pull Truck. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite figured out how to turn around yet though! This week T.M. and I sat about 2 feet away from each other and had Masinja "walk" back and forth between us. We spent most of the time preventing him from performing faceplants, but he did manage to take 4 - 5 steps on his own a couple of times. I give him a few more weeks and he will be walking all over the house all by himself. I guess I had better enjoy the ability to sit and relax while I still can!
Masinja is scheduled for a rapid MRI next Monday. We have been trying to get this scheduled since April and the insurance company finally approved it! The neurosurgeon just wants a baseline and the rapid MRI doesn't require Masinja to be sedated. In fact, the whole procedure from start to finish is only about 5 minutes long. We'll let you know the results as soon as we hear from the doc.
Here is a video of Masinja with his tonka truck:
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
P.S. We ended up finding the woman who hit me and all is well that ends well.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Weekly Update -- 23 - 29 June 2008
Yay, I'm 77 weeks old today!
Well, Masinja and I had a pretty eventful week this week. He was in his first car accident. We were hit on our way to his PT appointment on Friday. We were driving through a construction zone and the highway was narrowed down to one lane. Traffic was pretty much at a standstill and we were rear ended, twice! We pulled off at the next exit so we wouldn't be blocking traffic. I checked on Mason and he was fine. He was just chillin' in his carseat babbling away. The woman who hit us said that her shoe had slipped off her foot and she had accidentally hit us while trying to put it back on. Thank God she didn't hit us too hard! Anyway, she refused to exchange information with me and pretty much left after making sure we were ok. After all was said and done, the accident ended up being classified as a hit and run.
Masinja made a lot of progress at PT that day. He took 10 steps all by himself! It always amazes me that he seems to do more for his physical therapist than he does for T.M. and I at home. She says that is normal though.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Well, Masinja and I had a pretty eventful week this week. He was in his first car accident. We were hit on our way to his PT appointment on Friday. We were driving through a construction zone and the highway was narrowed down to one lane. Traffic was pretty much at a standstill and we were rear ended, twice! We pulled off at the next exit so we wouldn't be blocking traffic. I checked on Mason and he was fine. He was just chillin' in his carseat babbling away. The woman who hit us said that her shoe had slipped off her foot and she had accidentally hit us while trying to put it back on. Thank God she didn't hit us too hard! Anyway, she refused to exchange information with me and pretty much left after making sure we were ok. After all was said and done, the accident ended up being classified as a hit and run.
Masinja made a lot of progress at PT that day. He took 10 steps all by himself! It always amazes me that he seems to do more for his physical therapist than he does for T.M. and I at home. She says that is normal though.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Weekly Update -- 16 - 22 June 2008
Yay, I'm 76 weeks old today!
Masinja is getting bigger every day. His personality is blossoming more and more each day as well. He has started throwing what most would consider temper tantrums. He has a play area that we call his octagon because it is shaped like an octagon. We keep all of his toys in there because our yellow lab is nortorious for grabbing things to take outside with her.
Well, in the last week or so he has decided to throw his toys outside the octagon and then cry when they are out of his reach! He also likes to play with his blocks and rings on the coffee table. The only problem is that he pushes them to the center of the table where he can't quite reach yet. He will then proceed to whine and cry until T.M. or I reach over and push it back towards him. He has even started to throw his head back while whining! I am terrified to see what he will be like when he reaches the terrible two's considering right now he is only technically 13 months old!
Here's a video of him doing his special "bear walk."
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Masinja is getting bigger every day. His personality is blossoming more and more each day as well. He has started throwing what most would consider temper tantrums. He has a play area that we call his octagon because it is shaped like an octagon. We keep all of his toys in there because our yellow lab is nortorious for grabbing things to take outside with her.
Well, in the last week or so he has decided to throw his toys outside the octagon and then cry when they are out of his reach! He also likes to play with his blocks and rings on the coffee table. The only problem is that he pushes them to the center of the table where he can't quite reach yet. He will then proceed to whine and cry until T.M. or I reach over and push it back towards him. He has even started to throw his head back while whining! I am terrified to see what he will be like when he reaches the terrible two's considering right now he is only technically 13 months old!
Here's a video of him doing his special "bear walk."
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Weekly Update -- 9 - 15 June 2008
Yay, I'm 75 weeks old today!
Masinja is now enamored with the dogs. He likes to crawl over to the window and watch them play outside. He likes to pet them even more. About once a week T.M. and I have one of the dogs lay on the floor so that Masinja can pet her. He has even started saying doggie ocassionaly.
