Thank God for rugby!

A week already?


No pictures. It takes too long to upload from home and if you want any narrative at all we just have to wait.

So what has been going on with the boys? We have been so beyond busy that it is hard to keep up.

Big Al has finally really hit his stride (so to speak) with walking. Miss Julie's little girl had to have surgery so we have a new PT (with PT). While she was here inteviewing us about Allan he managed to do two things that we had never seen him do befor: back up and squat to standing!
Allan has been so much fun -- he has been walking nearly the distance of the living and dining rooms and some times in to the kitchen before crashing. Griff has mastered a perfect imitation of his brother which absolutely kills us all. I didn't realy realize what he was doing at first. He would say "Momma, hand!" and grab my hand and then wobble through the room beyond he would pretend to lose his balance and crash to the floor. Then he would look back and grin and clap his hands and expect you to do the same. If Allan gets praise for it, why shouldn't I?

But Allan is doing great. He has managed to get himself up from sitting to standing with no help whatsoever. I wish I could describe the process to give it justice, but, essentially, he gets in to 'downward dog' and then gets himself in to upright without help at home. For those of you keeping a record, then is a milestone.


As is the fact that Griff can now jump with both feet off of the ground. This is something we learned yesterday during the big game. Unfortunately for our football aspirations, Dad and Griff both get the same level of "air" from jumping. Thank God for rugby.