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Somehow the videos from the previous post were not working, but I fixed them. If you were unable to view them before, you should be able to see them now. Update: Anthony has made huge progress since the last post just a few days ago. He is now crossing entire rooms on his own and loves it. He takes off on his own, he can pivot and turn and come down somewhat safely to a sitting position. We can't wait to show Mary his progress in the past week!

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Anthony is doing great with his physical therapy! He is making great progress and taking lots of steps on his own. He still needs to learn to get up without furniture or a wall for support, but he's great at getting going on his own. The video is of AJ and Mary (the physical therapist). We love Mary. She is so wonderful with both of the boys and is really great about including Vincent in Anthony's learning.







It's been so long since we've posted, it's hard to think of what all is new. Vince is really talkative and is making really long and complex sentences. He's not afraid to voice his desires...we're working on respectful voicing of said desires. It's a lot of hit and miss, but lately I've been asking him to smile while he says what he wants so that I can hear the smile in his voice. I think that's the route we're going to use for a while; it seems to help. He had a great time playing in the snow while it lasted.







The other day Vince came over to me and gave me a big hug and said, "Oh, my sweetie." It made my day. And Anthony is incredibly affectionate. He loves kissing...sometimes he just leans his head in and lets us kiss his forehead.

Following in his brother's footsteps

Anthony is following in Vince's tracks already. Last night he somehow managed to wriggle out of his pajama bottoms.

Christmas Eve

Well, Santa has come and gone from the Ripley house. He forgot to take his cookies though and now we're stuck with about 3 dozen cookies just because mommy wanted to practice using Grandma Lutton's sugar cookie recipe again.

We set up the train table and train for the boys and gated it off so that we don't have anyone going rogue and opening presents before breakfast. They're not going to mind that tradition right now, but I'm looking forward to a few years from now when they wolf down their breakfast in such a hurry to get to their gifts. Muah ha ha ha.


We love checking on Vince after he's gone to bed because sometimes he does the funniest things while fighting sleep. See Exhibit A.

Christmas tree

Vince loved helping with the Christmas tree this year. Anthony loves helping try to strip it...well, Vince does too, but Anthony is still learning the concept of "no." So, the Christmas tree is in jail this year.