Here's a video of Masinja crawling.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Masinja is now enamored with the dogs. He likes to crawl over to the window and watch them play outside. He likes to pet them even more. About once a week T.M. and I have one of the dogs lay on the floor so that Masinja can pet her. He has even started saying doggie ocassionaly.
Here's a video of Masinja crawling.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Weekly Update -- 2 - 8 June 2008
Yay, I'm 74 weeks old today!
Masinja has been making a lot of progress with physical therapy but his therapist wants him to come once a week now instead of once every two weeks. She wants to work with him more frequently so she can capitalize on his momentum as far as progress goes.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Masinja has been making a lot of progress with physical therapy but his therapist wants him to come once a week now instead of once every two weeks. She wants to work with him more frequently so she can capitalize on his momentum as far as progress goes.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Weekly Update -- 26 May - 1 June 2008
Yay, I'm 73 weeks old today!
Masinja had a pretty uneventful week this week. About the only exciting thing that happened was that we went and had his 1 year pictures done. Even though he is now 16 months old, his corrected age is 12 months so it seemed more appropriate to have them done this month.
The only other exciting thing this week was the weather, and the tornados that just missed us. We're at the height of the season, so hopefully we won't end up in Kansas with ruby slippers any time soon!
That's all for now.
Take care,
T.M.
Masinja had a pretty uneventful week this week. About the only exciting thing that happened was that we went and had his 1 year pictures done. Even though he is now 16 months old, his corrected age is 12 months so it seemed more appropriate to have them done this month.
The only other exciting thing this week was the weather, and the tornados that just missed us. We're at the height of the season, so hopefully we won't end up in Kansas with ruby slippers any time soon!
That's all for now.
Take care,
T.M.
Weekly Update -- 19 - 25 May 2008
Yay, I'm 72 weeks old today!
Masinja had a pretty good week this week. He had PT on Wednesday and it was quite entertaining. His therapist is trying to get him to go out of his comfort zone but he isn't exactly cooperating. She has been working on getting him to take a few steps without holding on to anything. She extended the distance that he had to go between two benches and helped him to "cruise" from one bench to the other a few times. After about the 3rd time he got mad because he didn't want to have to work so hard and he let her know it by yelling at her. She and I both bust out laughing because it was just so cute. After that he must have decided it wasn't so bad because he did it all by himself about half a dozen times.
Masinja also climbed the stairs again. Once he got to the top he decided it was time to go back down again. The only problem was he was trying to go down them head first! His therapist let him attempt it just because she wanted to see what he would do and then she tried to correct him and show him how to crawl down the stairs backwards. He didn't want anything to do with it though because he wanted to do it his way.
Right now he is scheduled to go to PT every two weeks but his therapist said that if he doesn't stand on his own without holding on to anything by the next time that we go he will have to go once a week. She wants to get him walking so we can start getting him caught up. He did officially reach 12 months corrected age this month so it is time that we start encouraging him to walk.
Masinja had a great weekend because T.M. finally came home on Friday. Masinja was so happy to see his Daddy! I'm sure he won't want to let him out of his sight for a few days.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
Masinja had a pretty good week this week. He had PT on Wednesday and it was quite entertaining. His therapist is trying to get him to go out of his comfort zone but he isn't exactly cooperating. She has been working on getting him to take a few steps without holding on to anything. She extended the distance that he had to go between two benches and helped him to "cruise" from one bench to the other a few times. After about the 3rd time he got mad because he didn't want to have to work so hard and he let her know it by yelling at her. She and I both bust out laughing because it was just so cute. After that he must have decided it wasn't so bad because he did it all by himself about half a dozen times.
Masinja also climbed the stairs again. Once he got to the top he decided it was time to go back down again. The only problem was he was trying to go down them head first! His therapist let him attempt it just because she wanted to see what he would do and then she tried to correct him and show him how to crawl down the stairs backwards. He didn't want anything to do with it though because he wanted to do it his way.
Right now he is scheduled to go to PT every two weeks but his therapist said that if he doesn't stand on his own without holding on to anything by the next time that we go he will have to go once a week. She wants to get him walking so we can start getting him caught up. He did officially reach 12 months corrected age this month so it is time that we start encouraging him to walk.
Masinja had a great weekend because T.M. finally came home on Friday. Masinja was so happy to see his Daddy! I'm sure he won't want to let him out of his sight for a few days.
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
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