The weekend is here!

Well this ends a semi-full week of PreK for Kaitlyn. We've had some behavior issues afterschool and in the evenings but over all IN school she seems to be doing well. She listens to teachers and follows directions and everything she should be doing. She is not social really at all and just keeps to herself while the kids are playing. Even on the playground yesterday she would go to the slides or climbers where no one was or wait until they got off before going on. No biggie... I really dont want to push the social issue right now until she is comfortable with just going to school and gets used to the crazy routine!

Plus I have to get used to it too... it's not like in 4 yrs we've had to get up EVERY day to be somewhere by 9am!

Which brings me to another point... I'm thinking of switcing her dance class to the Wed 6:30pm class (a little smaller and girls who have done it before like K) simply to give ME a break from getting up at 7am every single morning 7 days a week to be somewhere. Struggling to get her fed, dressed, hair brushed... I'm not used to the rushing and neither is she so it can be a fight in the morning.

Anyway, today was her second day of Dance class and she fell right back into it! She was wonderful doing everything like last year and she even did the whole Duck Dance from the recital and she remembered it all!! She is loving taking Baton and seems to be doing well with it. I hope she keeps it up and really enjoys it. I would love to do whatever I can for her to stay in dance for as long as possible. It's o good for her mentally, physically and emotionally!

Oh Say Can You See!

Well today we went to the eye Dr for Kaitlyn's check-up. Kaitlyn has been wearing her glasses for about 2 months now and they seem to be working!! YAY!! When she started her vision was crazy horrible and her left eye was not really even "on." She has been doing great and it only took about a week or so for her to actually ask for her glasses. Now she says things like "I just cant see without my glasses" lol and will ask to put them on first thing in the morning! :)

Well the Dr reexamined her and her eyes are, technically, BETTER!!! They are both at about 20/50 with her glasses on. So the Left eye has been "turned back on" by her brain and although she doesnt have 20/20 vision and is still extremely farsighted she is getting better. Not sure if I mentioned it before but people who are farsighted are +1 to +2 usually at most but occasionally there are people like K... who is a +7/8!!! So she is VERY farsighted! Anyway, the Dr tweeked her prescription a little bit and we went to get K new glasses today too! We can get them in about a week. Since this prescription is going to be like this for AT LEAST 6 months I opted to pay more for the lenses that dont magnify her eyes. They are expensive but she will look more like a little girl with glasses now rather than a kid with glasses that give her bug eyes lol :) Though she LOVES bugs so maybe she likes that!! hahahaha

So I'll add a pic when we get her new glasses, they are really cute - not the perfect shape I would have liked but they seem to fit her well.

The Haircut of the Century!

Well had I known my child was so sensitive to getting a haircut I might have thought twice. I cut her hair today so she has bangs again like when she was 2. She looks cute but she FREAKED out, curled up on the bathroom floor crying and was very upset by the change. She didnt even want to look at herself. She was "too scared." She said, "I don't like change and I just want to be me. I dont like haircuts because I'm not me!"

I dont know why but I'm sitting here crying about this because I caused her to be so upset and I guess I feel terrible for that. I didn't know she would react this way and I hate that I triggered her by trying to help keep the hair out of her eyes.

Maybe today will get better, there is no school today so we're going to run out and do errands and I plan on taking the hand held video games with us!

The Evening After...

Well we ended up with a couple screaming fits today and just overall not good behavior. Kaitlyn was fighting about everything and it seemed like she was trying hard to get into trouble so she had a reason to blow her top. She eventually did. Thats about all... we'll see how the rest of the week goes. I started a Behavior Log and I'm putting little marks on the calendar when she has bad days. This way I can guage when the bahvior happens, what days, what triggers, naps or not... that sort of thing.

First Real Day of PreK

Well Kaitlyn had her first real day of preschool today.

It started out with our door codes not being entered so we couldn't get in the building and she was getting anxious and kept whinishly asking me "Why can't we go in yet?!" Once inside we went up to the classroom where she completly ignored the fact that the teacher sai Hi to her and instantly wanted to hide in the corner playing the computer by herself. I had to again ask for a hug and kiss goodbye... she really doesnt mind me leaving When Kaitlyn wanted to play on the computer there were already two boys playing there, the teacher told me she redirected her and she did, in fact, find something else to play with. The teacher said they will probably have to limit her computer time because thats really where she wants to stay since it is a pretty secluded spot. The teacher told me how she was lining up Care Bears that matched in lines and was making the Care Bears have voices, some crying because they couldnt find their mommys. She often does this at home with small toys as well. Overall the teacher said she did well and got a Green Smiley Face on her Calendar for the day!

