5 Months!

Wow...can you all believe that yesterday was 5 months since Charlie Claire's surgery?!

It's funny that this is bittersweet...bitter since Charlie is still having seizures but mainly sweet because despite these pesky little episodes she is doing AWESOME!!! The old seizures C was having had a HUGE impact on her development while the ones she is having now are more of a nuisance to her.

It is so amazing to watch Charlie Claire on a regular basis do things that she would not be capable of doing if she was still having the catastrophic epilepsy that she was having prior to surgery.  In just the last few weeks Charlie Bear has started to reach for faces, let us feed her finger foods (cheerios, chicken, cheese, etc), C has been baring weight on her legs in her jumperoo for a while but would still pull her legs up when we would try and get her to stand with our help but now she is starting to get more confident and starting to put weight on her legs outside of her jumperoo! Charlie Claire has also visually become much more interested and aware of things which has been super encouraging and amazing to see.  She has just gotten interested in bubbles and has started tracking them!! It's unbelievable to us that she can see and follow something that is almost transparent!! Along with this developmental surge has also come C being a bit more assertive which is great in certain aspects but frustrating when she starts applying it to medication time!

Here are some pics we have been able to get - please don't focus on the "moving mess" in the backgrounds of the photos!!

Reaching for faces!

Standing on mama!

Sweet Girl!

Thank you all for continuing to be on this journey with us and for all of your sweet thoughts and prayers, we really appreciate each and every one of them!