Still in the game....if I want to play...

It's a beautiful day so far.

Sitting in the living room - you can see so many beautiful colors outside. Red trees - yellow trees - green....whatever its pretty.

I went to class yesterday morning - not sure if I was even going to continue in "the challenge" - and had an amazing class.
My legs were flat on the floor - and my forehead was almost touching my toes in the final foward bending pose. An undescribable feeling for sure.

I know it sounds really trivial and silly to people who don't practice bikram yoga, but when I first started practicing (it was the end of January this year) - I could barely hook my fingers around my toes - let alone get my legs flat on the floor to attempt bending down!

I have been told - as long as I can pull off a "double" one day next week - I am still in the challenge.
That will be interesting......but I am up for it.

In other news - since I do have a life outside of the 90 minutes I spend in class......

Alexis has become this new little person. I am so greatful for this child that is completely coming back to us! It is so amazing, and it is everything we have been praying for and working for.

The same prayer every single morning...."Dear Lord - please help Alexis get better so that we can help others in our situation".....God is listening....and if she keeps going the way she is....I am going to be busy helping others. :)

To someone with a normal child - I know it would be easy to take for granted all of the things that your kid just learns to do on his or her own.

I know this, because in the first year of Alexis' life, everything came naturally.
She rolled over, smiled, laughed, walked, talked - and it wasn't anything I had to force out of her. These were things she just did, because she wanted to.

Now - I am constantly working with Alexis and teaching her how to talk. For everything she does - there is work involved. It is so frustrating for her (and us)- but she has really started rising to the challenge.

Yesterday - we went to the park, and we taught her how to swing in the swing the right way (not on her stomach - but sitting up). Just to see the happiness and pride in her little face was so amazing.
What a gift.

OK - enough rambling from me this morning.....it is time to get to work.