More knots in the quilt

Josiah was awake quite a lot last night but I was not.  I pretended to be awake.  I went in to him around 2:30 when he started crying and I changed his diaper.  About an hour later I thought his diaper felt funny so I checked it and realized that I had simply put a new diaper over his old one!  How ridiculous!  I have never done that before.

Our pastor's wife called us yesterday to say that she was available to come over and help today.  She went to the grocery store for us, wrapped our Christmas gifts, cuddled Josiah, and played with Isaac.  What a blessing!  Another friend from church dropped by in the morning with amazing goodies.  She had perfect timing as my cousin from Switzerland is coming for lunch tomorrow so she'll be able to enjoy them.  It's nice to have people tie a knot on Josiah's prayer quilt when they come.  If you visit and I forget to ask you to add a knot to the quilt (to represent your prayer), please remind me.  It's the first thing you see on the wall when you enter Josiah's bedroom.

Josiah had a good morning in which he spent a fair amount of time on his mat with his nurse.  He also had some smiles this evening.  The physiotherapist was happy to see Josiah sitting calmly in his stroller and enjoying his ride when she arrived.  I told her that it meant that he was fussy as the stroller usually soothes him.  We took him out of the stroller for the physio and he was fussy but he was able to tolerate it for a while though we didn't try tummy time.  I asked the PT if she could tell if Josiah would be able to support weight on his legs one day (and thus walk).  She showed me a new exercise to do with him to put weight on his legs.  I haven't noticed any progress in this area.  Actually, if he could learn to sit that would be amazing.

Graham and I were able to have a nap today and thankfully Graham is over his cold.  The heplocking is going well so I'll be able to go solo this Saturday when we'll be celebrating Christmas with my side of the family and then on Christmas day as well.       

We had another delicious meal tonight.  We're in for a wonderful and busy day tomorrow so I'll say good-night!  We are so blessed by everybody supporting us and we're thankful for the amazing "peace of God that transcends all understanding" and "guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippinas 4:7).

Blessings,

Elizabeth