I can never get great pictures in the auditorium of the church at her school, so these were the best I could do. The rest are from her Christmas party.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Ally's Christmas program and party..
Ally's program was scheduled for Tuesday the 16th but got postponed because of ice. Then it was rescheduled for Friday the 19th, the last day of school before break. It was raining that morning and only about 30 degrees, but at least I was able to get there and we had a good day. I ended up staying there all day and helped her class with their little craft and helped out getting things ready for the party.
I can never get great pictures in the auditorium of the church at her school, so these were the best I could do. The rest are from her Christmas party.
I can never get great pictures in the auditorium of the church at her school, so these were the best I could do. The rest are from her Christmas party.
Miscellaneous...
The first 2 pictures are of our cat and dog. Our poor old girl gets bugged mercilessly from our cat. She takes it in stride. The 3rd is the cat laying under the tree, I thought it was cute. And last is Daddy playing Wii with his buddy watching.
Trying to get Christmas pictures...
Trying to get Christmas pictures this year was real fun. The last picture is the one we used. I think it turned out pretty well.
Happy 1st adoption day!!!
On Dec. 5th, was Libby and Jon's 1st adoption day. I feel so bad because it was such a busy day we didn't have much time to celebrate. We did take them to
Chik fil a on the 4th. We can't believe it has been a year since they became permanent members of our family, we love them so much. The evening of their adoption day, we got our Christmas tree and then Libby went to sleep at my sister's house, which she loves to do. Here are some pictures from that day.
Chik fil a on the 4th. We can't believe it has been a year since they became permanent members of our family, we love them so much. The evening of their adoption day, we got our Christmas tree and then Libby went to sleep at my sister's house, which she loves to do. Here are some pictures from that day.
Catching Up
I know it has been awhile since I have posted. Things around here really keep me hopping. I will probably have several posts to catch up on everything that we missed.
Jon's eval. didn't go quite as badly as I expected. I was really apprehensive. He will be getting occupational therapy once every other week and speech therapy once a week. Both of our therapists are really nice and I think we will have a good time with them.
Jon's eval. didn't go quite as badly as I expected. I was really apprehensive. He will be getting occupational therapy once every other week and speech therapy once a week. Both of our therapists are really nice and I think we will have a good time with them.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Delays...
Tomorrow is Jon's eval for Early Intervention. I am a little scared, but also ready to find out what help he needs and if they recommend any other tests to see if there is anything further going on. I asked our pediatrician about it during his last visit and she recommended it considering some things in the birthfamily history. Her biggest concern is his speech or the lack thereof. He certainly knows how to get his point across when he wants something but he doesn't really talk. He has been saying a lot more sounds lately, but nothing that we really understand. He does say dada, nana, and mama (of course, only when he is really upset.) He knows what you are saying to him or what you tell him to do, because he does it. If you ask him who someone is, he will point to them. He does cute little things like picking up the dogs dishes when they are finished eating and putting them away. Whenever I empty a laundry basket, he will grab it and take it to the laundry room.
He also has a thing going on with his hands. He tends to hold them closed, not clenched tight, but closed. More his left hand than his right, but he is starting to use his left hand more.
He is also very unsteady, sometimes the girls just brush past him or bump him a little and he is down. But, he walks well and he even runs after the girls just fine.
On his birthday, we were in Chik-fil-a and this other mother said to her son to say hi to the baby. Well, later on, she asked me how old he was and I said that it was his birthday and he was 2. She then said to her son, oh, he's not a baby, he's older than you. Now, I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it, but I still felt bad for Jon. That little boy was so much more agile and was talking so much more than Jon does. Then we just started attending a new church a couple weeks ago. The first Sunday we were there the lady took us back to where the 2 year olds should be. The lady there was saying that he was too young to be in there until I told her that he was 2 and then she said oh, this is where he belongs. I felt bad because people don't assume he is 2 because of his delays. I did talk to an aquaintance that was in the class with him this past Sunday and she said he did fine, except when Libby went potty, he cried a little but otherwise he was fine. She said we could move him down if we want to but she didn't think it was necessary. She is one of the people in charge of the children, so I think I will take her word for it.
So, tomorrow is the day we find out. I am excited to get him help, but also dreading finding out how delayed he is. I love my little guy so much.
He also has a thing going on with his hands. He tends to hold them closed, not clenched tight, but closed. More his left hand than his right, but he is starting to use his left hand more.
He is also very unsteady, sometimes the girls just brush past him or bump him a little and he is down. But, he walks well and he even runs after the girls just fine.
On his birthday, we were in Chik-fil-a and this other mother said to her son to say hi to the baby. Well, later on, she asked me how old he was and I said that it was his birthday and he was 2. She then said to her son, oh, he's not a baby, he's older than you. Now, I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it, but I still felt bad for Jon. That little boy was so much more agile and was talking so much more than Jon does. Then we just started attending a new church a couple weeks ago. The first Sunday we were there the lady took us back to where the 2 year olds should be. The lady there was saying that he was too young to be in there until I told her that he was 2 and then she said oh, this is where he belongs. I felt bad because people don't assume he is 2 because of his delays. I did talk to an aquaintance that was in the class with him this past Sunday and she said he did fine, except when Libby went potty, he cried a little but otherwise he was fine. She said we could move him down if we want to but she didn't think it was necessary. She is one of the people in charge of the children, so I think I will take her word for it.
So, tomorrow is the day we find out. I am excited to get him help, but also dreading finding out how delayed he is. I love my little guy so much.
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