Beaming With Pride

So many things to blog about and so little time... It seems that what used to be my "blogging time" has now been replaced with sleep. I can't seem to make it much past my kids' bedtime lately, but I do want to mention an exciting milestone that Jacob reached on Friday afternoon. We got him a bike for his birthday, his first bike. He hasn't SEEMED to have the co-ordination or leg strength to actually pedal, but has recently been very interested in Josiah's bike. He gets on and wants us to push him around and he has a ball. Well, on Friday afternoon, on just the second day of trying to teach him, he did it (with training wheels), all by himself! He was so happy and was obviously proud of himself. Jacob's therapist, Josiah, two of Josiah's neighborhood friends, Alex, and I were cheering him on and he was eating it up. Josiah and his friends were offering up high-fives and it was a beautiful sight. Having an autistic child causes one to truly appreciate the small (yet big) accomplishments and it does make it even sweeter.