no computer :(

I have so many blogs.

I have so many pics.

I have so much to say.

I have had so much happen.

and....I have no computer!

It totally froze up on me the other day. Matt's dad has looked at it, Kal has looked at it, the Geek Squad has looked at it, and there is only Jason left to look at it. If J can't do it. It looks like the Geek Squad has won. They will have our money!

We have no idea what has happened. But I have learned that our computer is old, with it having a birth date of 1-1-08!!!

We will return to the blogging world ASAP!

The Speech Therapist's Eval.

Ryan goes to this program called Partnership for Kids every Thursday morning. It's just a play group for moms and tots under the age of 3. Once a month they do an evaluation on the kids.

Of course I could go on and on about how smart and over developed his skills are, just like every other mother could, but I will save that for his daddy and grandparents. After the eval they asked me if we had any concerns for him. And I told him about his talking. He can say many words. But some are only the beginning, middle or the end of a word. So they gave me a brochure on some a developmental program for kids 3 and under.

So after much deliberation for Matt and I, we decided to call. We both had speech as a child, but not till school aged, and we decided if we could take care of it now, lets do it.

So a counselor came out last week and took some info, I picked out some therapists and waited for the phone calls. I wanted a Speech Therapist and a more specific hearing test (since being deaf is hereditary in my family), and no matter what they send out a Behavioral Therapist, just to check all other skills.

So today was the day the Speech Therapist came out. I must admit, I was nervous. So I had to explain my worries to her. And like I told her, I was not worried at all about the knowledge he has, just the verbalizing it. He has always been a great communicator, and now that he is getting older he wants to say more and express more and I am not understanding him as much as I feel I should be.

And she agreed immediately, he knew everything she asked him, and of course said it. Verbally said it. So, now I am looking like that mother who expects so much more out of there child. That is so not the case. I have told her, in the past few weeks he has picked up a lot more words...he even said his own name last week. But, even though he is saying them, they don't seem to be really clear to me, and apparently that does not matter since we can, for the most part, understand him. I didn't realize how much he could say till today.

But...he can only say single words. Not words put together. She said that is not an issue right now, but will be if it does not keep progressing. She thinks by watching him today that there is no need for concern, but just keep watching him. He can say Word World, thank you, good night Jesus, and a few other phrases. But those words already go together, we are not having, more milk please, go outside and play, he isn't putting his own words together.

But if that is the worst it is, than that's okay with me. The only other concern would be his hearing test. She said he may have fluid in his ears or maybe have his anoids looked at and maybe removed. So hopefully by next week we will have had a hearing test. And in May we go to his doc for his 2 year well visit and we are going to have her refer an ENT at Children's. I personally think there is something with his hearing or ears, not necessarily hearing loss, but something, since the whole word is not coming out or is tweaked just a bit.

In order to qualify for the therapy program, we would have had to score in the 3o%, which she said we were not going to do. Unless, something comes back with hearing loss, and we automatically qualify then.

So, over all I think I am pleased. He is not lacking in anything, but I was kinda hoping for some ideas and help with his speech, that now we won't be able to get.

sidewalk chalk monster

Thanks to our dear dear friends, Jason and Loni, we know have a monster on our hands.

In Ryan's Easter basket from Jason and Loni, contained some sidewalk chalk. Every nice moment we have we are outside drawing. Thank God for this rain we have been having lately, it keeps cleaning our pallet for new drawings. And watch out when its time to say lets go inside now its getting dark. Every time we leave the house he runs into the carport and grabs the chalk.

We used all their chalk up to little nubs the first few days. Except the yellow, since that is his favorite piece and no one else can use it. So last week we had to go to Deal's and pick up some more, and we are moving through all that at a pretty good pace as well.

Dying of the Great Easter Egg!

2009 Easter has come and gone...then Memorial Day...then summer.

This year was quit different this year dying Easter eggs. Well, I guess last year he wasn't really involved, but this year...well lets just say we ended up with alot of brown eggs. He knew exactly what to do right away, and he did not hold back. This process used to take at least an hour, you know you would spend so much detail on each egg, making it perfect. Well I think we had all the eggs dyed in 15 minutes with his help.

