Sadie's Doctor Appointment

It was an interesting appointment to say the least. Dr. Silas is worried about why Sadie isn't talking especially the fact that she used to say "mama" and "dada" and now she just squawks. He has referred her to an audiologist and to speech therapy. However, we've learned that our insurance will only cover rehabilitation not habilitation. So, they'll pay for you to re-learn to talk but not to learn to talk. This was of great disappointment. We have decided to keep her first appointment with the speech therapist as this appointment is intended to be an evaluation and not so much therapy. We are wondering if she is able to make tongue and lip sounds as those are the places we form our words.
We don't think she has any hearing problems for several reasons...she understands what we are saying to her and she can follow simple directions, she covers her ears when there are loud sounds and she responds to things like banging noises and such with a startle. One thing is for certain though...she may have some hearing issue as her brother began going deaf in his left ear a few years back. If you recall he did have surgery and now has a prosthetic second ear bone. His hearing is coming back but it will take many years to fully, if ever recover. It was explained to me in this manner; it's like having a prosthetic leg...you can walk but you never completely lose a limp or a catch in your step but you function just fine.
At the appointment we also learned she's still our little peanut but she has graduated into the twenty-fifth percentile for weight and height. She's getting bigger and growing just fine, she just won't talk. Not so sure that's a bad thing...she may never shut up once she does start talking and oh...boy what fun that will be.
The doctor believes she has the words in her head she just doesn't speak them. We'll see what happens at her audiology and speech evaluation and I'm quite certain I will be back with the findings.

Pics and Sadie

What is Sadie doing? She woke up at 3am and is fully of spunk...Not sure what this is all about but boy do I wish she'd go back to sleep. But, I don't see that happening anytime soon. She's even managed to wake her sister up but at least she went back to sleep. Now she thinks it's time to sit on my lap and grab at everything within reach. Wow, she's being so hyper...I wonder what has gotten into her?

Yesterday Marcus and Anne hosted a big family bar b que and here are some of the pictures from the event...

Baby Pageants and Moving Furniture

We did it...We successfully got the television down our stairs and it only took Ryan and a buddy from work to do it. They originally thought the television weighed 320 pounds but after a quick lift to see what they were up against they realized it wasn't gonna be that heavy after all. So, after moving the microwave, the stove and the dining room table out of the way they maneuvered it carefully down the stairs and around the landing. It fit...it was a miracle, but it fit. And, if we ever get a new one or sell it, the deal is that the delivery people take the old one and the new buyers have to come get it...Ryan never wants to move it through that tight stair hole ever again.
That was last Saturday and things got even better. You see, Cheryl (Ryan's wonderful mom) came and took Steffanie for the night and we managed to pawn Sadie off on my little sister Mady and Kieran wanted to stay the night at my dad's house. So, we had no kids. Did you hear that? We did not have any of our children. NONE!!! It was a magical night and not because of anything romantic but because we actually got things done. We moved furniture and started organizing our house the way we want it. It's been weird not having my mom here but now that we have the entire house to ourselves it's a lot easier to handle. We actually have a family room and a nice living room. Do you know what that means folks? We have room to have birthday parties at our house. We will not feel like we're smashed into this little house but instead we will have breathing room. I'm actually excited for Sadie's birthday party to see how things work out. . .
The family is doing well. Kieran finished up the baseball season with the best record in the league in spite of losing the championship and he's been doing a lot a water playing with the weather being so hot. He's still enjoying his summer with minimal boredom.
Steff has been quite a good girl lately but I only feel that way now that I've had a break from her. She was getting on my nerves something fierce there for a few days and thus my mother in-law came to the rescue with her overnighter. I think I could have lost my mind. Toddlers can be so draining. But, really she's been a good girl and listening a lot better than she used to.
Sadie is wonderful. She entered the Riverdale Glory Days Baby Pageant and despite how adorable we all think she is, she didn't win anything. She entered all the categories but to no avail. That's okay we thinks she's the cutest baby in the world. But, we know her personality too. Judges don't get to see the "real" baby in 45 minutes.
Ryan is doing well. He's looking at having to work more overtime than he's used to since we now have a car payment but he doesn't seem too overly upset about it. He successfully got his new baby (his computer) up and running and he loves it and has threatened to mame anyone that touches it. He's been Mr. Wonderful and I couldn't have a better man as my friend and husband.
I am doing great. . .My sternum is just about healed and I rarely have pain from it. My ribs are doing better and I haven't been bucked out of any other chairs recently either. I love having an office and a family room and before long I'm gonna have a nice set of legs from going up and down the stairs so much. No need for a StairMaster here.
Well, that's the latest happenings in our lives, hope you enjoyed catching up.
With Love,
Tricia