I realised today that it has been a while since my last post. There is no particular reason other than a break to experiene life I suppose (and what is a testimony without life experience?) Our boy’s progress is going really well. It has been three months since his first birthday and I am delighted to share about our journey together.
I’m not sure where to start, so I guess I’ll being with his birthday party. It was so much fun. I decided that I wanted to do a tiger themed party. I went all out and bought heaps of black and orange decorations and utensils. I also decided that it was too hard to find someone to make a specialised cake on time, so I decided to learn how to bake and decorate one myself after watching a free online Modern Buttercream course by Joshua John Russel on Craftsy.com, which eventually turned into a lovely hobbie for a while.
It was a lot of work to get everything ready for the party, but I really enjoyed myself. I know some people don’t see the need to make such a big effort, but I wanted to because it was his first birthday and I had both the time and energy. I also bought tiger clothes for us to wear and even stitched together a shirt for my husband to wear that matched our son’s shirt.
Because it was such a mess to organise a party at home, we decided to choose a park to celebrate it. On the day of the party though, it was forecast for heavy rain. – Not something we wanted to hear. But I was vibrant and joyful, excited to go ahead as planned for 11am in the park, so I prayed for it to clear up by the time we needed to set up. I felt at peace about it and that we didn’t need to worry because God’s hand was at work. It rained right up until 10:00am and then stopped over the park we had chosen to celebrate at. (You could literally see grey clouds all around the park.) The sky continued to clear up and our boy had a sunny, windy birthday.
I am so excited to share our son’s talking journey. Despite his diagnosis of Down Syndrome, he started talking reasonably young at 6-months-old, saying Mum. I felt so blessed. 🙂 He then learnt bub, and eventually started saying Dad, Dad, Dad – to my husband’s delight. A month ago, I was wondering what his next word was going to be? The next morning, I entered our boy’s room for his usual 6am wake up and said “hello”.
“Hello.” He replied. I couldn’t believe what I heard, though it was clear as day.
I decided to try again. “Hello?” He smiled and said hello once more. I was so excited!
I quickly took him to our bedroom and tried it again. He said hello two more times to his Daddy. It was beautiful. It is a family moment that I will treasure forever. And of course we are celebrating further words as he grows…
Here is a little list of his Talking Milestones:
6 months old – Mum, Mum, Mum
10 months old – Dad, Dad, Dad & Bub, Bub, Bub
12 months old – Woof, Woof
14 months old – Hello, Bye, Lizard
15 months old – Meeooow, Hi Daddy (to the phone) & Book, book (when he flicks through a book).
He is still yet to grow teeth and we still wait to see him walk on his own, but he can stand alone without holding onto anything and climbs up to a walker to take a stroll down the hallway by himself. I couldn’t be any happier. 🙂 He is such a blessing.
My First Born: (1) Unexpected Circumstances
My First Born: (2) Praying One Step At A Time
My First Born: (3) Overcoming The Stigmatism of Down Syndrome
My First Born: (4) Becoming Nonchalant
My First Born: (5) Polite Stereotyping – Down Syndrome
My First Born: (6) Fun, Joy and Giggles – Overlooking Down Syndrome
Thank you.
Keeping Faithful 