"Side By Side"

Conner learned to stand upto furniture about the beginning of April and he loves it. Kooper has been trying to do it since about mid March, but doesn't have enough strength in his one leg to do so (something we are working on now with his physical therapist). He really tries, he gets on his knees, then on his nub and his one foot and tries so hard to push up. We tried constantly to have him stand on his one leg (he outgrew his prosthetic and gets a new one next month, more on that at a later date), but he would just collapse. But the night we took these photos he stood for a good 2-3 minutes and was sooooooooo proud of himself and so were his brothers. The boys, along with Rikk and I, were clapping and cheering him on. Here are pics of him and Conner standing side by side for the first time.

Conner started out the standing and then we stood Kooper next to him....

...AND HE STOOD!!!

Kooper got a little uneasy when I left....

....and went back to just hanging out with Conner