First of all, THANK YOU to all who left such nice comments on my last post. I'm so glad I opened up and shared about this. Since I wrote, Allison said her first 2 word sentence, a very simple one, but 2 words together nevertheless - "Bye, Bapa!" (Bapa is Grandpa) She also added a word or two to her vocabulary. Tracy, I do know about the apraxia website and email group - I am a part but lurking for now since I don't even know if Allison has this. When her therapists first mentioned the word, and I did some initial research, I thought it sounded a lot like her. But now as time goes on I'm not so sure. Allison always seems a step behind her peers, but she grows and develops on a typical timeline, just as though she is 6 months younger than she is, if that makes sense. So we keep the diagnosis in the back of our mind but time will tell on that. Kit, *I* have watched the Signing Time videos and have learned from them :-) but Allison is still really not interested in TV yet at this point. (Unlike her sister, who, ahem, loves watching TV.) Anyway, thanks again!
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This Saturday I am walking in a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society with my 3 sisters. As most of you probably know my mom died last July from pancreatic cancer, just 3 weeks after she was diagnosed. So this cause is very important to me. I hesitate to ask here, but I'm going to anyway. It's totally up to you if you want to help out. So far I only have 2 sponsors! If you or someone you know is affected by cancer, and you'd like to sponsor me, you can go HERE and donate. Thanks so much!
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If you read the comment on my Draft Day post, then you already read this, but it's so good I have to say it again here:
Did you hear that Brett moved to the 'Twin Cities'?
YUP...He wanted to get as far away from professional football as possible. :)
ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
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We've been home from China for almost exactly a year and a half, and I still have not printed out the pics from our trip!!! I thought it was bad when it took me a year after our trip to Lindsey to print those out and get them in an album. Of course with her trip, Ben took over 1200 pictures! He didn't come on our second trip (his choice) so we don't have quite as many pictures. So what's my excuse, I don't know. But I am finally going through day by day and choosing pictures to print. I thought I would share one from each day of our trip, one per day or as I get a chance to post. As I said before, I am just so itching to be in China, so bear with me as I relive our trip to Allison. :-)
Here we are at our local airport waiting to fly to Chicago and then on to Beijing! (October 26, 2006)
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This Saturday I am walking in a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society with my 3 sisters. As most of you probably know my mom died last July from pancreatic cancer, just 3 weeks after she was diagnosed. So this cause is very important to me. I hesitate to ask here, but I'm going to anyway. It's totally up to you if you want to help out. So far I only have 2 sponsors! If you or someone you know is affected by cancer, and you'd like to sponsor me, you can go HERE and donate. Thanks so much!
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If you read the comment on my Draft Day post, then you already read this, but it's so good I have to say it again here:
Did you hear that Brett moved to the 'Twin Cities'?
YUP...He wanted to get as far away from professional football as possible. :)
ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
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We've been home from China for almost exactly a year and a half, and I still have not printed out the pics from our trip!!! I thought it was bad when it took me a year after our trip to Lindsey to print those out and get them in an album. Of course with her trip, Ben took over 1200 pictures! He didn't come on our second trip (his choice) so we don't have quite as many pictures. So what's my excuse, I don't know. But I am finally going through day by day and choosing pictures to print. I thought I would share one from each day of our trip, one per day or as I get a chance to post. As I said before, I am just so itching to be in China, so bear with me as I relive our trip to Allison. :-)
Here we are at our local airport waiting to fly to Chicago and then on to Beijing! (October 26, 2006)
2 comments:
Eilene,
Two of my children had speech delays. One more serious than the other (they are now 19 and 16). It is such a relief when they begin to be able to communicate all that they are longing to say! I found my intuition that something was wrong beyond all the quick fixes people had, was right. I am sure your mother's intuition is right on here! Hang in there. Your post reminded me of those years when I was waiting for my son to be able to say all that he was thinking! He had less than 10 words at age 3. We had early intervention like you are for mild physical delays and speech. It made ALL the difference!
Cute photo too in the airport.
Eileen, it will be an emotional journey for you as you walk for your mom. How neat to do it with your sisters. My sister and I try to run the Race for the Cure every year for our mom. It is so emotional, but empowering in a strange way, too.
Take care!!
Love,
becki
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