So I went to Joe's doctor apt. this morning only to find out that they scheduled us in the wrong office so it had to be moved to tomorrow morning at 10. That's okay because I already had a packed schedule. I had a policy council meeting at 10 then an eval with Joe's teacher, then an enrollment appointment to get Julianna in school for next year.
I was nervous about Joe's evaluation. As most of you know Joe has Asperger's Syndrome. Now, Asperger's is not an excuse or free pass. Yes, he will have trouble in some areas but he will just have to work harder than the rest of the kids. I was expecting him to be somewhere in the bottom 25% of his class. I was pleasantly surprised when his teacher said he is in the TOP 25%!!! That's HUGE for Joe! Here is a list of some of his accomplishments...
*Knows how to write his name
*Know his name by sight
*Knows 6 letters by sight (the goal is to know 10 going into kindergarten next year)
*Can sing the alphabet
*Knows Author, Illustrator and parts of a book
*Can draw a picture to reflect a story that was read
*Can give daily news
*Knows patterns
*Can count to 25
I knew going into the eval. he could do most of this I just didn't know what was "normal" at his age. Apparently, he is right on track, even AHEAD of some kids! I am so proud of him! The teacher said that Joe is really funny! He apparently is always cracking jokes in class! And his teacher said that she has never seen a more proud big brother! He is always talking about "his girls" (aka. his sisters)! His teacher also said he is always looking out for the other little girls in class. How sweet is that?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Catching Up
So in order to get this blog up to date so I can start posting regularly again (it's a goal of mine) I need to get everyone up to date. Let's start the biggest news...
* Allie turned ONE on the 25th!!!! We started the day with a stop by the donut store to get her favorite breakfast (donut holes). We then went to Monkey-N-Around, an indoor playground and she had a blast playing with all the toys. We then came home and had dinner (potatoes, carrots and chicken...her favorite dinner) and then had cake and ice cream which she enjoyed immensely! I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately they are not uploaded on this computer. You can see them at my myspace www.myspace.com/lizpilkerton. It's public and all of the pictures are in an album there. She has 10 teeth now with more coming in all the time. Every time I look in her mouth I see new ones. She isn't walking yet. Today she did stand alone and took two steps so I was really excited about that.
*Julie is still her fun loving sweet self. I have so much fun with her. She truly is a joy. Right now she is still SO into her dance class and lately all she has been talking about is wanting to be in pageants. Today she said "You want to be a pageant mom?" NO Julianna I don't. I don't say that to her but that's how I feel. I'm not into the whole idea of pageants, I'm hoping this is a phase of hers and she will forget about it soon!!!
*I'm really worried about Joe lately. Over the last two weeks he has developed a really bad stutter, that is getting progressively worse. He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll find out what's going on then. He even says now "Mommy why do I stutter?" It's heartbreaking. And it's not a mild stutter...it's bad! I'll update tomorrow and let you know what I find out. With everything going on lately, it may just be his way of dealing with stress. Thankfully Bubba and I haven't been fighting but I think just the whole idea of us living in different places now is alot for him to handle.
*As for me I've been doing okay. Life has obviously gotten a lot more difficult with me having to do ALL the work. Bubba sees them Wednesday and Saturday. He is now in AA and I must say that he is making huge progress. His mind is in a good place right now and he seems really focused. I have been staying busy with the kids and their activities. I've been helping plan Joe's pre-school graduation (May 19th) and working on Julianna's dance recital (May 23rd).
Anyway, that's us in a nut shell right now. Hope life is going well for all of you. I'll update tomorrow after Joe's appointment.
* Allie turned ONE on the 25th!!!! We started the day with a stop by the donut store to get her favorite breakfast (donut holes). We then went to Monkey-N-Around, an indoor playground and she had a blast playing with all the toys. We then came home and had dinner (potatoes, carrots and chicken...her favorite dinner) and then had cake and ice cream which she enjoyed immensely! I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately they are not uploaded on this computer. You can see them at my myspace www.myspace.com/lizpilkerton. It's public and all of the pictures are in an album there. She has 10 teeth now with more coming in all the time. Every time I look in her mouth I see new ones. She isn't walking yet. Today she did stand alone and took two steps so I was really excited about that.
*Julie is still her fun loving sweet self. I have so much fun with her. She truly is a joy. Right now she is still SO into her dance class and lately all she has been talking about is wanting to be in pageants. Today she said "You want to be a pageant mom?" NO Julianna I don't. I don't say that to her but that's how I feel. I'm not into the whole idea of pageants, I'm hoping this is a phase of hers and she will forget about it soon!!!
*I'm really worried about Joe lately. Over the last two weeks he has developed a really bad stutter, that is getting progressively worse. He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll find out what's going on then. He even says now "Mommy why do I stutter?" It's heartbreaking. And it's not a mild stutter...it's bad! I'll update tomorrow and let you know what I find out. With everything going on lately, it may just be his way of dealing with stress. Thankfully Bubba and I haven't been fighting but I think just the whole idea of us living in different places now is alot for him to handle.
