1st Birthday and Good News on Eyes and Ears

Hi All,

We recently retested Dustin vision and they feel that his vision is in the range of acceptable for his stage of development. While it is very likely that he will have glasses, there is no need for any additional treatment - although we will continue to work with the vision therapist. Praise on this. We also retested Dustin's hearing and although it was not a very sophisticated test (he still does not have as good head and back control to stay up on his own for this) again it was in the acceptable range for his stage of development...praise again. On this ladder note, this of of course is good news for his speech development (although it'll be a bit before meaningful speech develops).

All in all Dustin is doing great. He is scooting around the floor (not yet crawling) and making great progress with his physical, developmental, and feeding therapists. He is doing much better sitting (and staying) up, he can drum with his hands (vs brushing his fingers across the drum) and he is eating rice krispies, pureed fruits and ice cream (LOVES this last one!).

We again thank God for Dustin and Zach as they are both huge blessings in our lives. Zach is in art camp this week and having fun. Grandma Sandy (Rob's mom) is also in town for Dustin's birthday and a visit. We are also looking forward to the end of the month when we travel to Baltimore/Camden Yards to see the Sox play at Fenway South. While we're up in the area, we're gonna hit Mt Vernon, and the sights in DC - should be fun.

Thanks for your prayers and love - God is awesome!