From the moment we picked Kaitlyn up from school we have kinda felt like we are "walking on eggshells" today. We got her from school and she, quite literally, pulled me out of there and is not listening (not even hearing us call her name), is being rude/inconsiderate, talking back, says to leave her alone ri...ght now she doesnt want to talk, and is having a lot of trouble focusing... she is very "heightened" and I don't have a good feeling about today but I'm TRYing to be positive.

I did manage a few hours later to get her to talk about her day. She said she played with the Care Bears (and told me all about the mommy & babies) and matching them up and that she played with the computer. I asked if she talked to or played with any of the kids and she said "I told you I what I played with, toys! I didnt play with kids or talk to them."

For now she is napping and we will see how the rest of the day goes. I'm hoping the nap will recharge her and not backfire on us. Jon is home today so I'm not sure what the evening will bring or where we might go, it's a beautiful day.

No School tomorrow and her Recheck at the Opthamologist is on Wed morning so hopefully that goes well. Oh yeah and she woke up this morning with a stuffy nose and cold so she is tired and sick and not happy about that either. Hopefully she will be too tired from that to throw any big tantrums!!

First Day of Sunday School!!!

Geeeesh... everything sure did start at the same time this year!!! Today was the first day of Sunday school and since Daddy was working midnights last night I took both kids to church myself. Kaitlyn had her Sunday school class which she was instantly in shock over that she did NOT have the same teacher. THAT began the day with a bang, shall we say. She was a mess in class, couldnt sit down, was interrupting EVERYone, was sticking things in the teacher's face and was grabbing things out of others hands. Not to mention almost, just ALMOST having a fit about a crayon she wanted to use that someone else was using. He was nice enough to say she could use it JUST as she started to get fiesty!

All through service Kaitlyn pretty much stayed in the back corner playing with stickers or laying on the floor looking at books. She really wanted nothing to do with being around anymore people. Which brings us to the "picnic" after service for the beginning of Sunday School. She pretty much hid in the toy area and played with toys alone and then we ate and then I knew it was time to leave... she was getting that look in her eye and starting to talk back really bad. I just simply know where that behavior leads... and I wasnt wrong.

Ever since getting home from Church today we've had nothing but nasty behavior and tantrums and potty issues. So much so that she ended up in a pull up and ultimately in a diaper at bedtime. We did buy, yet another, pack of underwear since we've thrown 5 pair away now in the last week and a half. Today was NOT a good day for us or her. We all did a lot of yelling we wish we hadn't I'm sure but there is only so much a person can take before they explode. She essentially escalated since Friday and with Jon working midnights I was completely worn out by today and he was tired and not in any kind of mood for the behavior either. I'm not making excuses... ok, I am... but it's the truth. We were all in the wrong today and I hope that tomorrow will be a better day... but then again, tomorrow she starts her regular school day.

I'm anticipating a tough day tomorrow.

First Day of Dance!

Well today was K's first day of dance!! She started her second year of KinderDance at Merritts and this year added KinderBaton!!! There were, what felt like to me, a MILLION people/kids there today and I KNOW Kaitlyn felt it. She did great in class since it was pretty much like any other class she went to last year and they did a lot of the same stuff as review for some kids and to teach the littler ones. There were a lot of new kids there this year too! I'm really thinking about switching Kaitlyn to the smaller Thursday class that runs at 3:30pm since her behavior today has been off the wall. She got so overstimulated and I couldn't bring her back today and she was sassy and every choice she made in her behavior seemed like one where she was looking to get into trouble.

Well we will see how tomorrow goes... tomorrow is the first day of Sunday School and then Church service and then a picnic for the kids after!

"First" Day of School!

I actually don't really consider today Kaitlyn's first day of school since it was only an hour long and we just went in and I was there for about 10-15 mins of it, the kids just played with the toys and go to know the teachers and classroom. When I told K I was leaving and would be back to get her in a bit, she just turned around and looked at me as if to say, Ok see ya! I asked her for a kiss (repeatedly) and then got one before walking out. Kaitlyn, of course, found a quite corner of the room to sit on the computer by herself for about 40 mins and then they did "Carpet Time" for the last 10 mins where K promptly found a spot on the carpet but just far enough away from the other kids off to the side. They sang songs (Wheels on the Bus & stuff) and I was told by the teacher that Kaitlyn was offering up things that were on the bus an what noise they were making... just like her to want to be in control lol.

