Madden - We are right in the middle of getting him tested for Autism. We have already done the speech evaluation and in 2 days we are going to get DDBP evaluation which I think is somewhat like a Psych Eval.. Stemming from the Speech evaluation we got a referral for Madden to start getting regular speech therapy through Cincinnati Children's. The good part about Madden's speech is that he speaks clearly and you can understand everything he says. The bad part about it is that his speech is for the most part not functional. By that I mean you can't hold a conversation with him, and or he can't answer a simple question for you. So many of the things that a lot of parents may take for granted like asking your child what he wants to eat for dinner would be a huge milestone for us to get an answer to. He has made such great strides over the last few years and I know he will get to a point soon where he will be able to talk and hold a normal conversation with us. School starts in a few weeks and I am feeling excited and nervous about it all. Excited that he will be getting structured academics and have an outlet from the house for him to explore and enjoy. Nervous because he has a new teacher and I know nothing about her. We have been so blessed to have a loving, wonderful, teacher the last 2 years where I knew he was getting the love and attention he needed. This is going to be a new school and new teacher so I feel like he is going to be very overwhelmed in the beginning, but hopefully over time everything will fall into place and this new teacher will be just as wonderful as our dear Mrs. Greiner! Current obsessions with Madden are his humidifier "Pete" and pretty much anything that plugs into the wall like the vacuum, fans, or even an old clock radio he found down at Man time with daddy. He is very sweet and loving and a joy to be around. We just started going to King's Island this year with the kids and it is so fun to watch Madden on the rides. He will ride anything and seems to have a great time in whatever he does. His favorite rides are the Woodstock Express, the log flume, and the airplanes. I literally could go on and on but maybe for the time being I will stop there. To be continued...
Lainey- This little girl is one big ball of craziness. She LOVES using my Kindle, which she refers to as "computer cards." We literally have to take it away from her or else that is all she would do all day. It is quite amazing watching her use it, she know how to navigate that sucker with the greatest of ease. She knows exactly which apps she wants to play, how to use each app, and where they are located to get to them. She is a computer wizard :) She is still babbling a lot and not saying very long sentences at this point. You can tell she has a lot to say but can't really figure out how to say everything she is wanting to get out. She knows all her colors and shapes, and we just started working on identifying letters and numbers. She also just learned how to count different things. She could count to 20 before but didn't really know the relevance to it. Now she loves to count her fingers and different things we ask her to count that we find. Lainey LOVES to watch shows. Her favorite shows right now are Cinderella, Toy Story (all of them), Wreck it Ralph, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, Dora the Explorer, and anything pretty much on Nick Jr.. It is fun having her yell out, "Look Mommy a _____." She is so excited about the world around her and wants to make sure we are not missing out on it either. She also loves to sing and read books. I will say that Miss Lainey does have a bit of a temper when things don't go her way, but for the most part is pretty content.
My children can make me crazy and sometimes there are days when I have had enough of them. It isn't any sooner that I get a little downtime for myself and I miss them terribly and can't wait to see them again. I am sure this speaks true to all parents, but I do love my babies with all my heart and would not trade anything about either of them for anything in the world.
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