When did you grow up? It seems like yesterday you were this little baby trapped in a toddlers body, making messes, causing trouble, and still gesturing for everything you wanted. I always wondered if you would ever grow up and now look at you, it is as if you have transformed in a day. Everyday you have become a little strong, a little bigger, and just when I thought he could not happen, a little more incredible.
See over the past little bit your Dad and I have to stop in our foot tracks and say, "Did he just say that?" From your "What are you doing?", "Get off!", "I want to go" and the one I loved today "Mommy" instead of your usual "Ma!". It is funny how we sent you to the Deaf school because your speech was not where it needed to be and you are coming home, not only with new signs, but a little chatter box. You sit in your car seat and if the music is not on, you are singing a song you learned in school. When that music is going, look out, because you are singing right along with it. Although most people would call it noise, I call it the greatest sound on earth. I turn around and smile, because I know you are trying to get those words right, and in your heart they are.
You haven't stopped scaring us though. Last night you had another "shoot out of bed, shaking episode" followed by another "puking episode". They scare me, and this will have been the third one we have witnessed. So we went to the doctor today and she told us you needed to see a neurologist. I plan on making that appointment tomorrow. Looks like we may have one more health issue to deal with, seizures. I hope we are all wrong, but like always, we will tackle this one together too. Nothing stops us, right? And what has not killed us yet, Son, has only made us stronger.
Never stop being you Cache. Others may never understand your noise, but to me, it is the greatest sound on earth. I will always love you for who you are, who you want to be, and who you will become.
I love you!
Love,
"Mommy" -Cache
