This week has given us a lot of hope for Avi. He's doing so well. Two days ago Debbie told me he wanted to go to outside but she wasn't feeling up to it. He walked away, put his shoes on (all by himself for the very first time), turned off the TV, waved goodbye and went to the door. She couldn't say no after that. :) Yesterday was Avi's playgroup. He absolutely loved it. It was his second trip and his teacher said that he really came out of his shell. He was running around looking at the other kids and laughing as hard as he could. When we played with a parachute he laughed and laughed and kept signing "again" or "more." Then when we sang the songs to say goodbye he really got into them. We've been singing them since and he loves it.

A few days ago two of the neighbor kids had a birthday party. Avi and I went to it. It was a pool party and I was worried that Avi wouldn't like it, I was wrong. He couldn't have had more fun. He ran from the pool to the slip and slide and back doing his best to keep up with the other children. He didn't want to leave but after two and a half hours was exhausted. When I picked him up and carried him away he was shivering slightly and whining, pointing to the pool, but he knew he was too tired and cold to put up a fight. He ate his lunch and fell asleep for hours.