Eva Kate actually played with some of the other children there tonight which is always so exciting to see.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pumpkin Patch
We have a wonderful, yet cool afternoon at the Clanton Pumpkin Patch today. We met up with some old friends and made some new friends too from Charlotte and Jason's new church. We rode the Twactor Twain and Hayride out to the pumpkin patch to find out Halloween pumpkin to carve. After the pumpkin patch we all gathered at the Harley's home for chili, gumbo, cheese biscuits, and sweets. A perfect way to spend a Saturdqy evening.
Eva Kate actually played with some of the other children there tonight which is always so exciting to see.
Eva Kate actually played with some of the other children there tonight which is always so exciting to see.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Family Photos Tomorrow and a Busted Chin
I was monogramming EK a shirt tonight at Mom's and heard a scream. I ran down stairs to greet Toddler Dracula! Blood dripping out of her mouth and off her chin. She must have been climbing on something and fell- in the process biting her tongue and scraping her chin. Ahhhh! Hope our sweet photographer has some mad photo shopping skills.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Great Trip to Gatlinburg
We are finally home and settling down after a 5 day trip to the Smokies. It was a great fall get-away. Eva Kate had a blast. She saw and did so many fun things: like spend time with her cousins, family friends from Georgia, went to Ober Gatlinburg to "kiddie land", saw black bears, river otters, went to Ripley's aquarium, explored nature, and much more.
She only had a handful of melt downs with sharing toys with her cousins and ending fun outings that she was really into. Overall she travelled well, ate well, slept great (because she got to sleep with Mommy and Daddy (:), and behaved pretty well. We heard her say many new two word phrases over the trip too. My favorite was when she called the mountains "Big Dinosaurs". She would repeat "Look Big Diosoars" over and over. Too cute!
We have a big week ahead. We meet with our new pediatrician this week to see what recommendations he has for the next step in getting EK evaluated by a pediatric neurologist. I'm anxious but ready to go to the next step in getting her the evaluations and help she needs.
She only had a handful of melt downs with sharing toys with her cousins and ending fun outings that she was really into. Overall she travelled well, ate well, slept great (because she got to sleep with Mommy and Daddy (:), and behaved pretty well. We heard her say many new two word phrases over the trip too. My favorite was when she called the mountains "Big Dinosaurs". She would repeat "Look Big Diosoars" over and over. Too cute!
We have a big week ahead. We meet with our new pediatrician this week to see what recommendations he has for the next step in getting EK evaluated by a pediatric neurologist. I'm anxious but ready to go to the next step in getting her the evaluations and help she needs.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Big Changes for Mommy
Well since I posted last we have had quite a few changes. I resigned from the Birth Suites as a mother baby nurse after 7 1/2 years. It was such a hard decision to make, but one that I hope to be happy with for EK's sake. I am still going to work PRN for Wellness services and teach prenatal classes. The hours are just much better for me with EK in a 5 day a week special needs program from 7:30-10:45. We are paying quite a lot for her after care on T, W, and Th, just so I could work on the Birth Suites a few days a month.
We have really liked her new MDO (after care) but have recently been told that EK doesn't get to participate in many of the "extra" activities because she gets over stimulated. This maybe true, but I would like to know that she gets to have music time, gymnastics, dance, sports, Spanish, and chapel like her typical peers, especially since I am paying $350+ a month. I am going to have a meeting with her teachers on Tuesday to hopefully see just what she is included in and find out what her behavior is like at MDO.
On Thursday I picked EK up from MDO at 4:30 and she her other late care friends were having a snack. Four of the other children were eating together at one table and EK was at another table eating her snack alone. The late care teacher said "Eva Kate eats her snack by herself because she doesn't do well eating with the other children." What does this mean? This broke my heart for her. She looked so lonely. My thought was... Does she really not do well with them or is she just a little different or more squirky than they are? These things I am interested in knowing. I do not want EK to be a burden to her teachers and be distracting to her peers. I know she is different, butI wanted her to be involved with normal peers for a few hours each week to hopefully see how other 3 years are suppose to act. If she is being held out of the fun activities to play alone in a nursery how will she ever learn and hopefully mimic normal three year old behaviors?
Sometimes I ask "Why EK?" She is so beautiful, smart, and sweet. Why does my 3 year old have to have this disability where she rarely speaks and appears "strange" to outsiders? My prayer is for her to eventually be able to fit in and be understood by people other than Paul and me. Please continue to lift her in your prayers and us too! Sometimes I feel so beat down and like a failure. I often wonder what did I do to cause this? I know I didn't make her autistic, but sometimes I wish I knew what caused this horrible thing to happen to my precious little girl.
LC
We have really liked her new MDO (after care) but have recently been told that EK doesn't get to participate in many of the "extra" activities because she gets over stimulated. This maybe true, but I would like to know that she gets to have music time, gymnastics, dance, sports, Spanish, and chapel like her typical peers, especially since I am paying $350+ a month. I am going to have a meeting with her teachers on Tuesday to hopefully see just what she is included in and find out what her behavior is like at MDO.
On Thursday I picked EK up from MDO at 4:30 and she her other late care friends were having a snack. Four of the other children were eating together at one table and EK was at another table eating her snack alone. The late care teacher said "Eva Kate eats her snack by herself because she doesn't do well eating with the other children." What does this mean? This broke my heart for her. She looked so lonely. My thought was... Does she really not do well with them or is she just a little different or more squirky than they are? These things I am interested in knowing. I do not want EK to be a burden to her teachers and be distracting to her peers. I know she is different, butI wanted her to be involved with normal peers for a few hours each week to hopefully see how other 3 years are suppose to act. If she is being held out of the fun activities to play alone in a nursery how will she ever learn and hopefully mimic normal three year old behaviors?
Sometimes I ask "Why EK?" She is so beautiful, smart, and sweet. Why does my 3 year old have to have this disability where she rarely speaks and appears "strange" to outsiders? My prayer is for her to eventually be able to fit in and be understood by people other than Paul and me. Please continue to lift her in your prayers and us too! Sometimes I feel so beat down and like a failure. I often wonder what did I do to cause this? I know I didn't make her autistic, but sometimes I wish I knew what caused this horrible thing to happen to my precious little girl.
LC
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