Happy Birthday Nathan!!

SO my 10 days of Nathan ended up being an epic fail.  I got sick, and I was going to catch up - but at this point - I figure I'll just share his moment of FOUR-DOM.

I had spent my days meandering down memory lane.   Looking at these pictures ....

Nathan at 3 months

4 months and smiling :D

5 months old and fast asleep ...

I have gotten amazing photos of him over the past 4 years ...  he was always willing to turn and smile for the camera ... until the Christmas before his 3rd Birthday, he started showing signs of having migraines.  He'd hide in the dark, very light sensitive, sleep a lot, various other things...  ibuprofen would help, but he would still be grouchy.   Then he started with the rocking and the repetitive things...... I realized then, as much as I didn't want him to have it, I felt in my core that he probably was autistic.  Not so much in the general way as more so having autistic tendencies... and with RSS, autism is linked.

Nathan of course hit most of his milestones late.  He smiled and started to coo at the appropriate times.  However, rolling over came late, crawling came long before sitting - silly boy, and walking didn't happen until almost 2 - which his Physical Therapist was ecstatic about because she thought it would take much longer.
Nathan taking some of his first steps at 21 months

But he walked - which - for him having Dandy Walker Variant, is amazing.   A lot of the kids with DW or DWV don't walk unassisted.

Nathan is a fighter, that is for sure. If he weren't - he wouldn't be here.  He has his medical issues, he has his struggles....  but he is one thing - for - sure .....  AMAZING ...