Haven't been on this page for a long time....and actually haven't been going for sessions with Stephen for a while. Was rather discouraged before the holidays because Stephen cries a lot when I'm around and I felt that I was hindering his progress rather than helping him!

Anyway, yesterday's meeting with him was really very encouraging. He repeated many of the things that you all wrote about. He didn't cry at all...for the first time! When I first went into the house, he was even kind of grinning, although when auntie Venjie put him down, he fretted a little and went into his room. My first thought was 'uh oh, here we go again...". But he didn't cry and started arranging his trains. He also made 'choo choo' sounds when I sang the Hallelujah Line. There was a lot of lifting and 'flying' and was really quite tiring (my arm's still aching!) but I think we both enjoyed it. No new words but he counted numbers and said 'go' whenever he wanted to 'fly'.

Hopefully Stephen has forgotten the door locking days :) and will like me better. Praise God for his improvement!