Overall she had a good day, but as I said, it was only an hour long. After getting home she spent the day in a mood teetering on tantrumish behavior. She had a hard time going up for quiet time (was kicking and screaming on the way up) and ultimately ended up waking up her brother for his nap but we got through the day!

Next week will be the true test on how this whole school thing will go. She starts regular 9-11:30am class M-F and we will see how the behavior holds up. I'm also heading over sometime next week to sign the papers to get theEvaluations going through the school. Time will tell!

Mall + Holiday Weekend + Aspie = NEVER!

So we got home at 1am last night and the kids went right from the car to thier beds. We got up this morning like usual and tried to have a pretty normal day at home. Since Kaitlyn had completely been off the potty for almost a week I decided to put her in panties and cold turkey her back to the potty - especially since School starts Wed! She managed to go potty in the bathroom but then proceeded to have a full blown screaming fit in there because she was "scared to wipe." She screamed and yelled and cried for about an hour and then ended up falling asleep for a couple hours. Then we decided to head out to the mall to let the kids play for a bit, pick up a few things and then use some coupns to get something to eat at Fuddruckers.

Going to the Mall on Labor Day with Kaitlyn was a HORRIBLE mistake. It was VERY crowded and poor Kaitlyn didnt handle it well at all! She started to get overstimulated or anxious in the play area and then we went to the bookstore and she began getting tantrumish there. We then ran to one other store and while I was in there looking for something for her, no less, she ended up having a full meltdown and Jon had to take her out of the store and she was screaming and having a fit in the middle of the mall. Sometimes I wish things weren't so hard for her... like going to the mall but it's life and we just go with it. Jon did manage to get her calmed down by giving her some strength things to do to try to work out the frustation or anxiety. It wasnt the best but it helped with the tantrum at the moment.

We did manage to get out of the mall and decided to go have dinner anyway but made sure to completely explain how things were going to be in the restaraunt and that didnt go so bad. We ate and came home and hung out a bit before putting the kids to bed. Kaitlyn did ok at bedtime with only a few trips out of her room.

We are hoping that the tantrums or whatever anxiety is leftover from the Michigan trip will get out of her system quickly and she can be ready for her first day of school on Wednesday!

Michigan Trip Ended

Well we're home from the trip and it really did end up being a very hard thing for Kaitlyn. We did have a good time at the Mall with Grandpa and Kaitlyn LOVED driving Grandpa around on his Scooter! We had lunch at Max & Erma's, the kids played at the play area and then even got into the water fountains they have there to play in. I figured they could get wet since we had the suitcase in the car and I just changed them before we left!

Kaitlyn got very overstimulated at the Mall and ended up going potty in her panties and we had to toss them... that was about the last time for the week she wore panties and by the end of the week had abandonded going to the bathroom in the potty at all. I feel bad for her that she gets that way but there is nothing I can do other than to put a diaper or pull-up on her. She ended up bouncing around at McDonalds while waiting on my brother to having dinner with us before heading out to my moms. She did seem to enjoy visiting with my brother and seemed very comfortable with him and talking to him. She's only met him a few times but he didnt seem to bother her much and she liked that he helped her put together her paper dolls from her Happy Meal!! LOL :)

We ended up getting to my mom's house at about 9pm and then the kids went to bed very late that night. Friday we got up and went to the Mall because my mom wanted a picture of all of her Grandkids together. That was NO fun at all. A big busy mall + a photo shoot + an Aspie = NOT a good mix. Kaitlyn was in rare form and did have a tantrum while there and everything but not a horrible one. I think I handled her pretty well especially since I had Tyler in the stroller and didnt have to worry about him running around. She really was way overstimulated and not handling it well. I ended up giving her two shots of Benadryl which barely helped at all. My mom really got to see how it was when K was full blown (though she SOOOOOO missed out on a good screaming fit tantrum - THAT would have been nice lol). In a way it was nice that my mom actually got to see what our life is like... it was hard for her seeing it though and it did make her upset where she almost started crying because she realized how much work Kaitlyn can be. It's just life though and doesnt really phase me - most of the time. Seeing it from the outside must be different though. Anyway, we did make it home that afternoon after deciding not to go to the Zoo and taking the kids to Build A Bear instead. Kaitlyn got a cute bunny and named her "Bunny Bunny," of course! :) She's got a pink Tshirt and pink bows on her ears and a checkered heart inside!

