Monday, February 1, 2010

No One Told Him He Wasn't Born in the 80's

Elijah has been grabbing his refrigerater toy off of the fridge and carrying it around the house. It's quite the feat for a kiddo who has a difficult time using his hands. And quite impressive that he can find the white handle since our fridge is white. Take that cortical visual impairment!

Usually, he will carry the toy by the handle and joyfully run off listening to the music. When he drops it, he'll often have to use two hands (woohoo!) to pick it back up. Once he has it in his grasp, he just might rest it on his shoulder (most likely to avoid using his left hand). This always reminds me of those "cool" guys who used to carry their boomboxes on their shoulders in the 80's. Let's just hope Elijah doesn't start begging us for some parachute pants! On second thought, if he were able to ask for parachute pants you'd better believe he'd own about ten pairs by tomorrow.

7 comments:

Kathy Lausted said...

I miss you, Elijah! Tell your Mom and Dad that I miss them, too. Okay? Love, Gramma

Candace said...

SOOOO cute! Faith has that same toy and LOVES it! I like the "sheep-horse" the best! LOL!

rc45 said...

Lisa,
It looks like Elijah is ready to move up to the next level. It is nice to see him with the refrigerator music box. Our granddaughter Maya has one just exactly like it. Keep it up Elijah

Jennifer Thayer said...

Man I needed to see that awesome picture today! I laughed so hard!

Love your new book list too! Thanks for sharing.

Kristine said...

I just found your blog and it's great reading! I have a little 2 year old daughter who has a brain injury as a result of Group B Strep Meningitis at 18 days old. Although some of Elijah's "issues" are different than Katie's, I can relate to most of your concerns and challenges.
Thanks for writing!!

Jo said...

So adorable! That's funny, the first thing I thought when I saw the first picture was PARACHUTE PANTS!
You know, one of Monkey's therapists has a truck with a button on top that plays the MC Hammer Song (Can't Touch This?) - I may have to ask her where she got it.

Lisa said...

That thing seems to be such a popular toy. Elijah loves that thing, he seriously plays with a lot. :)

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