Day 608 - Swavy Hair💁🏻‍♂️, Guitar Lessons 🎶, & Peas 🥄

Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

James was all combs out ready for private school in the morning. Mom just wanted to see how long it was getting. James is due for another haircut 💇🏻‍♂️ soon and we are going to attempt this at home. Mom has watched a few videos and it seems challenging. Any tips are welcome! With just a quick shake of the head James had his curls back. They're not going anywhere. 😂

Our physical therapist was again impressed with James' weekly gains. Things are really clicking now and he is a fast mover. Our focus was being able to get up on his own on both sides. He needed to use both his left and right arms to sit up, which he did! The ventilator circuit makes it tricky because he has so many tubes and cords in his way on top of learning how to do this. These kids really do have an uphill battle! 💪

While Mom cooked dinner Dad gave James a music lesson. He gets super excited when the guitar comes out! Video below.

For Dinner James joined us for peas. He is eating more and more. And speaking of "More" he signed several times for more food. Amazing! 😍


P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like. Mom and Dad read these email to James as they come in. We all love them! JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com


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