You can brighten up a room when you enter, and you do the funniest things. Today we were eating dinner and Enoch was saying the prayer and you were frustrated with him because he wasn't going fast enough for you. Yet you don't hold back any of your frustrations so you growled and said "Name Jesus Christ Amen" and started eating while the rest of us were patiently waiting as Enoch said his prayer. You didn't blink an eye just shoveled food down the hatch as fast as you could.
Lauren was at our home and you pulled out some chips for her to eat and she said "Thank you Malia" and you waved your hand in a circle by your waist and bowed your head and said "you wecome." as if she was royalty and you were her servant.
You are starting to get potty trained and we have had some success. I don't like to say anything because I know at any moment you could wake up and decide your not going to do it anymore and we would be back at square one, but we have had about 2 weeks with some success!! School, therapies, and at home, you are getting consistence everywhere you go, and I do believe it's paying off!!
We always buy your spring pictures so here's your 8 year old picture! They said they kept trying to put your hair over your shoulder to show how pretty it was, but you would move it back, you have a fetish with hair in faces and over eyes, and you like yours back, but eventually they were able to catch one with your hair over your shoulder!
Enoch learned to ride a 2 wheeler bike this week and it was so exciting, you have learned how to peddle a bike just in the last 6 months and I am so excited for you also. Yet there is a sadness with him growing up and learning new things, because I wonder if these are milestones you will never reach. Will you ever have enough coordination to ride a 2 wheeler? I really doubt it. These milestones that every parent just expects their child to learn is always unknown to me when it comes to you. I know deep down inside that it doesn't matter and it's okay for you to be you. Yet it is a loss in a way, in the fact that all the steps that are just expected don't apply to you and for me it is truly is a loss.
I love you so much, you make everyday an adventure and keep all of us on our toes.
With all my Love our little Malia!
