He has been a blast recently. This is such a fun age and he is really discovering the world around him. He loves to do high fives with Scott, as you can see.
We have been doing physical therapy twice a week and this has really helped him strengthen his trunk muscles. This will help him get closer to sitting and crawling. He definitely has the drive to do it. As soon as he is able to start moving we are in trouble. 
We had a great visit to the auditory verbal center in Macon on Friday. They are helping us with Nate's hearing to develop it to the best of our ability. We are really excited because Nate responded to low frequency sounds. This is the first time we have been 100% sure that he was hearing something. I thought I was going to cry, but I knew I had to pull myself together since they would think I was a giant softy. Normal language is in the medium to high frequencies so this doesn't mean that Nate can hear everything. What it does mean is that he is responding to low frequencies and we will use that to continue to teach him to respond to those sounds. That way if he is hearing the medium to high sounds he will let us know by responding. The therapist said he may not be hearing the medium to high sounds or he might be hearing them and just ignoring them. Most men will understand that concept. 
He also had a great appointment with his liver doctor. He was so pleased with the way he looked we didn't have to do any lab work and we are cleared for four months!!!! Nate has a great laugh and got tickled while we were seeing Dr. Romero. Doc couldn't stop laughing with him and I think that was Nate trying to smooth him over so he didn't have to do labs.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and enjoy all of the things you are thankful for. 
4 comments:
Dear Nate,
Happy 9 month birthday buddy! I hear you just got your top teeth...me too!! Mine started cutting through on Saturday the 20th. Man, are we on the same schedule or what???
Come visit anytime and I'll share my teething biscuits. Tell your mom to get these crackers called Baby Mum Mums (they're only at Walmart). They are the best!!!
Later dude,
Wade
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday. I love looking at all the new pics of Nate ya'll are always posting! You do such a good job at keeping us at a distance in tune with his progress. I had fully planned to come and meet Nate over the Holidays when I cought a nasty bug. Knowing sickness is totally prohibited around Nate, and not to mention all I did was sleep, I decided not to even attempt. I am dying to meet the little guy, he is absolutely beautiful. I wish you all my love!
Heather and Bill
Hey, y'all! Did Nate get what he wanted for Christmas?
I left you a little "gift" on my blog!
Good cute baby
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