11 months

On 6/21/11 Aiden was 11 months old.  As I am writing this I can't believe that in just a few weeks my little baby will be a year old.  I can't believe the year has went by so fast...it is surreal! Aiden is getting bigger and at the last doctors visit was over 14 lbs.  On average he is now gaining about a pound a month!  At this rate he should be within the 5th percentile on the growth chart before long. That is our goal! He now has 6 teeth and boy can he bite!!  We are still using his tube to bolus every feeding.   Aiden has started speech therapy to help him learn to eat.  He is taking his bottle better and is learning to use a sippy cup! It is still a slow process in trying to get him to take any cereal or baby foods.  It is not that he dislikes the foods he is just not receptive to having anything of texture in his mouth.  Therapy has given us some new techniques and they are helping.  Aiden can stand and can walk well in his walker but he is still not pulling up on his own.  It will come in time I guess.  He still scoots or rolls to get to where he wants to go.  He has started to lay on his tummy but is still not interested in crawling.  Everyday we are still so blessed by the progress Aiden has made.  It is amazing how far he has come in a year.  He is doing so much better than he was doing even 6 months ago.  He is the happiest baby and most people that didn't know his story would never know he was any different.  We still thank God everyday for his blessings of healing and love! Every time we look at Aiden we have a precious reminder of what a GREAT GOD WE SERVE!!!