Time Flies...whether you're having fun or not...

Wow! It's been a while since I posted anything. Everyone in the house was sick at some point this month. First JD, then Reece and then me. Ugh! Now JD and I have our allergy thing going on. That is the only complaint I have about the unseasonably warm weather we're having...allergies. The daffodills are coming up and the hydrangea and our cherry tree are getting buds. I've already been thinking about spring planted bulbs for the deck pot and for around the mail box.

We have a new addition to our house as of the first weekend in February...her name is Samantha, Sami for short. She's a torti we got at the Small Miricles Cat Rescue where we got Bobo. She'll be a year old in March and is sweet as can be. I love when I'm in another room and hear JD talking to Sami..."Hi pretty girl...hi sweet girl". So adorable. Believe it or not, she had a cold too. The only one who hasn't been sick is Bobo. LOL

By the end of this week, we'll have somethiing else new...well, new to us. We found a Dodge Ram 2500 SLT...it's a Cummins diesel, already has a cap for the bed and is perfect for towing. The truck we currently have pulls the trailer, but we'd never go very far with it...just wouldn't trust it to haul the Roo on trips to places such as Maine or Tennessee, both places we want to go. I already warned Reece I'm gonna be stressed out over this for a few months until we get used to the payment and get it through inspection and registered in MD. Then I'll get all excited about it. JD will have so much more room too!

And, last but not least, all the paper work was approved so that JD can start his speech therapy today. He's now in what is called the Itinerant Preschool Program, but will be going to Carrolltowne ES, where he was before, for the services. So hopefully he'll be able to see his old teachers on occasion.

JD Gems...as told by his speech therapist

JD's speech therapist told us this in the meeting yesterday. She was trying to get him to say a word with a "th" in the middle so she showed him a picture of a bathtub..

Tammyy: Joseph, what is this a picture of?
JD: A tub
Tammy: Well, yes, but there's a longer word for it. Can you use that?
JD: (Looks at Tammy for a few seconds) Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuub?
Tammy: (Cracking up laughing)

There you have it folks, she did ask for a longer word for it.

JD's IEP Re-evaluation Results...Bittersweet

I posted this info on facebook, but wanted to add it to the blog also. Yesterday was the IEP meeting at Carrolltowne ES to get the results of JD’s re-evaluation for special ed services. He's met all his goals in the occupational therapy and academic areas (Yay!), so the need for services in these areas is not there, which means he won't be attending Carrolltowne after next Tuesday (sigh).  JD will still be getting speech therapy once a week, most likely at Carrolltowne, but I still have to call the speech therapist and work out a time. His grandmom will just bring him up there for his half hour on whatever day we decide on.

His teachers are so proud of him and we are too. I told him his teachers said he's done so well, he gets to graduate from this school and he was excited. We'll decide what to do from here as far preschool or something until he starts kindergarten in the fall. Kindergarten registration is the last week of March and the representative from Piney Ridge ES who was at the meeting yesterday said we could call anytime and schedule a visit with him to take a tour of the school.

We’ll let you know how things go from here.  We’ve really been blessed that JD was able to be in this program. He has had the most wonderful, helpful, caring teachers and we will miss them very much.