Last night, Autumn and I decided that we should go out and enjoy the beautiful New Mexico evening. So, we packed Daven up, grabbed a bottle and went shopping. ;-) (Being bored cost me way too much money!)

After we shopped for a while and decided Daven was shopped out, we stopped by Sarah’s house. While we were checking out some amazing hand bags from Pakistan (Sarah is from Pakistan), her mom picked up Daven and instantly started loving on him. And he was loving her back as long as she let him watch their giant TV. As far as Daven is concerned…it doesn’t get much better than a big screen TV. Just put a Baby Einstein movie on that tv and he will be wide eyed for the next hour. (not that I have ever done that!)

As soon as we got back in the car to drive home, the doctor called to give us the results of Daven’s calcium test. The news was a bit unexpected. Daven has had two calcium tests before the most recent blood test we took last week. The first came back in the normal range, high normal…but normal. The second test was normal. And finally the test we took last week was ABnormally high. So, we will need to go back to Lubbock and have it checked again. He said no rush on having this test done, but he would like to get another blood sample from Daven so that he will have 4 tests to compare. Sigh…

On a good note…he had a great Speech Therapy session yesterday. The ST said that she thinks Daven is truly shaking his head “no” with a real purpose. Meaning that he is trying to communicate with us by shaking his head saying he doesn’t want something. This is a great sign! Also, (speaking of sign) he is motioning the “more” sign that we have been teaching him for 3 or 4 months now. This is also another form of communication. YAY Daven!

These are very small and subtle things, but when I consider how long we have been working on these small things…it is very exciting to see progress on the horizon. Rumor also has it, (GranZ said she has seen him do this twice today) that Daven is trying to push up on all fours to get from the laying position to the sitting up position. Again, this will be major progress!

I will keep my eyes peeled this weekend and if I see this, I will be sure to take pictures! We do have a busy weekend planed; Daven’s GranPa and GranMama are coming in from Oklahoma to see Daven and Cousin Luke. We are all so excited to see them and show off their two grandsons. I assure you there will be lots of pictures to share with you Monday.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

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