Saturday was just a hang around the house day for the most part and Kaitlyn again got WAY overstimulated and got no rest/quiet time and was pretty much a complete nutball all day. She ended up having Night terrors for a few hours that night (boy THAT was fun for me!) and then Sunday we got up, ate, took baths, played a bit more and then had lunch and left. K didnt do too bad in the car on the way home... it was after we got home that the real fun began...

You'll have to see the next post for that!

Visiting Family in Michigan pt 1

Me and the Kids got here yesterday to start our journey visiting family in Michigan. Last night Auntie Sarah and Uncle Scott were so awesome to have my dad and Dorie over for dinner so we didnt have to drag the kids out! It was great!

Kaitlyn was doing ok until we all sat down and were all together having dinner. She got VERY anxious and starting running around and eventually abandonded her meal and went to hide in the bedroom to be alone. She has such a hard time around a lot of people... We just let her go since we knew she wasnt comfortable but she did do pretty well.

I called the Ped before leaving to see if there is anything I can do for her when she gets anxious or panic attacks (which has been happening!) and other than prescribing her a sedative he said we could try a good dose of Benedryl to calm her (and possible make her sleepy) so she's had a couple doses of that in the past two days but it's working to calm her enough to help her sleep. She is getting so anxious before bed and at bedtime that we're on the edge of tantrums... so the Benedryl is actually helping keep the screaming fits at bay! I wish it worked a little faster though!!

Ok we're getting the car loaded up and ready to head out soon for lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Dorie at Partridge Creek Mall.

Got a call from the Preschool Teacher

Ok so the Preschool teacher called today and we talked for quite awhile and I gave her some examples of behavior she might see out of Kaitlyn and really gave her an idea of who she is. The teacher seems very nice and willing to monitor Kaitlyn's behavior at school and we will talk everyday about how the day went in the first couple weeks. We will also be watching to see how her behavior is at home after going to school.

So yesterday when I finally got the diagnosis I KNEW was coming... for some reason it hit me like a ton of bricks because it was actually REAL and on paper. Immediately my brain started racing and I was asking myself where I went wrong and if I did something to cause this and all kinds of crazy things. I do know that there is nothing I did to cause this and I also know that my daughter is EXTREMELY smart beyond her years and is VERY in tune with herself and can totally learn the skills she needs to "beat" this and she will be perfectly fine. She is a strong little girl and she WANTS to be able to have friends - she told me and the Dr that - she wants to play with kids - she just needs the tools on how to do that! She will get there and it's SO early in her life that this will barely effect her in the long run.

Ok yesterday I let my emotions get the better of me... today is another day and it's like any other... just because there is a label doesn't change my love or parenting of my child or children, I should say! On we go to the next obstacle.... whatever that might be! :)

Diagnosis

Here are the Dr's words "My diagnoses for Kaitlyn will be Asperger's Syndrome and Overanxious Disorder of Childhood (which is comparable to Generalized Anxiety Disorder in adults)."

Thats really all I have in me right now... I have a lot to think about. I just keep telling myself this is not because of anything I did or didn't do...

:*(

Dr's - School Districts - Frustration!

Well the Dr (and US!) don't think putting Kaitlyn into the regular Preschool class is going to be a good idea. 15 kids and 2 "teachers" or not I know it's going to be a disaster. I called today to talk to the Chairperson for the Committee on Preschool Special Education about getting Kaitlyn reevaluated which is fine she says she is willing to do it because she understands our concerns. She wants us to WAIT though and put Kaitlyn into the regular PreK class and see how she does. I'm really not looking forward to doing that and it's really frustrating me. I mean, I understand the idea of it all... maybe she will do fine and I'm sure AT school she will do great but *I'M* the one who is going to have to deal with all the tantrums that come from her being triggered there with the other kids.

Right now... I just dont know what to do. Kaitlyn (even at 2 1/2) is REALLY smart and tested above average during her evaluations then (except speech) and I'm starting to realize that getting a child with Apsergers or even a Severe Social Anxiety Disorder help to be able to go to school is not going to be easy. I doubt Kaitlyn will even qualify for ANY services without the report from the Developmental Pediatrician saying specifically that she has Aspergers (since that is on the Autism Spectrum and there is a spot for that for them to agree to services) but going by the evaluation that the school district does, she will blow it out of the water and be fine. First of all it's done by adults whom Kaitlyn wil surely talk to and get along with... they need to see her around other kids and really watch her behavior overall and not watch her play with toys and can she stack some freakin blocks... ARGH! I'm getting angry about this and frustrated and sad.

