GO DAVID!!!!!!!! :)

                                

                                 I am sooooo stinkin' overwhelmed with joy right now I cannot contain myself!!!! Why you ask????? My son just did something he has never done but I have been praying he would do. He ate a lima bean!!! He didn’t just taste, or smell it, or squash it! HE ATE THE ENTIRE bean!!!! He chewed it tasted and swallowed it WITHOUT gagging and with a smile on his face!!!!! He has NEVER EVER had a lima bean in his short life....not even when we started him on baby food. This is the first time he has EVER eaten a finger food successfully. As I type this he is walking around the living room with another lima bean in his hand and slowly eating it little by little. I don’t care how long it takes him. I say whatever it takes kid! Eat it whatever way you want!!!! LOL The other amazing thing is he ate it with all the garlic and pepper and butter on it! CRAZY! Actually I don’t think that that particular one had pepper but it did have garlic and butter. Brian said, "Of course he ate it! He must love garlic like his dad!" :) I am just rejoicing in this moment. Apparently my friend who watches him on Mondays and Fridays said he chewed a green bean today also. I am praising the Lord these victories. Many people overlook the tiny achievements that their children make but I take every single one and do my party dance!!! When he ate that lima bean it was all I could do to contain myself. I called his OT right away! We have been working for almost a year on his sensory feeding issues. With that one tiny bean we are finally seeing progress!!!!!! This moment makes it all worthwhile. I am soooo very excited! In my excitement I am also quick to realize that he may not do this again for a while but the fact that he actually put a finger food in his mouth is what I choose to concentrate on! I am so proud of my boy and I know he thought his mama had gone crazy with her excitement! I don't care! I will forever rejoice with him in all of his victories and I will forever be there for him in his struggles. I know that the Lord has a huge plan for his life and I am grateful for the Lord's reminder that He has his hand on David. I look forward to many more victories my little man experiences! I love my boy!!!!! Go DAVID!!!!! :)