Mr Snuggle Bear

I know I posted a video of him rolling over a few weeks ago, but he hasnt really done it since until this past week. I am so proud of him, look how much easier it seems to be.

He absolutely LOVES his teddy bear Baloo that he got for Christmas from his Great-Grandma Georgie. When I go in to check on him after hes fallen asleep, he's usually pulled the bear up over him. So cute.

He's also been doing this funny chuckle-laugh thing all the time. He's such a ham. Its amazing how much he changes EVERY DAY! I can't believe he's going to be 6 months on sunday. It went so fast. Too fast.

We went to Tufts today for follow-ups from surgery last week. Orthopedics said he looks great and we don't need to come back for 6 weeks. Heck yeahhhhh!!! Then we saw the ENT who said his scar looks like its healing great! This doctor might be one of my most favorite doctors ever. (If you're ever looking for a plastic surgeon, I'll point you in the right direction.) He just happened to have studied Arthogryposis in his residency, which is just crazy! We asked him whether he ever saw cases where more than one child in a family had Arthogryposis. He said he hadnt, which was a big relief for us. He told us that most kids with Arthogryposis have so much more severe problems than Elias. In fact, Elias was the most mild case he's had, which is pretty awesome. We've determined that there definitely seems to be something going on in my family thats been passed down through the generations that affects us orthopedically. Me and my grandfather seem to have gotten some piece of this gene, while it manifested more completely in Elias.

We're just so happy we don't have to go back to the hospital for a month and a half!!!