Different...not better but different

I can definitely say that I am not used to my little Camden pulling himself up so early and also crawling...This very same task wasnt accomplished for my Carter until he was roughly 13-14 months...perhaps even a little later than that for full blown crawling (Carter army crawled for quite some time!)...I watch how naturally it is coming to Camden to crawl and pull himself up to things..his strength..Its just different, not better but different. Carter has always had to work a little harder to get to the same place or get the same results. And because of this, Carter is one persistant determined little man! I pray daily that as life goes for Carter that his mobility will get easier and easier..and I do think it will. I want him to just go- without giving it much thought. If any of you out there have any questions about Carter, I want you to know that I welcome them, in reason. Carter's diagnosis is Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, meaning he is missing the middle part of his brain. This middle part is what communicates between the left half and right half of the brain. It was something that I had never heard of before my pregnancy with Carter. It was then described to me as a road. Lets say you and I take the interstate to get from point A to point B..Well, Carter's brain would have to take a gravel road..his trip may be a little more bumpy but all and all he gets to his destination..and once he does...his brain will pave that gravel road...and walla! its a blacktop..He IS learning and that is what is important! It is so encouraging to watch him learn too. He can count to 20, he knows his ABC's, he loves MUSIC..I definitely think that music is going to be a part of his life going forth! He is constantly singing song after song..Even songs that I dont think he knows, he proves me wrong and blurts the words out to me!
Again, I welcome questions. The point of this blog is to bring awareness to ACC and what we face daily.