So long it has been! I have been thinking about catching up
on my blog because since I am horrible with baby books, this is also my way of
keeping track of things. That said…3 kiddos has kept me busier than I ever
thought I could be! I am just praying that this year brings us more down time,
more time to just be, than we had last year. I tracked all of our appointments
last year for tax purposes…we had 148 appointments last year. This did not
include our visits to the house for Kaycie. There are 255 weekdays in a year.
That is a lot of appointments!
LJ-LJ is in the midst of being 3. He is so much fun. He has
absolutely horrible temper tantrums, and he is also the most loving little boy.
LJ has done so well with Eli. He is very gentle, and he loves to try to make
him laugh. He loves to play with Kaycie now that she is getting older, but he
also gets super annoyed with her because she is loud. LJ has been in school 2
days a week this year. He loves it. We have signed him up for a 3 day class
next year, and he is very excited. I think LJ is going to be our creative
soul…he loves building and creating. He loves to draw. He is a big helper
around home. I find it hard to believe he will be 4 soon. My baby is growing
up. He is playing t-ball. He is having fun playing in the dirt for sure!
When we are out in public, LJ befriends everyone! He always
has a car with him, and he will show it to anyone who will look at it. That
said, when we see him at school, I think he is also one of the quieter ones.
His teacher says he is doing well. We have learned that he is struggling a
little bit with some of his gross motor skills…like running. I talked to
Kaycie’s physical therapist about it, and she thinks it could go back to his
prematurity. She gave us some exercises to work on with him too. LJ feels. He
is sensitive. He loves. He just reads what our moods are, so we have learned we
have to be deliberate about the things we say and do because he is very
empathetic, even at his young age.
Kaycie-We have made a breakthrough with Kaycie! She is 19
months old now and on the move! She has worked so hard with her speech and her
physical therapy. I think I can officially say that we have a walker! “They”
told us not to expect her to walk until 2.5 or 3. My little girl is determined
if nothing else. The kids love music…they get it from their Daddy. Kaycie has
been desperate to dance with LJ around the house for months. She can finally do
it! She wiggles her arms and spins in circles. She may have my rhythm right
now, but her deaf mentor is amazed that she loves music so much…usually kids
that can’t hear it all aren’t drawn to it.
Kaycie officially graduated from speech and physical therapy
last week! It is not to say that she won’t ever go to speech again, but at this
point, she is past “average” for her age. She has a huge vocabulary both in
spoken language and sign language. She has finally decided to keep her aids in.
She has realized they help her hear. She finds so much joy in the little things
she hears…Mickey Mouse, dogs barking, music…she amazes us every day. You just
have to see her to realize everything that is Kaycie…just don’t mind her hot
temper. She has one of those too J
Eli-Baby Eli…he is almost 4 months now! Eli is a happy boy.
I find myself, in my sleepless nights, having to remind myself that this is the
last time I will have newborn cuddles and to cherish every moment. Eli is a
cuddler. He is the first baby I have been able to nurse, which is a major wish
I have had for all of my babies, but it didn’t work out with LJ and Kaycie. He
prefers to sleep in my lap right now. I think Matt secretly loves that he
doesn’t take late night bottles because he can sleep J
I haven’t blogged about it, but Eli took a tumble off of our
high top table a little over a month ago. He was taken by ambulance to
Children’s Hospital of Atlanta where he was seen by one of the top pediatric
traumatic brain injury neurosurgeons out there. We had to go back for his
follow up today, and he was officially discharged from his care. He said he was
the healthiest baby he had seen all week.
I started this post last week and never finished it because
our household self-destructed. Matt and I had bronchitis, LJ had a sinus
infection, Kaycie had an ear infection and pneumonia, and Eli had bronchiolitis…needless
to say, we were down for the count for a few days. Everyone is much better now!
I have to take the kids back in on Wednesday for follow up appointments and Eli’s
4 month check-up. Maybe I will be wild and crazy and update again after that!
