Kellars Eval..
Kellar was evaluated today for speech and pt through eci, they have seen Kellar before but I decided to take Kellar somewhere else for therapy and just recently decided to try things out with them again. I honestly had forgotten all about today being the day of his evaluation, normally I am sick to my stomach for days before Kellar gets evaluated so this is one time that forgetting something was well worth it. I am very very very proud to report that Kellar is age appropriate in speech, he tested on about a 3 yr old level in areas of understanding language and what we are saying/asking him to do, his gross motor skills are pretty scattered from 24-28 months, I was not surprised by this because Kellar still can’t jump and the therapist commented on how he appears uncoordinated when attempting to run and she felt he needed to work on climbing the steps more which I thought he was doing quite well myself but I’m just a mom! I have seen Kellar climb the steps, he can do it but if you hold onto him he will not do them correctly, I commented to another therapist that if she ( the pt ) would turn loose of him he could do it but it’s not a big deal it’s not like the extra work on it will hurt anything and Kellar loves steps so much he won’t even realize he’s being *therapized*…( yea I know that’s not a actual word ). She also mentioned that Kellar may have some tightness in his upper legs, he doesn’t like to sit indian style on the floor but in all honesty I have never tried to have him sit that way, he’s not “W” sitting so I assumed that he was doing ok but indian style it will be, or at least attempted. We are going to be spending a lot of time outside playing and running as long as the weather cooperates. The pt would like to see Kellar be able to run and stop quickly w/out toppling over or losing his balance, she would like him to be able to quickly move around things that are in his way, walk up the steps in a actual stepping motion rather than placing both feet on one step before he steps to the next one, this was something that I’ve noticed and either I’ve learned to ignore that “red flag” or I was just really happy that my little boy that at one time did good to take 3 steps without falling down was finally able to maneuver his way up and down the stairs. I think that the pt was impressed with Kellar and how well he was doing, she kept commenting on how she was glad that he was able to run considering how early he was and his degree of brain bleeds. So we have pt twice a week and we are no longer in need of st. I love days like this!
Breaking news….
Kellar is wearing big boy undies and not only has he tinkled in the potty but get this…he pooped in it! I am so very very proud of him though I know that our road to potty training is going to be long I’m sure. I have noticed that here lately Kellar does not like to have a dirty hiney here lately so tonight after we came in from grocery shopping I asked him if he wanted to put on some big boy undies and he said yes, so I let him choose between Elmo or Lightning McQueen and I stressed to him that if he was going to wear big boy undies he had to be sure and tell mommy when he needed to go potty and not get his shorts wet. He chose the McQueen undies and I immediately asked him if he needed to go potty and he said yes so I sat him on the potty and he tinkled. I clapped and cheered, he grinned and I asked him if he was ready to get off and he said “no more tee tee mommy” and he sat there and then he said “mommy toot” and he started straining, I was seriously afraid he was about to give himself a hernia and kept watching to make sure there weren’t veins popping out on his forehead and then he started giggling and I realized that he had not only tinkled in the potty but pooped, I was so excited and I think he was liking my silliness so much that I like to have never got him off of the toilet. Kellar also has really picked up on his ABC’s, he has recognized a few of the letters for some time but tonight in Wal-Mart he started singing them out of the blue, he’s hit or miss on several of them but it’s still cute…this is pretty much his version of the alphabet…abcdgikmprstuvwxyz….yea yea he’s missing quite a few but he even ends it with the sing with ME which he really says loud. As I am typing this Kellar has informed me that he tooted which translates to I tinkled in my shorts, on the carpet and soaked my sock! Kellars telling me “Maters crying and sad” ha I told him that Mater and McQueen would be sad if he tinkled on them. This potty training thing is going to be difficult I’m quite sure but hopefully like everything else it’ll just one day click and he’ll decide he’s ready to do it!
