so many things, so little time, so much to do.....

So what's been going on at our house.......

We decided to seek a second opinion for Hayden's health issues. And we got an appt in 2-weeks!
We ordered our little man a helmet to protect his head because he keeps having so many jerks/small seizures.
But the first one came too big---so the reordered one is on the way & will hopefully will fit.

We had a huge meeting to make decisions about Hayden's schooling future. At first the special ed team wanted us to wait to make a decision until Hayden was closer to 3....but we stood our ground using facts about autism stating that children do much,much better w/ earlier intervention w/ social & speech integration. We won our points & Hayden will be attending a regional autism preschool! Currently, Hayden has Early Intervention & through them he receives speech, OT & ABA therapies...while we hate to loss all of this....Hayden has got to get into the school system for consistent daily routines of speech, ABA & learn social skills----while we work on all of this at home he needs more. We haven't completely ruled out some private therapies.
Hayden is making progress with the ABA therapy---basically it helps him learn to concentrate & then learn to play.

There are a few things to complete before Hayden can start school & we are working to get those bumps out of the road.

Shayla is going good.
She completed 200 math problems for the St.Judes Math-a-ton! She is back into the cheerleading program & reading all sorts of books. She continues to have drama moments....but that's Shayla! She is very protective of her brother as well.
Shayla competed in our church's race-aroma Wednesday night...she was very close to placing & going to the Friday night race, but didn't make that race.

Last weekend, I got to go on a girl's weekend w/ the adoption agency that we worked w/ for Hayden's adoption. 16 ladies from across the nation gathered in a cabin for a weekend of laughter, tears & hugs....it was good & good for the soul!
I am thankful that I got to go & my family let me go be part of the weekend.

I continue to follow Confessions of a CF Husband (http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/) the story continues--the devotion continues, you should read it too.
Gotta tend to my boy.
I'll post pictures next break I get.

xoxo, Amy