As I mentioned on Alex’s Caring Bridge site (www.caringbridge.org/visit/alexward) we have some videos to share. We wanted to show you how much progress he has made in the last 6 months.

The first video is of him taking his first steps (from early December).



This next one is from early February when we was really starting to walk on his own.




We got the camera out tonight before Alex went to bed and we were able to get a couple of videos. The next one is him playing with a car. He picks it up and plays with it for a minute and then he drops it. He picks it up again and "drives it" on the floor while bending over. This shows how his balance is getting better by being able to go up and down like that. At the end he does fall.....which shows that he is still unstable at times.



This last one shows Alex "running" around. He was trying to get Cory to keep chasing him. As I watch this video over and over I can see that his gait is far from normal. I see that his right foot turns in/over and that his right leg lags behind the left. From a therapy standpoint there is much to work on. Looking at it through "mommy eyes" is a little different. I see my baby boy having fun and playing with his daddy. I see him laughing and having fun. I see that he is close to running. I see that even though Alex might do things a little different, he is doing them and he will continue to do them. God is Good!!



I hope you enjoyed watching these videos. I know posting four is a lot for one post but I wanted to brag a little and I figure that seeing it is way better than anything I could say about it!!