Therapy

At Wes' 18 month check up his doctor recommended I pursue speech therapy since he seems to have a significant delay. Although it is not terribly worrisome, it is his philosophy that it is better to deal with it now than wait until he is in school and still remain behind. Since then I have been trying different avenues to get him free speech therapy. After a couple of months I was able to get an assessment through the local regional center, at which point they deemed him severely delayed in speech and slightly delayed in certain developmental areas (and advanced in gross motor skills). Since he qualifies for the free therapy under the severe delay in speech he can get therapy in any area. So he started developmental therapy a little over a month ago and is due to start the speech therapy next week. Here are a couple of pictures of Wes working with Miss Jade during developmental therapy (once a week at our house). I am really looking forward to speech therapy and hoping that his growth in speech will help out a bit with the regular tantrums. (Interestingly, I have seen his speech really begin to develop in the last month. He's gone from only saying "yeah" to also saying "help, more, Bella, Dada, and Mama" and is actually starting to say our names without being prompted to do so, which is very new).

Bath Time

After our time playing in the rain we came in and took a warm bath to make sure Wes didn't get sick. Wes has a lot of fun in the bath and for some reason wanted to wear his sunglasses while taking it (which he always puts on upside down). Silly little guy. I also love this picture because it kind of shows this new face he's been doing a lot when something excited him, like when Kurt gets home from work or when he hears a garbage truck near by, he opens his mouth really big and gets big eyes, it makes me giggle every time he does it. Love that little guy.

Rainy Days

It has been pouring for a few days. Wes is not a fan of staying inside all day so today I decided to let him go out and play in the rain. He loved it! We went out once this morning and once this afternoon (with his new rain boots that we went and bought in between). We walk our street every day and Wes' favorite thing right now is collecting leaves.

In this picture he has just collected a few and is pointing to Santa Clause across the street (a decoration on our neighbor's yard) whom we go say hi to once or twice a day.

A few days ago on one of our walks Wes also discovered that leaves aren't just for collecting, they're also fun to run through.

After we got the rain boots I let Wes run through our gutters and jump in the puddles. He had so much fun. He was soaked from head to toe, but the enjoyment was worth it.

22 Weeks

I can't believe that tomorrow I'll be starting my sixth month in this pregnancy. When I was feeling so awful in the beginning time was going by so slow and now it sure is flying. I am feeling generally great, just getting a little harder to move. Guess its time to get to work on getting the house ready for Brielle.