Right before we went to the beach, Monkey got an UpSee. The picture explains much better than I can, but it helps him be upright and feel the movement of walking and standing. It’s great. He loves it! Our ABM (Anat Baniel Method) therapist will tell you he’s not sure if it helps him learn to walk or not but at least it gets gravity on his side for other bodily functions that work best with a little help from gravity.

He also loves standing against the wall. He just likes to be up. So does Princess. She will come and stand next to him on the wall. She’ll continue to play or do her thing but she loves to be next him. Every now and again she’ll reach over and hold his hand or try to bring him something to play with. When he’s getting strapped into his UpSee she cannot contain her excitement! ‘Bru Bru walk! Let’s go Bru Bru! Outside Bru Bru!’ She grabs his hand walks with him.

She knows it is a special time when Monkey is standing. I don’t know what to tell you, she knows it and  she loves it. She loves her brother so much. I wrote a note once with little intention of anyone ever reading it. My wife encouraged me to share it with friends on Facebook (pretty much my first blog post). In that I tell you there is no truer example of the love of Christ in my life than the love my children share. I could type this sentence in every post I’ve ever written or will write in the future. It is the encouragement that gets us through every hour of every day. An encouragement that inspired me to write this blog to begin with.

She loves her brother. She is his biggest cheerleader and I have a very strong feeling that she always will be. I don’t think that there is a person on earth who has a better understanding of what it means when our Monkey stands. To us, it what we do to help him learn (and digest). For Princess it is joy and an unbridled excitement. I will tell you and tell you again about the joy I feel when I see them together. When I see her explode with laughter and eagerness that her brother is standing, I can only begin to understand how great God’s love for us must be and the joy He feels when we do things so simple as standing and loving.