Speech Update

Sweet T is coming along in her speech. 

She still goes to ST 2x a week and enjoys it very much.  I just had her yearly IEP meeting with her OT and ST and it went very well.  She has improved some but still has a long way to go. 

I’ve debated on whether or not to send her to kindergarten this fall.  I can hardly believe she’s going to be 5 in just a few short weeks!!  Then in June it will be 3 years as a forever family!  Wow!!!  Anyway, I’ve debated on sending her because of how far behind she really is.  You see, we don’t notice it when we are together.  We understand her when she wants something and if not she’ll sign it to us.  She’s saying sentences now that we can almost understand, she’s come a looong way!  But, when I saw her with her peers at a birthday party I was shocked!  I had to go to the bathroom because I was crying. 

Her teachers all say to send her, she’ll be fine.  So, we’ll send her.  She’ll have her IEP, we’ll meet with the new ST soon, and I’ll talk to her new teacher this fall.  I don’t want any special treatment for her, but I do want her teacher to understand exactly how far she’s come! 

Here are a few video’s…

 

More Pictures with the Family

I talked the kids into getting dressed and going to the park for some pictures.  I really wanted to walk up to the stone bench but both girls wanted to play more than take pictures.   My oldest would NOT smile for me when he was with his brother.  I played around in photoshop with these pictures but I’m not liking the results yet so don’t be surprised if you see them again.  I have plenty more pictures to look at and will get those up shortly.

 

 

Christmas and Snow!

Just a few quick pictures for your enjoyment.  We got about a foot of snow the day after Christmas, but it was still very pretty.  L and Little T both enjoyed Christmas morning.  We surprised L with a 2007 Jeep Wrangler!  This is his Christmas, birthday (January), and graduation gift all wrapped up into 1!!  The grands are here and we have been enjoying visiting with them.  I’ll be sad to see them leave on Sunday. 

 

 

Christmas Photo Out Takes

I dressed up Little T and L and asked them to sit by the Christmas tree so I could take some photos for our Christmas card.  After about 100 shots I finally got a few I could use.  Here are some out takes.

Good smile from L…funny face from Little T

Little T…look at me!!  Oh crap, focused on the tree and not them.

Big T…please get KaCee and hold her!

Little T is shocked by what her big brother just whispered in her ear!!

Where are you going Little T??

No more funny faces!!

That includes your kissey face Little T!!

Not sure what she was thinking here…

Me: Hey L, its not working with her on your lap like that! 

L: Mom…she keeps pushing me backwards!

 

Momma…are we done yet??

New Blog Design

I finally won!!  Yeah me!  Diana over at  Diana Rambles does custom blogs.  She emailed me and told me that I won her blog makeover giveaway.  Check out her work at Custom Blog Designs.  She’s doing another giveaway, this time for a custom holiday photo card.

It’s been pretty busy around her.  L is always going over to his girlfriend’s house but her parents are strict so on school nights he has to be out of there by 7.  I think I like these parents!  Tonight he can hang out until 11 because there is no school tomorrow.  Then he plans to go over to his BFF’s house and spend the night there playing some war game.  (isn’t she a cutie?)

Little T is humming right along.  She enjoys her school and really enjoys her big brother picking her up everyday.  Today she came home and told me she was the class helper.  Oh my, was she exited!  Her gymnastics is getting better and better.  They are starting to challenge her which is great.  These pictures aren’t the best but at least you get an idea.

We took her to a small fall festival a few weeks back and she had a wonderful time.  Her facial expressions crack me up all the time.  Here are a few that I caught while at the fall festival and then during another trip to the park.

She has also been playing dress up in her room lately.  Here is one get up she came out with. 

Little T was a lady bug for halloween but she actually missed the whole trick-or-treat outing!  We made a quick trip to NY over that weekend.  I was hoping that one of the communities up there would do the festivities one evening during the weekend like they do down here.  Then it dawned on me….we live in the bible belt so trick-or-treating is usually NOT done on a Sunday.  Our area held it Friday night and another community held theirs Saturday.  Up in NY?  They held it Sunday, the day we headed back home.  Oh well…she really didn’t miss it because we don’t make a big deal of it at all.  She did dress up for her Nana and her Aunt Judy though!!  (and no, I don’t have a picture!!)

Ok, that’s it for tonight.  She is sitting on my lap because you know, there is NO where else for her to sit.  She doesn’t have a room full of toys, she doesn’t have her daddy down in the living room who would play with her, nope, she doesn’t have any of that.  So she HAS to sit on my lap, or touch me, or be in the same room with me, but mostly sit on my lap and pretend she is making chocolate milk for me…or baking a cake…or bringing her baby to me….ya’ll get the picture.  She is a momma’s girl which is absolutely wonderful except sometimes this momma needs a break!!!!!!!  Calgon??!!  Anyone??