March 24, 2007

Daniel's new Therapeutic Walker





This is Daniel's new walker, a little more advanced than your traditional one, the thing we like about it is that there is no seat so Daniel has to do the work, he's not quite sure about it right now, but he's slowly getting use to it. We do about five minutes in it at a time right now, about every hour to every other hour to get him use to it. So were excited to see how he progresses with it.

March 22, 2007


Out of all the toys Daniel has, he chose to play with the magazine,well...what use to be a magazine.



March 18, 2007

My Favorite boys!

Jason had to get this shirt for Daniel for St. Patricks Day, to tell you the truth i'm not sure if we have any Irish in us, but hey it was a cute shirt. Also some updates on Daniel, we recently got him fitted for Dafo's (braces for his feet) we should be getting them any day now, but they are going to help him in standing, right now his feet roll in when he is standing so the braces will help him so he has complete contact on floor. But things keep progressing with him and he has finally got his first tooth! Crazy, 15 months and only one tooth! But he's always smilling at us like he knows what he has and wants to show it off.

March 3, 2007

Nothing but GOOD NEWS!

Yesterday (the 2nd) was another long day up at Primary Children's for us. But luckily it was a sucess and we had nothing but good news. Daniel had another ultrasound of his kidney's and the results came back great, he has healthy kidney's and nothing to worry about. So we were happy about that, then we headed off to clinic, we saw about 3 doctors and 2 therapist, they were so pleased with his progress and were shocked to see how well he was doing! There was only one thing they want to see change and that is they want him see his therapist more, he is at a very crucial stage and they want to make sure things keep progressing. So we were very pleased about how the day went, also we don't have to go back for 6 months, so that is very good news for us!!!

February 28, 2007

Growing up!





Well Daniel is now 15 months old! How time flies! We took him to his check up and he is 29.5 inches long and weighs 19 lbs 8 oz, he lost a little bit of weight after his surgery but he's gaining it back, he still loves to stand and and his getting to be a little dare devil with it too, he thinks it funny to let go of the coffee table to see what will happen. But were enjoying every moment him.

Happy Birthday Jason

On the 24th Jason turned 26 years old! He wasn't to happy about having to take a test on his birthday, but once that was over he was able to just relax and enjoy the rest of the day.

February 14, 2007

Daniel loves that he can sit forward now.

February 7, 2007

Thank YOU!




Our wonderful friends and Neighbors Chris, Jenny, Madison and Jordan brought these over to us after Daniels surgery(Thank YOU!), they are always thinking of him and our family. We are so lucky to have them be a part of our lives. Daniel just loves stuffed animals and when he finally put roo down to play with the cute little monkey they gave him, he was just singing and talking to it , well that is until he knew we were watching him. But his recovery is going very well, he's not completely himself yet, but he's still making us smile everyday.

February 6, 2007

Post Surgery


Here we are post surgery, he wasn't the happiest little guy, but he sure was a little fighter, we spent about two hours in post op then we were able to go home, once we got home and Daniel finally got to eat he was able to settle down enough to finally go to sleep.

Daniel's Surgery!

Here is Daniel Pre-surgery, all dressed and ready to go.


When they are getting ready to take them back to the operating room they bring out these wagons and they get to go for a little wagon ride first, they also gave him some medicine to help him relax, it also helps him with his stranger anxiety. This is always the hardest part for me, handing him off to the nurses, and then all we can do is hope for the best. But everything went really smooth and this time we got to go home the same night.

Superbowl Sunday

Madison just loves Daniel, she is such a good little friend to him!
We all got together for the superbowl at Chris and Jenny's. Its fun watching the boys be boys!

January 28, 2007





Daniel just loves his v-tech ball, and now that he can stand by himself he loves his learning table too, he's just getting stronger everyday, and he loves showing us what he can do.
I put Daniel in his high chair to feed him and well.....he decided he wanted to nap instead.

January 25, 2007

Well its hard to believe January is already almost over. Here at the Carroll household things just get more exciting each day. It seems every day Daniel is showing us something new that he can do and he's showing just how strong he really is. He has started to pull himself self up to the couch and coffe table, but of course I do have to help balance him (he hasn't quite mastered shifting his weight) but he does all the work, i'm just there so he doesn't fall. He has also started trying to sound out more words, he has said Dad and Hi, but when we are talking to him he really is trying to mimic us. So its just a matter of time before we have a little talker. Jason is still at UVSC and this semester is a little more enjoyable considering he's now in is major classes, so its actually interesting for him. And as for me, I'm still just loving being at home with Daniel and doing the Mom thing, We hope everyone is having a wonderful year so far and we love you all!

January 11, 2007

All ready to go to church. Daniel has started this new thing that when were at church he doesn't want to sit on our lap he has to be on the bench between us. Its kinda funny, he'll just sit there with the hymn book and bang on it and sing with everyone.

So Strong!


Well he's not crawling yet, but were getting close. He rocks back and forth when he's on all fours but he needs just a little more strength in his arms to be able to to move, but each day were getting closer.


Daniel just loves to stand, and we are glad he does too, he just can't get enough of it. But each day he getting stronger and stronger, I just can't believe how well he is doing. It seems like each day he's doing something new, one of his favorites things to do is to shake his head no at us, at first it was just him shaking his head at random times, now we think he understands what it means, whenever I tell him its bedtime he shakes his head no at me. Its cute right now but I know sometime down the road I won't think its so cute.
I'm not sure how he does it, but this is Daniels favorite way of sleeping.

January 3, 2007

Daniel's First Haircut



Daniel had his first haircut, and boy did he need it, we couldn't believe how much she cut off, but he's looking stylin now.

Happy New Year

We rang in the new year with Chris and Jenny this year, we had fun just playing games.
Its hard to believe its already 2007! We hope everyone had a good New Year's!