8 Months Old!

Can you believe how Jordan is already 8 months old? I’m shocked and amazed by how quickly this year is going by. I’m also amazed by how Jordan is growing her opinions and ideas of what she should be doing. It must be so hard for her since she can’t quite move around the way she wants. She reaches and is trying to trust her body. We tried as hard as possible to get Jordan some therapy time with her physical therapist today, but we just couldn’t find a good time to make it happen. We’ll try again on Saturday morning. We’re so lucky she’s willing to work with Jordan’s schedule so we can really accomplish something. From the way things are going… Jordan has all of the skills she needs to crawl. The trick is showing her how to do it. She’s going to end up scooting on her bottom to get around unless we show her the crawling option. According to our PT, that’s not the end of the world, but crawling will help her get better at the skill of pulling up. And of course, that’s the next step towards walking. I know I say this often. But it really stuns me how simple physical milestones rely on natural skills of every little piece of the body. Take a piece of that body away and the brain has to figure things out differently. That different thought process makes it harder without a little guidance. I swear the last few PT sessions have made amazing changes in Jordan. All she needs are some tips. She’s a smart little girl. She’s figuring it all out.

I tried to capture pictures Jordan on her 8th month birthday at school today. I didn’t have enough time this morning to make it happen at home. She was so tired, but I grabbed a couple of shots that really show my girl.

Tomorrow morning, we’re meeting with the prosthetic company to see their newly reworked prosthetic for Jordan. I’m hoping we’ll have something that works better. It’s been more than 3 weeks since she really fit well into something. Keep your fingers crossed.