Merry Christmas 2008
Hard to believe it’s come and gone already. Kellar had a wonderful Christmas, the kid is spoiled rotten I tell ya! I loved watching him rip into his presents this year and how excited he got when a new present was put in front of him, this year was fun but I know that next year he will understand a little bit more about Santa and maybe this will mean more “if you do that 1 more time Kellar I’m going to call Santa”. We had lots of family gatherings, ate entirely to much and came home and had to do some house cleaning to make room for stuff. Next year I’m going to have to send Santa my own letter and remind him that all of these big toys he brought this year take up a awful lot of space in my living room. I have lots of pictures to post and maybe my dear sweet husband will get busy on those here shortly. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, we sure did!
Here’s my lil rock star w/the drums that lasted not even 4 hrs before he had them tore up and the walls are even decorated w/rock star graffiti by the rock star himself!
My Coda Bear…
I am and always have been a huge dog lover so for those that *know* me you know that losing my dog DaCoda today has really really been hard on me. Coda has never been the healthiest of dogs, bless his heart he was always at the vet for something whether it be a hurt back, bladder infection or chewing on a toy that left his tooth dangling from his gums but he was the cutest thing you ever laid eyes on and a double dapple daschund that has blue eyes isn’t something you see everyday. Today I walked out and found that my Coda man had died, I am heartbroken and have spent the day in and out of tears, to some he was just a dog I’m sure but I become very attached to my animals, I love them and losing one is awful! Kellar had no idea what was going on all he kept telling Joey was “mommy crydin daddy” and then he’d come in and lay his head beside me, he is such a sweet kid. My Christmas Eve did not start out as planned by far but I did enjoy the time with the family tonight at my moms. Gotta get my Bear in bed and asleep so Santa can come and bring him lots of goodies…Coda Bear I love you!
I can’t believe it’s only….
2 days till Christmas! I love love love Christmas time, even more so now that I have a little one and I get to watch the excitement in his eyes when he sees Santa in the mall or in the stores! This year Christmas is going to be so much fun and next year I’m sure he’ll be asking for every toy in sight. Kellar was well enough for us to be able to make the trip to Oklahoma for Joeys side of the families Christmas, we had a really good time. The cabin was extremely nice even though we froze in the back rooms but I think that was more to do with someone messing with the stinking thermostat all night long, Kellar would wake up in the morning and tell me “mommy I freezin cold.” Kellar came home with lots of goodies and I came home with a adorable picture frame collage of my handsome lil fella, it’s awesome to have a creative person in the family, thanks Mel! Kellar has been a sentence stringing machine here lately, I can not say enough how proud I am of Kellar. I remember 5 months ago wondering and stressing about his speech, now I am not one bit worried about his speech, he is so funny and is already cracking me up with some of the stuff he says. We went to Target when we got into town Sunday w/MeMe and Kellar has already developed the I want it attitude which right now I admit I laugh at it and buy whatever it is he wants but I’m sure after coming home with toys every time we walk into a store it’s going to get old real quick, anyhow so I picked up a YoYo GabaGaba microphone and it sings and you can sing into it I turned it on and he jerked his head around and squealed “Gabaaaaa” and I let him play with it, now normally this involves him playing with it for 15 minutes or so and then he’s done, well..I get to the front to pay for my other items and I said Kellar let mommy put it up and he hugs it and tells me “no Keddars Gabaaaa” what? Kellar let mommy have it “no Keddars” uhm ok so can I have it to pay for it? This would have really gotten ugly if I had tried to take it so the girl used the portable scanner and rang it up, yeah yeah I laughed and thought it was cute but this could end up getting expensive! Brooke and I ran and did some last minute Christmas shopping last night, yep I am insane especially since I’ll say I’m not doing this again next year, I’ve only been saying that for so many years I’ve lost count. Kellar stayed with MeMe and they made up sugar cookie dough for the kids party today, I came in and was asking Kellar if they made cookies and he proceeds to tell me “1 cup flour cookies” and mom said he kept telling her “delicious MeMe” he’s a character already. I came home and we wrapped up his presents and he happily threw them under the tree and only almost took the tree out once, I watched in horror as my tree w/glass ornaments ( I didn’t realize this until I got them out to put on the tree ) swayed back and forth and he’s steadily trying to shove the present under the tree. I can’t wait to see what Santa brings the little stinker…
