Happy Halloween….
from our Lil’ Stinker….
Never understimate….
My very strong willed, determined wonderful little Bear…Today at Kellars therapy there were 2 nursing students who sat in on his session, Brenda was telling them Kellars history and stuff when she looks at me and says ” I am going to be honest with you, I really didn’t think he’d be walking before Christmas and here it is not even Thanksgiving and he’s walking”….I was shocked in a way, I mean he’s done great, he’s came so far and he has proven to them not once but several times that he is going to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it…Yes I will admit I am the worlds worst at expecting Kellar to be doing things when these “milestone” charts say he should but I soon come to realize that he WILL do it, when he’s ready…So needless to say we had to set new goals and now they are to be more steady and *sure* of himself when stepping, and of course walk more than 6 steps but hey at least he’s doing it right…Speech..I think this is going really well, in the last few weeks Kellar has really taken off in this area as well, he has started trying to repeat things that you say to him and he is really into talking to himself when he’s playing…We bought Kellar a Elmo that says his name, favorite colors,food, animal and so many other things, he loves it, but of course anything Elmo is a hit with him…I have also noticed that Kellar likes pens, so we bought him a *doodle pad* and he has been quite the artist the last few days…Tonight Joey brought in a pumpkin and some kid friendly paint and let him paint his pumpkin…and the floor…Tomorrow we will go to Dallas for Kellars RSV shot and to pick out his big boy frames…
The “S” word….
Today we took Kellar to see the eye dr and we heard a word we really weren’t hoping to hear…No worries Kellar isn’t talking ugly, our dr however said the “s” word…SURGERY….Good news is that since Kellar has been in his glasses he is starting to use his right eye alot more, bad news is that they are not helping the crossing…He did however tell us before hand that since Kellar is nearsighted it may not show any improvement as far as the crossing goes, but it was worth a try to hopefully avoid a surgery…Putting him through yet another surgery is not at all what any of us was hoping for but what do you do? Do I let him go around w/one of his eyes turning in, or do I put him through a surgery? I think that the sooner we do this the better, Kellar is still young and young kids tend to bounce right back after surgery, goodness knows our ins deductible is met right now and that would make it easier on us financially to go ahead and get it out of the way…So I went ahead and set the surgery up for November 2, it will be a outpatient procedure and hopefully on the 3rd Kellar will be up running around ( yes I am really crossing my fingers that our *stepping* here and there will be walking all over the place before long ) like nothing has even happened…Kellar is also going to get some big boy frames next week, I can’t wait to pick them out…
Mommy..Mommy..Mommy….
Kellar only wants his mommy…It all started when he was admitted into the hospital, Kellar became so attached to me that I couldn’t leave his site w/out him crying…Since coming home it hasn’t gotten any better, in fact I think it may be a little worse…I can’t go into another room w/out him following me in a screaming, crying fit…Every once in a while if someone comes to visit he’ll venture away from my hip and go play, I wondered if he may still be feeling a little bad or something, especially when his papaw came to see him and he wouldn’t have anything to do with him, I think he thought Kellar must be sick as well after all he’s not used to Kellar not dropping everything to run to his papaw…Throughout the day he hardly wants to get down and play, he will venture out to play if I am in the floor with him…We took Kellar outside and took some pictures of him in the yard and I think he really enjoyed being outside, even if it was for only 10 minutes or so…I have to take him to the eye dr tomorrow for a follow up appointment, wish us luck…
Ohhhhh is he feeling better….
Kellar has been a live wire the last few days..He is into everything…Climbing on the couch, up the couch, on the arms of the couch, climbing down off the couch, pulling on the curtains, mini blinds…the kid is a ball of energy all of a sudden…I sit in the floor to fold clothes which should take me 15 minutes or so to fold, 30 minutes later I am still sitting there w/nothing folded..Why? Because my sweet, precious little Bear is busy unfolding as I fold…He is very very clingy to me right now, I can’t get out of his sight or he’s crying…Kellar has really started to repeat things that are said to him, and he is really starting to take steps to everything now I AM SO PROUD!!!!!!!!
