Tuesday, May 11, 2010

This and that

Haven't posted for a while. Things are pretty status quo. Hubby and I went to the Grand Canyon for 5 nights and 6 days without the kids. That was the longest we had been apart from them. It was a fabulous getaway, but I felt it was just a bit too long (for me, not the kids). My parents came out from the East Coast to watch them while we were gone and the kids did great. Barely seemed to notice when we got back. I know we are lucky to have parents who will watch two 2 year olds for a week, especially a 30 pounder who doesn't walk. They are awesome.

We started 6 weeks ago with a new speech therapist as we got booted from our state's speech services due to budget cuts. I have to say it was a great thing. The new therapist is amazing and Drake does much better in a clinical setting. There are too many distractions at home with Lucy.

His therapist went so far to say at his visit that he is "on fire" right now. It's true. He is making a ton of progress verbally. He consistently puts 3-word phrases together. The other day he said to me when I walked in the door from work, "Hi Mom". Then, "Mommy boots off"?

There are also some more subtle upswings happening now, too. He is doing a ton of imaginative play. Feeding his baby, talking on the phone, and just generally being silly to get a reaction, like putting his blanket over his head when he crawls around. The twins are also playing so much more together. It's fabulous to see them laugh and interact - and even fight.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

He seems to be making a lot of progress, glad to hear that, :)

Cary said...

That all sounds just amazing! Way to go Drake!

And yes...your parents are awesome. Lucky you...and I'm sure it gave them a ton of perspective into your daily life which is always great too.

Cary said...

Just dropping by to ask if Drake ever got those botox shots or not? They are starting to talk about them for Ben so I'm curious how you guys made out.

Kelly said...

hi cary

no, we haven't done it yet. i think we are doing it in july after our vacation. will let you know. it will be under light sedation, so will be more painful for mommy!

Katy said...

Sounds like wonderful news!

GingerB said...

Awesome trip - awesome parents to help you get away. Interesting point about the clinical setting versus the home setting. My daughter hates OT at either location and I wonder if we are about to add speech, so I wonder if I might do better at Shriner's hospital than with EI at home.

Hopeful Mother said...

Sounds like Drake's making lots of progress, big and small! Fabulous.