A Tip of the Hat to Peter, Paul and Mary
Hello to you all!
One of the things we have noticed since we have been providing toys and similar items to Xavier is his social development. It seems that manipulating toys and items, no matter how clumsily, has made him more aware of people and his surroundings. It's like the toys have allowed him to realize there is a world outside himself. Even his interactions with his parents have improved by a few leaps.
Was it the introduction of the toys (he's baptized by them now), or were the toys coincidental with a new level of development? Hard to determine, but we are encouraging this development. It's made for a happier, friendlier Xavier Michael.
A song I sang as a child (in fact, I serenaded Rebecca with this song after our second date) has the line "painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys."
Rebecca, using some of the gift cards people have so generously given to us in their support of Xavier, bought this little contraption. It has become his favorite toy, especially the dangling octopus. "One day," he vows, "I will find a way to pull one of your fuzzy tentacles into my mouth and hold it there!" The wings and rings have swept away his dinosaur mobile, rattles and mesh ball.
Xavier also likes the chain of colored links and the mirror attached near the top of the arch. When he first saw himself in the mirror, he froze. The expression on his face was hard to describe, he didn't know what to think or do. Perhaps he was wondering, "Hey, what happened to the beard?"
We thank you for your generosity, in gifts and especially in your prayers.