November 5, 2004
Life has really been hectic lately! Oh, how you forget all the sleepless nights, diapers, bottles, joys and tears of a little one in the house! Natalie has been really great with Phoebe lately. She will really watch her when we sit them together, and when Phoebe starts to cry or make noises, Natalie will turn her head and look at her and smile!
One day in October, Tricia received a phone call from Natalie’s school. We were wondering what was wrong now, but the most amazing news came to us! They had a walker at the school designed for handicapped children and placed Natalie into it. The walker is specially designed for children that have little or no control of their muscles, so it supported her great. As they placed Natalie into it and started to move it through the halls, NATALIE WOULD MOVE HER LEGS LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO TAKE STEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They have really been working with Natalie on this quite a bit lately, and she has good days and bad days while working with the walker. But, she is moving her legs like she is trying to walk! Sometimes she drags her feet while they push her, and sometimes she will “hop” both legs at the same time, but she purposefully puts one foot in front of the other most of the time!
We will continue to keep you up to date on this, and if this web server had more space, I would love to put the video of it on her for all to see! We I sat down that night and was able to see her on video, I just cried and hugged her for the longest time. It was truly amazing and God is working His miracles, on His time scale, through her still!