Showing posts with label littles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label littles. Show all posts

A Day At The Park.

The littles and I enjoyed the late afternoon at our favorite park. They played on the slide and then later fed some ducks, where one little guy got really up close and personal. I love seeing them laugh and squeal with excitement.  Plus the air was so cool much relief to these hot humid rainy days we have been having.





 Isn't this little guy super cute?!




Lets Play Catch Up!

Okay... It has been quite some time since my last post, so let me catch you all up to speed. Last week not only did I pick up a little part time job, but I also got a nasty little infection that had me down from Monday to Thursday. Blah, it was horrible!

I did however start a new job! I have been working non-stop and I am enjoying it.

I've also been working on Goodnight Nora, which will be my new jewelry shop on Etsy. I'm excited about it, I've already made a bunch of inventory. Now just to get the store up and ready to go which has been a process!

Graham and Chloe have been growing like wild fire too. Graham got his cast off last Thursday and unfortunately was a traumatic experience once again. It was bad enough trying to stitch him up the week before, then getting the cast on the following week, but removing it was horrifying! Graham had Sueann in tears (my friend and baby sitter) Jeffrey and two other nurses had to hold the poor little guy down. Yes, it was that bad! His toe still sticks straight up so I'm not sure what they will really do about this because over time his toes (which by the way already started to do mind you) will start to curl under that second toe. So I'm just kind of frustrated at this point.

I'm still  working on my weight loss journey though I haven't posted about it in a while. I try to eat healthy as I possibly can though some times it's hard because there are so many ''easy ways'' to obtain food. There are fast food joints at almost every corner. Each one saying ''Natasha come to me, eat my delicious overly processed food, come to me, come to me my darling!'' It's really tough, and I've been trying to pack healthy food and snacks to work, though sometimes it can be a bit of a fail, but I have been making an effort to drink a lot more water though.  But that's what has been going on the last few weeks, sorry to keep lagging it's just trying to find the right time.
 

Where Do We Go From Here?

Wednesday marked a huge day for Graham and therapy. It was his six month testing to see where he is in the program. Last year his stats were in the 80's but this time his scores were in the 70's. This is neither good or bad...

On paper is looks like Graham failed his testing and that he is regressing, but in reality he isn't. There are a lot of things that he CAN do, it just boils down to whether or not he wants to do it. Which is frustrating because we all know he can do these things and more, but he just isn't a willing participant.

For the last three years we have been trying so hard to get Graham out of his little bubble and participating with play and other things. But it has been a complete challenge with both his therapists and I. I have even asked his pediatrician about possibly going to a behavioral therapist, but his doctor seemed to not really want to pursue it saying ''Oh he's young, he'll grow out of this.'' But now both his occupational and speech therapists have come to me saying that due to his behavior set backs it is keeping him from moving forward in his current therapies and other necessary/beneficial therapies that he could also receive from the facility.

At this point Graham isn't regressing which is good, because this is something that I worry about constantly. But he isn't progressing either, he's just kind of stuck in this median. Rebecca his speech pathologist and I have both agreed that no matter how hard you push, Graham is just so smart that he pushes back just as hard. He is just so stubborn sometimes and it can be extremely frustrating  -he even frustrates himself sometimes!

Rebecca has decided to call his doctor though and discuss this issue further. I'm glad because I will have someone else on my side who feels that pursuing the behaviorist would be the step in the right direction.  Either way  I hope that we all can come up with some middle ground and somehow over come this little hiccup. He has come so far and early intervention has been a huge factor in our success too. I just hope that we can get through this.
-Annie
 

Memorable Words Monday :: All Good Things Freebie



Hi everyone! Here is this week's freebie, just print on a 8 x 10 piece of paper, frame, and viola! You have a super cute wall print for your home! If you like this weeks freebie don't forget to Pin + Share! Have a super awesome week!

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Memorable Words Monday :: I Love You To The Moon Freebie


Hi everyone! Here is this week's freebie, just print on a 8 x 10 piece of paper, frame, and viola! You have a super cute wall print for your home! If you like this weeks freebie don't forget to Pin + Share! Have a super awesome week!

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