*As for me I've been doing okay. Life has obviously gotten a lot more difficult with me having to do ALL the work. Bubba sees them Wednesday and Saturday. He is now in AA and I must say that he is making huge progress. His mind is in a good place right now and he seems really focused. I have been staying busy with the kids and their activities. I've been helping plan Joe's pre-school graduation (May 19th) and working on Julianna's dance recital (May 23rd).
Anyway, that's us in a nut shell right now. Hope life is going well for all of you. I'll update tomorrow after Joe's appointment.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sorry for the Absence
I know I have majorly been neglecting this blog. Alot has been going on in life right now and I have in a way been "hiding" from it all. And when I say that I mean just not in the mood to talk about it. I'm better this week than I was last and plan on getting back to blogging, especially blogging about the kids, which is probably where I will keep the focus of this blog. I didn't want anyone to think I had fallen off the earth, just on a brief hiatis. More to come tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
11 Month Comparison
Joe
Julie
Allie
I am always told how much my kids look alike....looking at these pics. it's pretty obvious they are siblings!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Home
So another update long overdue! I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things and with that will be the return of daily updates and pictures!
So...we're home as you can see from the title. We had a fabulous time in Maryland, probably one of our best trips so far. The kids were excellent on the plane and all in all very will behaved. I seriously couldn't have asked for anymore out of them! We're planning on going back for about a month in the middle of the summer June/July.
We've been slowly getting back to life as normal. Allie had a check up on Saturday. She was 21 pounds 5 ounces. I thought nothing of the weight till I got home and checked Julianna's weight at that age. Julie was 25 pounds 6 ounces! Holy cow what a huge weight difference between the two! I had a feeling Allie was smaller because she is still in onsies and wears 18 month clothes. I had recalled Julianna outgrowing onsies at about 8 months and knew at age 1 Julie wore a 2T. I hadn't realized by how much Allie was my smallest baby! I'm going to get some comparison pictures together for my blog topic tomorrow.
Joe and Julie are doing good. Joe was beyond thrilled to get back to school, he really missed it! Me, Jules and Allie went to his school on Friday to have snack with him. He is doing really well, we are so proud of him! Julianna was back at dance class on Wednesday. She jumped right in there like she had never been gone. He teacher told me that Julianna "is the life of the party" and went on about how much they missed her while she was gone!
We are really enjoying the weather. I got right home and packed up all our sweat suites, jackets, hats, mittens, ect. and put them in the attic. Some days the kids sill need jeans but mostly it is in the 60's...how can we not LOVE Texas weather!
Be back tomorrow!
So...we're home as you can see from the title. We had a fabulous time in Maryland, probably one of our best trips so far. The kids were excellent on the plane and all in all very will behaved. I seriously couldn't have asked for anymore out of them! We're planning on going back for about a month in the middle of the summer June/July.
We've been slowly getting back to life as normal. Allie had a check up on Saturday. She was 21 pounds 5 ounces. I thought nothing of the weight till I got home and checked Julianna's weight at that age. Julie was 25 pounds 6 ounces! Holy cow what a huge weight difference between the two! I had a feeling Allie was smaller because she is still in onsies and wears 18 month clothes. I had recalled Julianna outgrowing onsies at about 8 months and knew at age 1 Julie wore a 2T. I hadn't realized by how much Allie was my smallest baby! I'm going to get some comparison pictures together for my blog topic tomorrow.
Joe and Julie are doing good. Joe was beyond thrilled to get back to school, he really missed it! Me, Jules and Allie went to his school on Friday to have snack with him. He is doing really well, we are so proud of him! Julianna was back at dance class on Wednesday. She jumped right in there like she had never been gone. He teacher told me that Julianna "is the life of the party" and went on about how much they missed her while she was gone!
We are really enjoying the weather. I got right home and packed up all our sweat suites, jackets, hats, mittens, ect. and put them in the attic. Some days the kids sill need jeans but mostly it is in the 60's...how can we not LOVE Texas weather!
Be back tomorrow!
Friday, January 9, 2009
An Update from Maryland!
We're in Maryland!!!!...I know long overdue update since we've been here almost 2 weeks! We are having a great time, busy, but great!
First thing first-My new new niece Ashlynn! She is so precious! It's weird how fast you forget how small a newborn actually is. Allie was her age just 10 short months ago but holding Ashlynn it feels like an eternity since Allie was that small! I've had a lot of fun spending time with Madison and Bradley also! The last time we were in Maryland we had a lot of trouble with "fighting" kids. Joe, Julie, Madison and Bradley are so close in age that there is bound to be fights. This visit has been much better "fight" wise then the last. They are of course all older now and seem to really being enjoying each other's company. And during play they all have roles, Maddie is the boss, Joey does is own thing and Julie and Bradley can't be separated. Those two can play together for hours!
