The Carroll Family

August 25, 2006

Our happy little Daniel,

These are two of his favorite toys.

A worn out Daniel, he was such a little

trooper in Vegas.

August 18, 2006

Here we are at the Hotel, luckily we were about a
mile off the strip, and the hotel had a family type setting. Daniel really enjoyed
the pool, I think he thought it was just one big bathtub.

Our trip to Sin city, Las Vegas.
We went down for a week, and was it hot, but
we really enjoyed just hanging out at the pool, and being
able to just relax!

August 2, 2006

Daniel trying to fly!

He loves his sippy cup!
mmmm apple juice!!

Daniel is now sitting on his own!
He has worked so hard and it has paid off.
He still has to use his hands to help prop himself
but, he's getting there.

August 1, 2006

He really enjoys his exer-saucer!
At first he was'nt so sure about it but now,
he really has fun.

July 11, 2006

This is from Daniel's surgery in March.

This was a really hard time in our families

life and we feel so blessed that everything was

able to go so well. Daniel's recovery went really smooth, and

today you would never know he had surgery. For those of you who

don't know, Daniel had a tethered spinal cord

its a form of Spina Bifida, and luckily the doctors at Primary

Childrens were able to catch it. This is something that

will challenge him the rest of his life, but he is a real

fighter. Doctors and therapist are actually surprised at how

well he is doing. He is such a blessing in

our lives.

He just loves his veggies!

He loves to be in just his diaper!

This chair is actually one from when I was little,

I have a picture just like this when I

was his age!

July 8, 2006

He really enjoys the time he does'nt have to wear his helmet.He gets to have it off 1 hour out of the day, but the other 23 hours its helmet time! But were hoping only a few more weeks. Were keeping our fingers crossed.

Well I just thought I would update everyone on how things are going and what has been happening in our lives. To start off with Daniel is doing great, we go back to Primary Childrens in September to check his progress, he is still wearing the helmet but man has it helped. We have started him the Early Intervention program here in Springville, he gets weekly visits from Physical and Occupational Therapists as well as a nurse comes out once a month! We feel very fortunate to have these people helping him. He is progressing he has started rolling over, he rolls pretty much all over the house, he sometimes sits on his own but we still need a little work, and he's not quite mastered the skill of bearing weight on his legs but he's getting there, were just taking it day by day. We are so blessed to have him part of our lives, he has taught us so much and I couldn't imagine my life without him. Well Jason is still working at R.C. Willey, we start school back up in August, and I'll be staying home with Daniel. Its been a good summer so far, we got go out to Virginia for Tracy's wedding which we really enjoyed. (we love it back east) It was just so good to see the whole family! But pretty much up till now we have just been lounging and taken it easy, were just enjoying our time here in Utah!