2013..already?!! Sammie has had a fantastic year . He is in 1st grade at a lovely school and still loves riding the school bus! His teacher. PT , ST, and OT are all wonderful and have been working him each day and we have seen so much progress! Sammie is crawling around everywhere , getting into things, knocking things over, and just messing up the house..it's great :). Sammie is beginning to pull himself up to his knees and still enjoys being on his feet. He is now able to roll around and sit-up from laying down. He walks all over school with assistance, he enjoys going up the stairs and seems happiest when on his feet! He'll get there..one step at a time! Sammie is increasingly aware of how effective and ineffective communication is. His receptive language is far beyond his expressive and it has become obvious that he is aware of this. He is able to indicate his wants and needs with yes/no questions. He is able to shake his head yes but stubbornly prefers to do a small nod with a. "Hmm" sound attached to indicate a yes reply. He can shake no but prefers to give you a look like "are you kidding me!". He says more, ball, sponge bob, baby, mama, firetruck, and randomly comes out with other words. He signs all done and is extremely accurate with the sign :) Sammie continues at Medicine Horse..we've missed sessions recently due to the frigid temperatures here in New York. Sammie's circulation is not great and his little fingers freeze very quickly. Sammie has really started to take an interest in toys. He loves rolling cars and trucks, making noise with shakers, and listening to and turning pages in books. He digs around in his toy box and I see him crawl over to Thomas' toy box (he 's 5 1/2) and dig around till he finds the talking Iron man figure, it warms my heart to see him excited to find a treasure! Sammie recently had his cardiology check-up. Everything is the same..I'm grateful nothing is worse but prayed things would look better. I'm not disappointed just feel even about it. I hope and pray that one day his heart function looks better.