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Advocacy Day!

Today, Dan and I took a day off from work. It wasn’t to enjoy the nice weather, but seriously, we are having some amazing weather right now. It was for something much more important than that. Today, we and a group of our peers advocated for Fragile X Syndrome Funding for Research and Programs withContinue reading “Advocacy Day!”

Follow-up Post

Hi all! I received a lot of feedback from the last post, some were amazing words of encouragement, some were asking how could they help us or any special needs parents in these types of situations. I also wanted to let you know I emailed our school to express my concerns and they were veryContinue reading “Follow-up Post”

Let’s Talk Behaviors

Hi all! I hope you are doing well and staying warm and healthy! We had snow this past weekend, so our oldest was super happy to be able to sled for the first time this winter. I was not so happy as I would rather be on a warm, tropical island, but hey, if heContinue reading “Let’s Talk Behaviors”

New Year, New Words!

Happy New Year, All!! I hope you and your families are safe and healthy as we start a new year. As we move into 2021, we have witnessed some great things with Jackson’s development! He is talking a ton!!! Jackson has been saying things like, “Da”, “Ma”, “Carter”, “Grandma”, “Grandpa”, “Pa”, “Va” and even saidContinue reading “New Year, New Words!”

Progress in a Pandemic

Wow, it has been too long since we chatted! Things have been crazy around here, but there is nothing new about that. We had to have another quarantine for one of the kiddos due to a kiddo in his class testing positive. So, of course, between working our jobs and trying to entertain our oldest…weContinue reading “Progress in a Pandemic”

Let’s Talk About Rights

Hi all, I hope you are still safe and healthy as we rapidly approach the holidays and the end of what has been an interesting year, to say the least. I have debated on posting this for a while now, but after further considerations and hearing more and more comments, I found I could notContinue reading “Let’s Talk About Rights”

3rd Birthday Week

Hi all! Hope you are doing well. Things have been crazy here, but in a great way! Jackson turned 3 on Tuesday and that means he moved to his new school! On top of moving to a new school to continue his therapies, he also switched classes at his current daycare. Very confusing, I know.Continue reading “3rd Birthday Week”

Assessment Results Are In!

Happy Friday everyone!! I will cut right to the chase. We met with the school district yesterday to talk through Jackson’s Special Education Assessment results and he QUALIFIES!!! Jackson will continue to receive therapy services through the school district upon hitting his 3rd birthday and phasing out from the First Steps Program. We walked throughContinue reading “Assessment Results Are In!”

Special Education Assessment Update

Hi all! I hope you had a nice long, holiday weekend! I want to apologize that I did not update you all sooner on the Special Education Assessment. That day was crazy!! While Jackson and I were at the assessment, I received a phone call from our kids’ school stating our oldest needed to beContinue reading “Special Education Assessment Update”

Special Education Assessment – Prayers Welcome!

Hi all! I hope you are all healthy and enjoying the last few weeks of Summer. As the school year begins, we are reminded that Jackson will be 3 this October and on his 3rd birthday he will be released from the First Steps Program, which is Missouri’s Early Intervention system that provides services toContinue reading “Special Education Assessment – Prayers Welcome!”