I just wish I knew what to do to make it all better... if I had money I would just put her in a private school and say screw it to the public school system - but we are one of the "lucky ones" that have free Preschool and we should be happy about that...

Evaluations EARLY!!!

Well we got a call yesterday from the Developmental/Behavioral Ped's office in Woodstock, NY and they had a cancellation for this morning at 9am! We JUMPED on it! It was SUPER hard since Jon worked all freaking night and then we spent 6 or 7 hours, with driving, after he got off work! We even managed to have Kaitlyn vomit all over herself, her clothes, and her car seat 2 miles from the office when we were running late as it was. It had to happen the ONE time I don't have a change of clothes for her, except a pair of panties, in the car. We ended up stopping on the side of the road, stripping her, cleaning the puke off her and out of the carseat and putting her in the clean panties and my purple zip-up sweatshirt jacket that luckily was in the back!! The poor girl had to ride the rest of the way to the Dr and home sitting on a poncho in her seat and I strapped the regular seatbelt around her. It was quite the drive and we did make it!

Jon, even being tired as hell, did good and handled the kids while I spent over 3 hours in talking with the Dr doing the Intake. It went well and we managed to get through everything and then she spent about a half hour watching Kaitlyn and asking her questions. The Dr told me that Kaitlyn managed to show her most of the bahavior of I was talking about in that short time (minus a meltdown, of course!).

While in the office she gave me a lot of "tests" to take home and fill out as homework - SCARED, CAST and a PDD one. I went through them breifly and realized... poor Kaitlyn has issues lol :) She also gave me names of places that could help out with Kaitlyn's Social Skills so hopefully we can get working on that but the main thing we want to do right now is get this whole school thing worked out. She even called the School District from her office while I was there to try to get the ball rolling on getting her reinstated/reevaluated by the PreSchool Special Education board to see about getting her either services or getting her placed in a Center setting. This all has NOTHING to do with Education... and everything to do with people and noise and stuff. We have ourselves a little Einstein here who is a super smart little girl and very literal but just cant stand being around people and gets very anxious - yes, ladies and gentleman - Einstein had Aspergers!!! As did many other very eccentric but very talented/intelligent people!!

The Dr, of course, couldnt do a full diagnosis today but does, in fact, agree with us that she believes she is "spectrumy" - as she called it! She believes that Kaitlyn would be better suited in a specialized school rather than thrown into a regular school where she may not be able to handle it.

So right now our main concern, as I said, is to get the stuff going with the school! :) So that is where we are and we have a follow up appointment with the Dr in Woodstock, NY in October.

Allergist/Eye Dr/Behavior Update

Well this post might be a little long! First off at Kaitlyn's 4yr appt the Dr sent her to the Allergist to finally find out if she had a true milk allergy and to see what other, if any, allergy she had. Well it turns out she really doesnt have any allergies (sensitivities) and she is also Lactose Intolerant. So when we want/need her to have dairy she can take a lactaid pill and be all good. We are keeping her on the Soy milk she has been on forever now because trying to switch her made screwed up up gastro-intestinally, lets just say. Poor kid was sick and "backed up" for a week or so!!

Also at her 4yr appt she failed her eye exam and was sent to the Opthamologist where we found out she is 20/25 in her right eye and 20/70 in her left (Hyperotic). It's basically something about her eye focusing behind her retina instead of on it. So right now she has some SUPER strong SUPER thick lenses on her cute little glasses to try and help fix her eyes. Hopefully the script will get better with time and we can avoid having to patch her... for now it's a waiting game and we go back to the eye doctor in two months after wearing her glasses and see how she is doing.

As for Kaitlyn's behavior... Jon and I did some serious hunting around as well reading in a few books on trying to figure out her behavior. When sitting back and observing Kaitlyn over these last couple of months and putting together everything over the last two years we went and had a meeting with her Pediatrician. Instead of trying to get it all written down here (because I could write for pages!) I will simply say that the Dr, Jon and I agreed that we need to have her evaluated by a Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician to rule out Aspergers Syndrom or PDD. Thats where we are right now and we are going through A LOT with K regarding all of this and realized that it has been increasing over the past 2 years or so.

She has her evaulation in Kingston, NY since there are only 3 Dev. Ped's here in the area that do the screenings and they are all booking out into mid-year next year. The Dr who actually works in Woodstock, NY was able to pull some strings and find us an appointment in November at her Kingston Location... so I will more than likely update then.

Wish us luck!

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My Big 4yr Old Girl!

Wow... ok, so it's been a year since I posted lol Kaitlyn is 4!!!

