Acts of kindness

Kaylee has a gentley used, the Jenx monkey stander, and she is absolutely loving it!!! I was very surprised to see Kaylee stand in it. At first, I thought that she was surely too short for it, but to my amazement it fits her perfectly. We first put her in it and did all the adjustments that was needed. The entire time we were fiddling with it, Kaylee just stood there watching us. I thought for sure she was going to cry, but she was entertained with her little portable dvd player watching signing times. She tolerated it for about 30 minutes before she actually fell asleep in it....too precious. Our little girl is growing up before our eyes. We've been putting her in the stander for 30 minutes everyday for the last 2 weeks. We've seen a big difference in her ability to bear weight on her little leggers. She can now stand up in our laps for over a minute...big improvement. If I hold her by her chest, she can slowly take some steps across the room using her step reflex. I'm glad that I took Kim & Melanie's advice during the Indy conference about using a stander now verses when Kaylee turns two. I think this will tremendously help her strengthen her leg muscles and her hips...hopefully she can learn to walk a lot sooner now. Thanks guys for the great advice!

Our physical therapist Pam was looking out for us when I told her that I thought Kaylee was ready for a stander. I was going to go out and spend over a thousand dollars to purchase one hoping that our insurance company would reimburse some of it back. I just didn't want to wait until Kaylee turned 18 months and then 3-4 months later to receive it. So, I was excited when Pam had one waiting for us when we went in for therapy that day. She told me that the family that owned it, their little 4 yr old out grew it and was willing to sell it to me. So when I called the family to see if we can work something out, I was truly touched and humbled when the mother said that she wanted us to have it. I wanted to pay her something or at least take her family out to dinner, but she refused it saying that she wanted to see a good family get some good use out of it. I'm hoping I will see her at the Home Garden Expo next weekend so I can at least give her a thank you card with a gift card or something. I feel the need to give her some kind of token of appreciation. I know once Kaylee outgrows the monkey, we will definitely donate it too so someone else can benefit from it like we did.

We'd like to thank the Taylor family and their daughter Lily Grace for your act of kindness, the generous gift of this stander. We will cherish these experiences together and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.