Hope for Tomorrow

This picture is from January, when Dirty Job first started preschool. Since then, he has:

• Learned some safety skills (staying in the yard, stopping when running too far ahead). Not perfected, but WAY improved from just 3 months ago.
• Started to parallel play
• Imitated counting (up to 4 or 5)
• said "The End" as you finish reading a book
• transitioned to a new occupational therapist
• used a PEC book to communicate VERY WELL
• said many words, including MaMa, backpack, sorry, his sisters name, Jesus, and ice cream. Most language others cannot understand, but I know what he's saying and that is huge.
• developed a love for dinosaurs that only Dinoboy trumps
• grown over an inch
• socialized with many a stranger, saying hi, play and bye to almost anyone.
• defied the autism spectrum, one spontaneous hug at a time.

I'm sure there are about 100 other things that I can't even remember. God's hand has moved in Dirty Job's life so amazingly in these last 3 months...I am so encouraged and my heart is overflowing with hope for what is to come.