I'm drowning!

Yesterday when I went to pick up Katelyn she was really crying. I asked the teacher why she was crying and she said that Katelyn was playing with the other kids in their therapy room that contains a huge ball pit. This ball pit is really neat looking because the container looks like a bath tup and the balls are clear plastic so it looks like a bubble bath. I couldn't understand why she would start crying in there but shrugged it off so we could leave. I found out this morning that Katelyn got scared because she thought she was drowning. Everyone that has ever played in a ball pit knows how much fun it is to sink in up to your head and sort of float there in the balls. Well I suppose for a two year old that doesn't weigh very much this is not so exciting the first few times.

I myself, have sort of felt like I was drowning the last few weeks. Maybe now that the therapy situation has worked itself out, I can relearn how to swim and get caught up with house work, bills, etc. I know Justin will be excited when I finally get the dishes done again! I never expected myself to be the kind of person that didn't clean my own house. When I was growing up the house was always clean. The same is true of Justin, his mom keeps an almost emaculate house. Hopefully things will slow down soon and we can get into a routine of cleaning.

So here's to another really busy weekend of working and going to Ft. Smith to see family! I hope everyone has a great time this weekend!

Move it...

Today I figured out a trick! When I went into Katelyn's room to wake her up I told her that if she got up and ready we would go get donuts before I took her to school. She got up and got ready farely quickly for her. I was surprised at that. When we we sitting in line at the Royal Donut Company she kept telling the guy in front of us to move it. She wanted those donuts. So anyway, the amazing part is that when we got to her new school, I took her in, sat her down at the table, told her bye, and I left. There was no crying! I was amazed! Of course I know that I can't buy her donuts everyday for the rest of her life but at least one day of no crying her first week at a new school is wonderful!

We found out last night that her old therapists are welcome at her daycare. This means she will have familiar faces everyday which is also wonderful! I have called their new therapy clinic and she should be starting fairly quickly. We are very excited about this!!! We are really looking forward to them being able to train the teachers at the new daycare as well helping Katelyn one on one. Amy still has contact with Katelyn's friend, Bryce, so hopefully they can play with each other again outside of Meyer.

Looking forward to the promises the day holds....

I'm going to Jail!

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Mommy, I'm Fat!

Well we went to Children's for the fourth time on Monday. It seems like a short trip down and a really long trip back. And this trip, in particular seemed like a big waste of time and money. This trip was so Katelyn could be seen by a pediatric immunologist instead of Dr. Hedberg who she had seen before. He was the one that ran all the immunologic blood tests that we never found out the results on. This doctor at Children's, Dr. Palmer, said that all of those tests turned out fine and she wasn't really sure why we were there to see her. She did offer to do a blood allergy test since it has been a year since Katelyn had her last allergy test. I have pretty much resigned to the fact that it is her dysphagia (swallowing dysfunction) and tracheomalacia (collapsing and malformation of her trachea) are the root of her problem.

We have also had a lot of problems since last week with her daycare and speech therapist. Luckily I work with someone whose wife has been a big help. Her name is Leigh and she is a speech therapist in Bentonville. She has given us some good advice and we have placed her in a new daycare. We are still working out the speech therapy thing. We did find out that the therapist Katelyn saw when her therapist was on vacation, Paige has gone to work for Children's Medical Team and may be available to do her therapy at the new daycare. However, the new daycare has a therapy service so we are trying to work with them first. In the meantime, her caseworker has referred us to Early Intervention (A therapy service for children under three).

Anyway, I am posting her new Easter pictures. Isn't the dress gorgeous? My mom sent it from Knoxville and when I put the dress on her it wouldn't zip. She threw a fit and said, "Mommy I'm fat!" I think it is so sad that children as young as 2 pick this up from our society.