Silly Kids

In a little over 12 hours a lady will be at my home to evaluate Kasey, again.

Let me back up and explain. As most of you know our story, Courtney wasn't diagnosed until she was older (3-ish). We missed the crucial window of getting into The Resource Exchange (TRE) here in town because A) no one told me about it and B) by the time I did find out about it, it was too late. They only service 0-3 year old's. Had I known about this program when Courtney fit that age category, most likely she would have her Individualized Education Program (IEP) and would be receiving FREE services through the school district. BUT that's a whole other rant on it's own, which I believe I have done on here before.

ANYWAY, I didn't want to miss a darn thing with Kasey, so I had her evaluated when she was probably about 9 months old. Guess what? She was just fine and passed their test with flying colors. I was/am fine with that.

Fast forward to the last few months. I don't know if you remember, but she started to talk early just like her sister did. Even used a few 2 word phrases. Then suddenly, one day, it was gone. That worried the pediatrician. So, she ordered a hearing test and a speech evaluation. I did go and get the hearing test done, which again, she passed with flying colors. I figured that would happen. I also figured that her speech would come around. It has started to, but slowly. Last time we saw the pediatrician she again asked about a speech eval. Ok, fine, I will get her one. I called TRE because this time I didn't want to miss my window if it is indeed needed. So, tomorrow, the lady (same one) is coming back to re-evaluate Kasey. We will see!

So, here I sit, 12 hours out, just filling out their SHEETS of paperwork I have to have done for our 8:30am appointment. Yes, I have had them for over a week, but that's ok. Nothing like procrastinating! Plus, so much could change in a week, right? She could have suddenly started talking in sentences!

Speaking of changing. I have been able to see the point of one of her eye teeth on the top for weeks. It finally broke through last night. Between the hours of 12am-1am to be exact. I know this because she woke up crying. And for the first time in a long time, she didn't settle down. So I went in to comfort her. But for the first time ever, she was inconsolable. Poor thing! I gave her some Tylenol, held her, and rocked her, and worried about her. After a while she finally settled down. I was able to put her back down and she went back to sleep. This morning I noticed the point was through. I felt it with my finger and sure enough there it was! Sharp as the dickens too! And of course, as per usual when she gets top teeth, her nose is running like a faucet. Poor thing. She also doesn't sleep well. It's going to be a long night too night too I think. So fun, since Hubby just left this morning.

We spent a quiet day at home, we all got to bed late last night because of dinner at our neighbors' house. Between that and getting up again a few hours later because of a tooth, we needed a quiet day. The only place we went was to the grocery store. I let the girls watch too much TV and I did a lot of cooking.

I am on a mission to make 3 different meals, for 4 different families. I have one set of friends who just had a baby (on Friday, Esten and Julie welcomed Esten Lee). I have another friend who has mono! And she has twin 3 year old's. One more friend has a husband deployed to Iraq and I think she could use a little pick me up, and the fourth family is ours. Hey, if I am making all that food, I might as well makes some for us!

I already got the Realtor soup done, as we call the recipe. It's called that because our friend got the recipe off a card a Realtor had sent out as an advertisement. And it is tasty! Next dish is going to be chicken tortilla casserole, and the final dish is just going to be chicken and rice. Nothing to wild or crazy!

Oh, I did get my Christmas/birthday gift from my wonderful husband on Friday night. He got me an iPad! It's 1/3rd the memory of his, but no biggie. I don't need all the music and movies and all that. We were able to save 15% at Target when we bought it too! Of course it's my gift, but I paid for 1/2 of it with my commission check from my 31 parties last month. Anyway, this is one of those times that I don't mind a birthmus gift (Christmas/Birthday). When it's something big like that! I love it already. Well, I already knew I would, but the really nice thing is that I can take my calendar with me now! That was one thing I always disliked. We use an online calendar. So, I have to wait to get home to make most appointments, book parties, etc, because I had to be in front of my computer. But now I can take my calendar with me any where I go! But our online calendar system works extremely well for us. This way I can see my calendar, Hubby's calendar, and the girls calendar all at once!

Kasey is quite the little swimmer. In fact Little Miss Independent as we like to call her, really seems to think she can swim on her own. She can't, but she sure likes to try! And her favorite thing to do at the pool is climb out the side, walk over to the stair and go down the stairs back into the pool. I am not sure why, but that girl loves stairs! Any stairs! And she is not big on listening to her swim teacher and doing what the swim teacher wants her to do. Maybe one day she might listen and then she might actually learn to swim! Crazy kid!

I have some cute recent kid moments to share:

Last week Courtney points to the back of her head and says "this is where my brain is." I said, "yes, you are right! Did your teacher tell you that?" She replies, "no, my brain said 'hey this is where I am!'"

Silly kid.

Today at the grocery store I got a bottle of water for the kids to share as they were riding around in the cart. Our cart looked like a car with them riding at the front. So I couldn't see them too easily. But I could tell from the noise they were fighting over the bottle of water. So, I stopped the cart, went around front and squatted down to look at them. Courtney wouldn't share the bottle with Kasey. So, I took the bottle from Courtney and gave it to Kasey for her to take a few sips. Kasey takes the bottle from me, looks at me and says "bye-bye" as she waves at me. She made me laugh out loud right there in the grocery store!

Ah, these are the days!

Ok, enough procrastinating, I have to go fill out that paperwork and make the next set of meals! HUGS!