Work? Play?

Don't look at the messy house,

or the fact that my son has M&M boxers on

(gotta love homeschooling!).

Look at the activity...

the PT, Kaylee and Jake are playing

Ring Around the Rosy

to develop Kaylee's side step.

Gotta lova a job that allows you

to play Ring Around the Rosy

with kids all day!

Bitter-Sweet

Well, today was PT, OT day. We are still doing this twice a day...but now, we have been released by our OT.

When she came today, we reviewed our origanal goals for Kaylee. As best as I remember, they were:
1. Fine Motor Skills, specifically pincher grasp.
2. Take things to her mouth, specifically finger food.
3. Touch a variety of textures in order to begin feeding herself.
4. Drink from a sippy cup.
5. Work on muscle reactions with deep massages, etc. in order to keep her from being so skiddish.

Well, as we reviewed these items and now that Kaylee is picking up finger foods(the last goal we had to accomplish), we had to be released. She has successfully accomplished all these tasks! :) This makes me happy, but at the same time, a little sad...I really got attached to her occupational therapist. Many thanks to Easter Seals and ECI for bringing my sweet girl so far.

Tomorrow Kaylee has another well child check up. This should catch her up on all of her vaccinations...this has been a long process! This will also be our last visit with this pediatrician as he is retiring at the end of August. This also causes some sadness...we LOVE Dr. Font. He is the doctor that found Jake's birth defect and put us in touch with our great team of doctors who performed his surgeries. We know God has a perfect pediatrician for us, I will just need to start 'shopping'.

Progress...

I know some of you look at this photo and think, "Wow! What a mess!", but I look at this photo and think, "Yea! Finally!"

We have been working with an Occupational Therapist since March trying to get Kaylee to touch 'squishy' things. Remember, when we first got her, she would not touch things, would not put objects to her mouth, would not even hold her own bottle/cup! Most parents hate when their baby puts everything in their mouth, but it is a very important part of development...and Kaylee was lacking it! Think about having to feed your 15 month old every snack, every meal, every drink...now, I can finally put her meal in front of her and she will feed herself!

I don't even mind the mess!

Next we will tackle the spoon...one step at a time.

Another side note on her development, she will now go from sitting to standing without holding on! When I can capture a photo of her new trick, I will get it posted.

6 months already?!?

Wow! What a difference 6 months makes! Here is a picture of Kaylee on 'Gotcha Day' and Kaylee today! Look how far she has come!

Just a reflection of God's blessings:

When we got Kaylee she couldn't do much...she laid!

What she has learned:
Sit on her own
Hold her bottle

Drink from sippy cup

Drink from straw
Have BM's on her own (sounds silly, but this was a major milestone!)
Lay/play on her belly
Feed herself with her hands
Commando crawl
Hands and knees crawl
Sleep thru the night
Smile and laugh (especially at her brother's silly antics)
Babble, Babble, Babble (in English, we assume! LOL!)

Say 'uh-oh' and 'hi' with meaning
Pull up to standing
Cruise Furniture
Walk with help

Kaylee's Personality

inquisitive

strong-willed
loving

funny

What we love about Kaylee:

her curly hair!

her sweet personality

her loving spirit

How we feel:

BLESSED