I want to apologize for not updating sooner. Summer came and we have been on the go every day. Trying to keep the kids occupied and not beating each other up. It was a chore. To summarize up our summer all three kids were in gymnastics, Owen and Audrey were in T-ball and Owen made the all-star team. Owen and Audrey have started soccer. Audrey was in pre-school and today Owen started second grade. Also we go to cub scouts once a week. I know i am missing a bunch of things. On top of all that we were still in therapy five time a week with Andrew. Phew I am getting tired thinking about it again! The kids Grandma has moved in with us and has been a big help with keeping Owen and Audrey busy while I was with Andrew.

On to Andrew, the reason for this blog. He had been doing WONDERFUL!! He has been improving SO MUCH over this last month. We are loosing music therapy due to the states budget cuts so we will be down to four a week starting next week. In ID his attention has come so far. We went from not sitting and holding his attention at all to picking one or two toys and sticking with it for the whole hour. He even pulls out his table and chair when she comes. Speech, has come along also. His understanding language is outstanding but his expressive is still lagging. He is at about 18 months for expressive and he is 30 months now. But we see improvements all the time. He is still using alot of his sighs to help us understand him. OT has caught him up with his fine motor skill. Is has reached and exceeded those skills. We are now working on his attention and sensory issues. He loves to be touched and being in the bins of beans or bird seeds calms him. So we are desensitizing him that way. Music, I am sad to be leaving but the budget cuts are making it so. He LOVED music therapy.He gets very happy when she is here. Lastly is feeding. along with speech this is still another big delay. Even tho he is still delayed he has improved tremendously. He is still pocketing some food and just mushing it around but not as much. We are starting to see a true chewing pattern. His gagging and choking are almost all but gone.

I was looking at some pictures of him from this time last year and almost stat crying because of how he looked. (see below)

Now look at him.

Thank you every one for your support over this last year.