On November 18 2009 at 4:02 am William Alan Bartosch was joyfully welcomed into our family. He weighed in at 7 lbs 9 oz and 20 in long. We were stunned to discover that he was born with Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. We love him unconditionally from the top of his toe-head to the tips of his toes. We know that this diagnosis will not define him. He is a happy, healthy little boy that just happens to have an extra chromosome.



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Monday, July 2, 2012

Spoon Strike is Off!

Will has decided that the spoon strike is off.


He is eating dinner in his birthday suit because it is so hot!


Will has been signing and saying so much more lately.  I am so glad he can use his signs, but I am thrilled that he is starting to say more too!  While on a walk last week he looked straight up at the moon in the sky and signed 'moon' and said 'moo'.  This was very exciting because often he only signs or says something when prompted, but he not only initiated the sign and the word on his own, but he knew that it was the moon in the sky.  I am very proud of him.  Since many of you may not know baby signs, I will tell you that in this video he is signing both sun and moon accurately.  And his appoximation of the word is good too.  His speech therapist encourages us to use approximations, or the beginning or ending of a word, until he can get the whole word.  Like for 'more' we use 'mo'.  I guess something is better than nothing!

3 comments:

unc ricky said...

that's awesome! he's doing so well....and so damn cute... when do we start practicing "uncle ricky" or "godfather" or "ricky is my favorite" or "go iu"... or "jeremiah is the 'funny uncle'"

papa said...

Go Will, sometimes you have to go on strike to be heard!

Ron, Andrea and Will Bartosch said...

good one unc rick! yes papa the 'higher ups' heard his demands...we switched to the expensive applesauce:)