Almost walking!!! FINALLY!!!!

Jonah took his first steps today! Of course, I wasn't expecting it so I didn't have the camera out : (
But it was so exciting. Jeanette, his physical therapist, came for her usual every-other-week visit and I was kind of bummed because he really hadn't shown much progress of the last two weeks. He's been doing some one handed walking, but I couldn't get him to stand up from all fours the way she had done at her last visit.
But to my surprise, as soon as she started working with him, he was standing up like a pro - almost doing it on his own! And he stood for about 5 seconds a couple of different times, and YES! he took his first steps!!! He took 1 step a few times, and one time he took 3 steps! I got all teary eyed and had to stop myself before I started bawling in front of Jeanette.
I've been able to convince myself over the last few months that even though Jonah is late in a few things and has to get some extra help, there is nothing wrong with him and that it's nobody's fault - but I can't help but have this worry sitting in the back of my head. It's such a relief to see that he's finally showing signs of moving forward. I am very proud of my little man! I can't wait to get some pictures of him walking around by himself. And as soon as I do - I will blog it for the world to see!

Renshaw Baby #2

Most everyone already knows the exciting news - that Baby Renshaw #2 is on his way! He (or she!) will be arriving around November 21st.
Jonah will be 22 months old. We think two years apart is a pretty good spread.
We feel extremely blessed that it all worked out this way. We didn't want to wait too long for #2 since it took 3 years, countless doctors, 1 specialist and 2 miscarriages before we were blessed with the news that Jonah was on his way. So, just in case it took a while again, we started early with this one. Obviously, we didn't have to wait too long!

As of this last Sunday, Mother's Day, I am 12 weeks and SO glad to be over the first-3-months hump. I started showing really early this time. I guess my body just knows what it's doing and felt like showing it off.

Jonah is much too young to really know what's going on - but he's so full of love that we don't feel worried about bringing a new friend home for him. We're teaching him to call my tummy "Bean" to help with the transition after the baby is born. He thinks it's funny to pat my tummy and say "bea! bea!"
He's going to be such a great big brother!

The magic of Jeanette!

Jonah has the best physical therapist ever! He's been seeing her for about 6 months now since he was taking his time deciding that he wanted to crawl. She is going to stay with him until he walks. I'm sure that we could have just left it all alone and he would have figured it all out eventually - but I'm so glad that we decided to go ahead and do it. Here are some of the benefits I've discovered:

1. It's free
2. Reassurance for Mommy
3. It works (ie-day of pt - no steppy step, day after pt - steppy step all the time!)
4. It's free
5. Jonah gets to have his friend come over for "playtime" every other week. He loves it!
6. She comes to us - we don't have to go anywhere!
7. Doctor visits without the shots...so nice

And now, we are almost walking! At Jonah's PT yesterday, Jonah started to stand up almost unassisted and do one-handed steppy step. It will probably be another month or so before he's ready to walk on his own, but I feel better every time I hear her say"he's improved so much since I last saw him!"

So here's a big shout out to Jeanette, our favorite doctor ever!
We're sure gonna miss you when you go on Maternity leave...