a video...

... in which Jonah doesn't do a whole lot at the beginning but sings Dora at the end and also says "Mommy."

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Also, please go HERE to vote for EBMRF to receive funding for more research. A Facebook/EB friend of mine is participating in her office's Holiday Gives program where people vote on one of five charities to receive funding. They do this instead of sending out client gifts. I think that is so cool. Jonah is the featured EB Cutie, but sweet Aubrey Joy, who recently passed away at the age of six weeks from JEB, is the baby we're honoring. :)

a few of jonah's tricks

Jonah actually cooperated and allowed me to get a few of his latest tricks on camera today. He's got a few others he'll do now and then, but these are his go-to crowd (Mommy and Daddy) pleasers. The waving and saying "bye-bye" is very new.

In other news, his OT started coming again yesterday. She's going to start coming hopefully weekly to help with some of Jonah's feeding/aversion issues. While we had him in the high chair she did some playing/evaluation with him and she says that he's... wait for it... wait for it...

ABOVE AVERAGE in his fine motor skills. "He's operating at a solid 19 or 20 months."

WHAT???!!!

He's never been above average in anything. I was so giddy. Now, if we can just get this kid walkin', we'll be on our way. I'm just so proud of him for everything he's accomplishing - crawling, pulling up, cruising, talking, and having the most rockin' fine motor skills of any 18 month old on the block. I'm pretty sure there's no way he could possibly know how much we love him. He continues to be our hero.