This month has flown by

We figured out where Matthew will be next year; a 3 year old inclusion classroom. Chris' MRI was on the 10th and it was craptastic. He had a really bad time coming out of the anesthesia; he couldn't even hold his head up and was puking. The results showed taht there were spots deep in his brain but the doctor didn't want to call them delayed mylenation. I'm not sure why?

He's starting to say some words although not consistently. His favorite thing to babble is "up" but we've heard him say "bubble", and "bob" (Sponge Bob Square Pants).

Things that he loves are : bubbles, baths, going outside, Sponge Bob, apples, his pop-pop!

Jonny loves digging outside and playing outside. He loves to play with Playdough, on Noggin on line and with his Spiderman toys.

Matthew loves cuddeling, playing with Noggin, working in the garden.

Chris, our PT rockstar!

Chris' 6 month review for his IFSP is coming mid July so they have to do an evaluation on him to see if he qualifies for services. Currently he recieves PT, speech and developmental. PT did the start of her assessment today on him and said his fine motor skills were at age level! He will be 21 months old on the 13th and he was at a 20-23 month age range for fine motor and JUST qualified for PT. In January when they did the PT eval on him to qualify him in Early Intervention he was at a 10-11 month old level. He has gained 11 months in fine motor skills since January! He has gained leaps and bounds in gross motor since January!

He still has a guarded gait not a mature gait and he wants to hold our hand down the stairs (And I make him) so those things qualify him for PT.

I called today to talk to Matthew's casemanager about his placement considering our decision and she didn't return my phone call. It's an ongoing thing so...if she doesn't return my call tomorrow I'm calling a supervisor. That coupled with the fact that she didn't follow a few laws when it came to our meeting....I'm kinda upset.

Sorry, no pictures tonight.

My baby is getting older

Joshua will be officially a middle schooler next week. Next Tuesday he graduates from elementary school. Since when am I old enough to have a middle schooler? I look at him and think how did he go from an itty bit of a baby to a wonderful young man. He's such a kind, wonderful boy. I tried to look for a card to give him in Target and I cried. I couldn't find anything for an elementary graduate.

We scheduled Christopher's MRI for the day after I come back from Josh's graduation. We are to be in CHOP by 7:30 in the morning on the 10th.

This past weekend we saw "UP". I thought the animation was good but didn't like the story line. It was about a widower and his promise to his late wife to go on an adventure to South America. They had shown aspects of their married life and things that children shouldn't/wouldn't understand. The boys seemed to love it, though.

We decided what we're doing as far as placements next year for Matthew. We are going to keep him in a 3 year old inclusion classroom. I looked up and talked to my mom about what are 3 year old skills vs. 4 year old skills. He is doing what a child should academic wise for a 3 year old. He is behind in speech, gross motor and fine motor. Since his birthday falls before the cutoff of October 1st here technically, he and Jon could start kindergarden after next school year where they would be 4 going in. We are chosing to not start them until they are 5. I believe that the extra year helps with maturity, socially, emotionally.