My baby is getting tested

So my little one is 21 months old and doesn't say a whole lot, so tomorrow we begin the process of getting his speech and language development tested. The lady is coming tomorrow morning to start the enrollment process and set up an evaluation date. Then on the evaluation day, 2 ladies will come to the house and observe him for a couple of hours, and see if they would recommend a "service plan" for him. If they feel like he needs help, then they'll write the service plan of action up, and the journey of speech/language therapy (?) will begin....the whole evaluation process can take up to 45 days, but I'm hoping it won't take that long at all....that's just how much time they give you just in case they're backed up with cases and need it. Let's hope they're not backed up, shall we?

I'm kind of excited to see what the evaluation is. I mean, on one hand yes-I think my boy is a little lazy forming complete words at his age. He can get the first vowel sound and the first consonant is hit or miss....other than that, he kind of sing-songs his "sentences" with one vowel sound, but his eyes and expressions are telling me that he thinks he's saying a whole lot, and I'm just not getting it. I know he is an intelligent boy- he follows directions, he can hear, he can focus...I just think he's being lazy with his words. My husband and his family think he needs help, but the pediatrician said he's not going to be concerned about it unless he's made no progress by the time he's two. Well, that's three months from now, and we just want to get an evaluation done to see if there's anything more we could be doing right now to help him along.

So, tomorrow may be the start of an interesting journey. I'll post again when we have an idea of where things are going.

Ta-Ta, Friends.

Feedback

So I sent a copy of what I've written so far in my novel to my best friend, and she gave me some really good feedback...told me what she liked, where I needed more detail or clarification, and helped me define where my storyline was going. So now I'm super excited, and am really in the mood to write. I just have to find some time without the kids poking me in the arm every 15 minutes wanting to bug me. Ah, the joys of motherhood. Too bad you can't just turn the power off on your kids when you need a break or some alone time. I'm afraid if we had that option, we would use it way too much. So I guess the only time I can grab some good "writing time" is after they're in bed. Guess I'd better organize and plan so that my time is spent wisely.

Ta-Ta for now.

E is for Effort

So I've been making it a point to write something in the novel every day, and so far I'm pretty happy with the results. I realize what I've written so far will require some tweaks here and there, but at least I'm getting the storyline down...just need to fill in the details, and I'll go back and do that once I'm at a standstill with my chapters. So that's my plan. I knew writing was going to take some discipline, and I've committed my self to getting somewhere with this. I just have to exercise some patience to get where I am satisfied, and if there's one thing about myself that I have realized throughout the years, it's that my patience needs improvement. This should be a good test.

On to my kids...school has begun, and they seem to be adjusting to new classes, new teachers, new schedules fairly well. My boy has decided to play football, and I'm anxiously awaiting the first home game. I love watching high school football. I guess that goes back to when I was in high school....never missed a home game.

I have decided to start potty training my little guy, and so far he's doing fairly well. We're doing the praise/stickers reward system for potty successes, and he's loving that part of it. He's pretty good at going pee in the potty, but so far no poops yet, although I feel like we're close because he has grunted a couple of times, and then pooped in his diaper immediately after getting down from the potty. So I'm hopeful this won't take forever to accomplish. We'll just have to wait and see. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Other household news-our dryer went out last weekend, and so we had to buy a new one and get it delivered/installed this week. And our home phones also went kaput after about 6 months of fighting them trying to get them to hold their charge. New ones were definitely in order....we tried to stretch that out as long as possible, but it was time to let them go this week.

That's about it for updates today. Hopefully next time we "talk" there will be good news to report.

What am I doing?

I'm not sure...I don't feel like finishing any of the projects I've started, from reading this one novel (which really is fabulous), to the afghan I'm still trying to make for myself, to the novel I've started writing (although I was super excited about it and still think it's good), to sewing a super easy purse that I've been wanting to do (it would take an hour...tops). Is there a psychological reason why I don't finish what I start? What am I so afraid of, anyway? Pffft, I can't even seem to make myself maintain a blog properly, though I have the time to do so. I need some sort of motivation, but I'm just feeling so blah lately....not necessarily depressed...just.....blah. Hopefully I'll figure this stumping block out soon, and finish at least one project before the end of the year....we shall see.