Winding Down Wednesday

Well, we are winding down... Soon the new little guy will be here... I can't believe it... This morning I went to a meeting to discuss Monkey results for all of his testing... Good news is he will go to K in the fall and not be held back a year... However he is behind... So, he will have Speech, PT and OT in the fall... We are starting it up at home this summer to give him a jump start in help... So, maybe part way through the year we can drop one or all of them if he has caught up enough... He is average overall and slightly below average when each area is extensively looked at... We all agreed that some of his delay is probably due to the fact he is not around typical peers (no day care) and has his older brother as one of his primary role models to imitate... So, that's the latest with him... Now I just need insurance approval...Which I know will be no problem... Just a matter of making it official so the therapy people can start billing... The therapy people will come out to evaluate him to set up a plan of what needs to be worked on in their sessions and how often they will see him... Last we will pick days and times that work for each of the 3 different therapist to come and see him... The best part is they come to the house so no running around this summer except for Summer School for my oldest and Monkey is going to Safety Town... I've talked about Safety Town before... It is a program all K who will start in the fall attend during the summer... It is a 2 week program that teaches them about Police, Fire, Ambulance, and other Safety topics like crossing the street and riding your bike... We had our last MACH I (Mother's And CHildren) meeting today... It's like Catholic MOPS... It is only available locally... The curriculum is written by some ladies locally... They hope some time in the future it goes national but right now it's just in our two dioceses (ND and MN)... It was Spring Tea... So, we didn't have a lesson... We chatted, ate, and talked about our favorite books for two hours... Peanut has ST... We talked about what happen to her hand, about the possible any minute arrival of baby and whether she will be able to fit Monkey into her schedule... My oldest had OT... We talked about his needs... He only has a few more insurance approved visits so soon the OT will be gone too... His caseload is pretty full so he probably won't see Monkey this summer... We have seen quite a few different OT because of my oldest behavior issues so we will probably still have someone who is familiar with our family... They can address Monkey's issues with the knowledge of what my oldest issues are developmentally and how the environment is effect certain areas of his development due to imitating... I did finish my blessings hat... It is adorable!!!