BEFORE

IN PROCESS
AFTER

Then we had some special treats for the eggs and Ryan. One package was Shrek, which the stickers did not stick to the eggs at all, which was okay in his book, he could stick them all to the towel one by one.

Last year I bought some eggs that had capsules in them that turned into little sponges that were some sort of animal. Lets just say I am happy that I got them for 75% off.

my American Idol

I think my baby is now a love of the great American Idol. We are now singing and dancing to it, and clapping after the good ones. Listening and dancing to Kris.

Notice the plastic wrap is his mic tonight.

And I learned from Anoop tonight that all these pictures I take with him and no one else could make him hate having his picture taken later in life...uh oh, because I easily have over 2000 pics already...I can't slow down now!

music and eggs!

We went to The Game Saturday morning for a little show and Easter egg hunt. We had fun, but way to many people. Plus the show was much better last year. Many more songs to sing and dance too. There were so many people and kids. When they let our group go, I took Ry to the middle and put eggs around him so he had a chance. We only did about 10-15. Which was plenty. He of course wanted to open every egg and play with it then. But we definitely had to defend our territory from the big kids. There were 13 year olds with plastic bags full. There should be a cut off on age and eggs. You barely have enough time to get the eggs and take pics and have a full memory. But we still had fun, Ry of course didn't notice all the other commotion. We were the last to leave the field. He was running in circles singing and dancing while he heard the rest of the music playing for the next group.
He thought he was such a big boy running around with his basket. It has become a fun (for him) game at the house now, to dump the eggs then wear the basket on our head the put the eggs back in the basket!

first trip to the zoo this year...

and many many more to come!!!

My mom decided to take an unexpected day off work on Friday to watch Ryan in the morning while I worked, then she decided we should all go to The Zoo. I must admit, at first I really didn't want to go, but I didn't want to miss it either (you know how nosey I am, I can't miss a thing). I don't like to do a lot on Fridays, it makes my weekend go by so fast, then it is Monday again. Plus we are so busy once again this weekend...I must slow down!

This year is going to be so much fun for the zoo, we had tons of fun last year, but he is just at a better age for it all now. I know, I know, we have to stop spiking the hair, or atleast do it different. His hair cut has turned out to be pretty bad after all, and the spiking helps hide it. And after Matt saw these pics, he said "that's it the spiking is over", but I am going t secretly do it again today while he is at class, but try on a much smaller scale...its a little rough when your running through the house trying to rub sticky gel in his hair.

Then came the elephants...need I say more. This child is in-love with them. We spent most of the day with the elephants. It was a good day for it too, they were all out...well we didn't get to see Raja, but all the females we did...including the two new babies, Maliha and Jade. I think if we would have let him stay there all day with them and then come back to get him, he would have been in the same spot.Of course we all had to share a sweet treat...he is lovin' this chocolate thing. But thats okay, 3 big bites for me, 1 small bite for him!We stopped by the elephant gift shop, and he just went crazy...so did grandma. He got two books, a shirt and a elephant toy! But of course the main book that he wanted was the elephant fact book, with all the real pics, it looks like a National Geographic book. He is so smart, his mommy on the other hand picked out "how to poo at the zoo"book...it is so funny :) Well needless to say, this book has not left his hands!Then the real fun began...we met Dolce! She is a little 2 1/2 year old that Ry met. They were identical in their playing habits. He ofcouse found his stage (a sewer lid) to dance and sing on. Then here come Dolce, they were taking turns doing THE EXACT SAME THING ( exact same moves and everything), so of course I asked her mom if she did this often, and her reply was " any thing that looks like a stage" my heart skipped a beat. Then they ran and ran chasing each other, hiding in corners, climbing on rocks to sit next to each other. We kept saying, "okay kids its time to go", but they would just run off together. They would not even give each other hugs...they did not want to leave each other at all. Ryan is such a huge hug and kiss giver, so it was surprising he would not do this, but he did not want to leave her.... it was all so incredibly sweet. Maybe one day Ryan and Dolce can meet up again :)

Can't wait to go back in May with Matt and get to spend the whole day at The Zoo !!!