Kaitlyn has had a great year, she started taking dance in Sept 08 and just had her very first dance recital ON her 4th birthday! She takes Kinderdance (Ballet, Tap & Gymnastics) at Merrits and their recital was at Proctor's Theatre in Sch'tady... my baby girl on the big stage!

She had a Mickey Mouse Themed birthday party complete with a Mickey Bounce House and even Mickey Mouse M&M's in her favors!!! We had lots of family here too for the whole weekend. Grandma Debbie, Grandpa Reese, Cousins Kinsley and Derek all came from Michigan for K's birthday party and recital. Grandma Lois, Aunt Donna, Cousins James and Anthony also came up from Long Island as well! It was a great weekend and the kids all enjoyed playing together.

On Tuesday 6/16/09, after the birthday & recital stuff was over, we took a vacation to Sesame Place in Pennsylvania. The kids had a great time at the park and K went on her first Roller Coaster and LOVED it!! We had lunch with all the Sesame Street characters two of the days we were there. It was a very exciting trip and even though we had a LOT of behavior issues from both of the kids in the hotel from being way off routine, it was still awesome and we cant wait to go back!!

Kaitlyn is going through this "phase" (it started about a month or o ago) where she is Little Miss Sassy, talking back and yelling and demanding. Apparently this is something kids go through for about 18 months around this age and we just need to keep "reminding" her that she needs to ask nice and talk nice over and over and over and over and... oh you get it. Needless to say she gets LOTS of Time Out's these days!

She has also (since about a week ago) started telling awesome and very creative stories. She will use toys and talk to them acting out stories... it's a lot of fun!

So we went to the Dr today for her 4yr check up and she is a pretty healthy little girl. We are FINALLY getting her into the allergist to see about her Milk/Dairy problem which we are extremely happy about. The Ped. is also sending her to the Opthalmologist because she didnt pass her Eye Screening. Her right eye was 20/40 but her left she aparently couldnt make out anything on the board. She has actually grown a little! She was 32lbs and 40 1/8 inches tall. Everything else was great though!

This year we also started going to Church and became Members at Immanuel Lutheran in Niskayuna and Kaitlyn started Sunday School in Jan too and will start up that again in Sept 09. She is also starting Pre-School in Sept too and will be going to school for 2 1/2 hours a day M-F. She is growing up so fast and really becoming a wonderful girl and we love her so much and are extremely proud of all of her accomplishments.

Kaitlyn's 3!!

Wow! Three whole years! Just a quick update here because I plan on starting a whole new blog to cover the whole family in one place - now that we are a family of 4!

Kaitlyn is 39" tall and 29lbs and quite the smart little thing! She's talking out of control and started speech again in Feb 08. She had Speech Feb - June and will have it again Sept - Dec when the school year starts up again. She is really talking so much and is doing amazing. She has some articulation issues but they are slowly coming along! Her speech therapist was amazed that she could tell a 2 1/2 - 3yr old WHERE to put her tongue and how to move her mouth to make sounds... she kept telling me she was too young for it, until she tried it!! LOL

Kaitlyn is also the BEST big sister! She loves her little brother and helps out so much with him. Kaitlyn became a big sister this year when Tyler was born on April 23rd 2008. He was 7lbs 12oz and 20 1/4" long.

Anyway, there are about a billion things I could write here since it's been so freakin long but I do want to say that if you were keeping up on Kaitlyn here please feel free to check out my myspace blog because I will be updating there about the whole family. It is too hard to have so many journals!!

New House, New Life

Well we are finally moved into our new house and Kaitlyn loves it! She already knows she has a play room and calls it that. She has been asking and sleeping in her own bed since about a week after we moved. The first week we were here daddy was not here yet as he was finishing up his last week of work on Long Island. Since daddy got home here she has wanted to be in her own bed and in her room. She is doing so well sleeping in there too. most naps and nights she goes right up and climbs in bed and goes to sleep!

The first week we were here in the house we spent a couple nights in the ER because K had a 104 fever for 5 days. I ended up having my friend take us to the ER twice. It was a crazy first week!

We also found out that K is going to be a big sister!! We think she is going to make a wonderful big sister too! We decided for the next 7ish months that we are going to talk to her about it everyday, kinda like we did with the house. I anticipate the change going very well because of this. The transition into the house went VERY well so I dont think we will have too many issues with the new baby either.

Other than that, not much else is going on... Kaitlyn's speech continues to flourish and she has new words everyday even ones she hears on tv or from other people. She really is doing very well!!