tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post115513407777891100..comments2024-03-09T01:07:20.958-05:00Comments on Day Sixty-Seven: One YearChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687586555108712164noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155656490913712432006-08-15T11:41:00.000-04:002006-08-15T11:41:00.000-04:00what a wonderful WONDERFUL year! such beautiful im...what a wonderful WONDERFUL year! such beautiful images! i am full or warmth and wonder and excitement for you, for oliver, and for ALL the amazing growth and progress this next year will surely bring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155388479679038282006-08-12T09:14:00.000-04:002006-08-12T09:14:00.000-04:00Sounds like Oliver has really bloomed!!! I remembe...Sounds like Oliver has really bloomed!!! I remember reading your first post after Gabe had been diagnosed only a few months prior. I hoped that you too would see that life goes on. You have done so much with Oliver and I do not think he could have a better mommy :o) <BR/><BR/>Everything you posted today shows tremendous progress. Big and little steps pave the way to where we are to go.<BR/><BR/>Bravo!<BR/>KristinMom to Mr. Handsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664592848896720811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155241200027360552006-08-10T16:20:00.000-04:002006-08-10T16:20:00.000-04:00*hugs* I am so very proud to be your friend. (And ...*hugs* I am so very proud to be your friend. (And Oliver's too!) <BR/><BR/>I have to be honest and say that I almost teared up when Oliver said "bye" to me last Friday. It's amazing to see how far he's come.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131149587708735242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155229801326101692006-08-10T13:10:00.000-04:002006-08-10T13:10:00.000-04:00Oliver is realizing the power of the spoken word a...Oliver is realizing the power of the spoken word and I suspect there is no turning back now!! Bravo!!<BR/>Your progress together is absolutely worth celebrating! I remember people's incredulous looks when I would spout off about some seemingly minor accomplishment of Littleman's. All progress is good, every step, every hard won inch.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824248962807980412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155178162055623882006-08-09T22:49:00.000-04:002006-08-09T22:49:00.000-04:00This is magical! I have been laughing over Oliver'...This is magical! I have been laughing over Oliver's use of the "great outdoors" and his subsequent interest in the bathroom....... We have occasionally had to respond to the call of nature by having Charlie us what nature has to offer. I really like how you put it about Oliver having the <I>willingness</I> to speak---that he is self-motivated to talk---bravo! I have often thought that this was a change we saw in Charlie after so much ABA and speech therapy and education: His teachers and therapists taught him not only to "learn how to learn," but to love learning.<BR/><BR/>A girl named Hope and a boy named Oliver---too lovely.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155174322493619952006-08-09T21:45:00.000-04:002006-08-09T21:45:00.000-04:00I am so happy to have been reading along on how fa...I am so happy to have been reading along on how far Oliver has come this year! I am looking forward to reading more great progress. I want to hug little Hope also, that is wonderful how he played with the animals with her!Mamaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15418994345171144928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-1155138943231133182006-08-09T11:55:00.000-04:002006-08-09T11:55:00.000-04:00Happy anniversary, kind-of. Once you get the news...Happy anniversary, kind-of. Once you get the news, there's nowhere to go but up, so this time of year will continue to be happier and happier for you as the years go by.<BR/><BR/>"Not a year I ever would have imagined." This sentence struck me- our kids make our lives unimaginable. But not necessarily in a negative way- just not as we had imagined they would be.gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104742026667801816noreply@blogger.com