Grace.

Transitions happening & Grace is doing great.. 

I started a full time job in mid September, just after we got back from our cruise..

and Grace is at her new school & program full time.

We had a few bumps in the road in the beginning, but things are running smoothly.

Grace is really learning with more 1:1 (one on one) assistance in the classroom..

she no longer throws her stuff/toys, when she's done with them.

She's getting PT, OT, & Speech through school and her outpatient speech therapist

says she's doing great with tongue movements & making some extra vocal noises..

 (she thinks we're getting close to talking.. whoohoo!)

As far as eating by mouth, Grace is doing great.  She has mastered closing her mouth on 

a sippy cup to drink water & a spoon to eat food.

She loves soups & we just keep practicing!!

Here she is eating her snack tonight.. Doritos!  She loves strong flavors..has always

loved them.  She does great with her tongue lateral & pushing from side to side

as well as swallowing some of the chips.  

As papa Louis would say, "She's getting there!"

Grace uses her walker alot at school & walking around by just holding an adults hands (over her head).

her favorite thing is music & playing ball.  Her teacher reports that they play ball with the other

kids in the hallway & at recess & Grace is full of belly laughs.

Tonight, we played ball (with a very big ball) & she tries to bounce it .. (basketball player in the making?)

We are enrolled in a SouthCoast Music Together class & have been for the last

9 weeks.. Grace absolutely LOVES it..

it's on Saturday mornings, so dada gets to come with us too.. Grace

used to go when she was alot younger.. it's much more enjoyable to watch her now..

as a matter of fact the class comes with a song book & a couple of cd's of the songs & she listens

to it at night to lull her to sleep.

Thanks for keeping up to date with Grace!

I'll have to post again with weights & heights.. she is getting very tall.

But I can say she is in a 5T shirt & 4T pants!

Love,

pattie & gary, Grace & maxwell