If you follow my blog you know that Joey was supposed to be going home with my step-dad Ron yesterday to go back to school. Well yesterday came and Joe was so upset about leaving that my dad offered to buy his ticket (his other ticket home was with a different airline than mine) and he is now staying the rest of the trip and going home with me! Thank you dad! I guess I thought he would be ready to go home without me and he just wasn't. I can't really blame him. I called his school and let them know the situation and they were good about it. So the next trip home I will have to take into consideration Joe's school schedule and work around it instead of sending him home early without us...lessons learned! At least it's just pre-school!
Right now Allie is sick (we have all been sick this trip unfortunately) and is looking ruff! She has a bad cold in her eyes of all places and the startings of a nasty cough. Tony has been extremely helpful with the kids. Because of the number of kids that are all under one roof at Jackie's and the limited amount of space there we have been staying at his place. It's been a God send really. It enables us a quiet place for the kids to unwind, sleep, take baths, ect. I have pretty much been able to keep them on their schedules which has made for much more pleasant days! And thanks to Tony for getting the kids toys to play with at his house, that was a live savor too. There is nothing worse than bored toddlers! We usually get up in the morning and get to Jackie's anywhere from 8:00-2:00 depending on what we have planned and head back to Tony's in the mid to late afternoon.
Not real sure what we have planned for the rest of the trip. This has been a really relaxing trip. Not many plans, just going with the flow! I know I want to get back to Bubba's parents house at least one more time. My kids don't get to see them very often and I can tell how much my kids miss them! I also want the kids to spend some more time with my father. They have already been to the firehouse with him and I hear a trip to the museum is in the works! I want to get a trip in to D.C.! Tony and I were talking about going next weekend only to forget the fact that Inauguration is the 20th so we are going to try to fit that in tomorrow or Sunday.
I'll try to post again before I leave. Don't have any pictures on Tony's computer right now so if you click the link to my myspace on the right side of the screen you can see a few I've put in some albums there. I'll post the entire album of photos when I get home!
Hope everyone is having a great 2009, I know we are! And if your reading this...MOM, we DO miss you :)
First thing first-My new new niece Ashlynn! She is so precious! It's weird how fast you forget how small a newborn actually is. Allie was her age just 10 short months ago but holding Ashlynn it feels like an eternity since Allie was that small! I've had a lot of fun spending time with Madison and Bradley also! The last time we were in Maryland we had a lot of trouble with "fighting" kids. Joe, Julie, Madison and Bradley are so close in age that there is bound to be fights. This visit has been much better "fight" wise then the last. They are of course all older now and seem to really being enjoying each other's company. And during play they all have roles, Maddie is the boss, Joey does is own thing and Julie and Bradley can't be separated. Those two can play together for hours!
If you follow my blog you know that Joey was supposed to be going home with my step-dad Ron yesterday to go back to school. Well yesterday came and Joe was so upset about leaving that my dad offered to buy his ticket (his other ticket home was with a different airline than mine) and he is now staying the rest of the trip and going home with me! Thank you dad! I guess I thought he would be ready to go home without me and he just wasn't. I can't really blame him. I called his school and let them know the situation and they were good about it. So the next trip home I will have to take into consideration Joe's school schedule and work around it instead of sending him home early without us...lessons learned! At least it's just pre-school!
Right now Allie is sick (we have all been sick this trip unfortunately) and is looking ruff! She has a bad cold in her eyes of all places and the startings of a nasty cough. Tony has been extremely helpful with the kids. Because of the number of kids that are all under one roof at Jackie's and the limited amount of space there we have been staying at his place. It's been a God send really. It enables us a quiet place for the kids to unwind, sleep, take baths, ect. I have pretty much been able to keep them on their schedules which has made for much more pleasant days! And thanks to Tony for getting the kids toys to play with at his house, that was a live savor too. There is nothing worse than bored toddlers! We usually get up in the morning and get to Jackie's anywhere from 8:00-2:00 depending on what we have planned and head back to Tony's in the mid to late afternoon.
Not real sure what we have planned for the rest of the trip. This has been a really relaxing trip. Not many plans, just going with the flow! I know I want to get back to Bubba's parents house at least one more time. My kids don't get to see them very often and I can tell how much my kids miss them! I also want the kids to spend some more time with my father. They have already been to the firehouse with him and I hear a trip to the museum is in the works! I want to get a trip in to D.C.! Tony and I were talking about going next weekend only to forget the fact that Inauguration is the 20th so we are going to try to fit that in tomorrow or Sunday.
I'll try to post again before I leave. Don't have any pictures on Tony's computer right now so if you click the link to my myspace on the right side of the screen you can see a few I've put in some albums there. I'll post the entire album of photos when I get home!
Hope everyone is having a great 2009, I know we are! And if your reading this...MOM, we DO miss you :)
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