Benjamin Andrew turned 4 on April 6, 2013. I started this blog right after I found out I was pregnant with him. It is amazing the journey he has brought me on.It took 4 years, but Ben’s height finally caught up to Liam’s height at the same …
Tag Archive: preschooler
Sep
05
Ben is now a preschooler
Ben started preschool yesterday; he is axcited to be at school, just like Liam.He ran into the room and the only tears were from me. We are lucky to have him at the same school and the same teacher that Liam had at age 2.This is a huge milestone …
Jun
15
Big boy bed, take 2….and car seat news
With all of our sleep problems, I let my boys stay in cribs as long as possible. Liam slept in a crib until right before he turned 3, and then spent a month plus sleeping in a pack-n-play as we moved from Alabama to Alaska. He moved into a …
Jun
05
Conversation with Ben
This video shows Ben’s articulation, his receptive language, his distraction, and his pragmatic language.How normal is his language for a 38 month old? His school district evaluation showed 20% delay, but I wonder if it is more. I know he i…
Jun
02
Toothless wonder
Most kids lose their first teeth somewhere around age 5-6, so I was shocked when Liam told me that he had a loose tooth on Wednesday. I checked in his mouth and found one tooth that was loose and another that was incredibly loose. I checked…
May
17
Liam is all done with preschool
Today is Liam’s last day of preschool ever. I try not to focus on that too much because I get all emotional just thinking about it. This year Liam attended two preschools: Ravenwood (where he received special education services) and Lions &…
Apr
06
Three Years of Rocking my World
Three years ago I went in for a scheduled c-section, but the operating rooms were full and I was told I’d have to wait a bit past my scheduled time. During a contraction, my baby’s heartrate dropped and given my history of a baby not tolerating l…
Nov
03
Breaking news: Liam is brilliant
I met with the teachers today at Liam’s morning preschool. The big point she wanted to make is that Liam is brilliant, but as his mom, I already knew that. His obsession with numbers means that he easily adds and subtracts. He can gro…
Nov
03
Breaking news: Liam is brilliant
I met with the teachers today at Liam’s morning preschool. The big point she wanted to make is that Liam is brilliant, but as his mom, I already knew that. His obsession with numbers means that he easily adds and subtracts. He can gro…
Nov
03
Breaking news: Liam is brilliant
I met with the teachers today at Liam’s morning preschool. The big point she wanted to make is that Liam is brilliant, but as his mom, I already knew that. His obsession with numbers means that he easily adds and subtracts. He can gro…
Nov
03
Breaking news: Liam is brilliant
I met with the teachers today at Liam’s morning preschool. The big point she wanted to make is that Liam is brilliant, but as his mom, I already knew that. His obsession with numbers means that he easily adds and subtracts. He can gro…
Sep
01
Preschool Open House
Liam is in his 2nd week of school at his special education preschool, but next week he will be starting a second preschool. The reason I decided to send him to a second preschool is that his special education preschool has a very small class size…
Aug
24
Back to school
I survived the summer! It was a serious question whether I would. 
Back to school encompasses a different set of challenges and we will be busy the next few weeks settling into our new schedule. This year Liam will be going to TWO …
Jun
28
Leaps forward….mostly good but with a dose of defiance
I figured I’d share more photos taken by S. Jordan Photography as part of an update on Liam.At one point, most of Liam’s porfessional photos looked like this:But in the last year, he has learned to look at the camera and smile and show off his beautifu…
Jun
28
Leaps forward….mostly good but with a dose of defiance
I figured I’d share more photos taken by S. Jordan Photography as part of an update on Liam.At one point, most of Liam’s porfessional photos looked like this:But in the last year, he has learned to look at the camera and smile and show off his beautifu…
Jun
28
All I want is both boys looking at the camera and smiling
2 years and counting and it still hasn’t happened. In May we had professional photos taken by S. Jordan Photography and she did an amazing job being patient with my wild boys and moving around with them, but still no luck on them both looking at the ca…
Jun
28
All I want is both boys looking at the camera and smiling
2 years and counting and it still hasn’t happened. In May we had professional photos taken by S. Jordan Photography and she did an amazing job being patient with my wild boys and moving around with them, but still no luck on them both looking at the ca…
May
16
Liam’s first recital
Liam has been in a Creative Movement/Tumbling class this school year. He loves the Creative Movement part of it, but struggles a bit with the gross motor Tumbling part. A couple months ago, we learned what weekend the recital for his class would …
Mar
17
Progress Report
Liam came home today with his 3rd quarter progress report. It tracks his progress towards his IEP goals. I don’t know if it was the fact I have been awake since 4:40am when Dave was called into work and Ben woke up….or if it is the fact t…
Feb
16
On the topic of balance…..
I guess Liam doesn’t share my problem; good to know. Liam on the balance beam is actually a big deal. Liam has been taking Tumbling class since September. He couldn’t figure out how to make hiss body tumble for the longest time. He can do i…
Aug
07
a little bit normal
Liam’s birthday is August 20th, and with the big move to Alaska, I decided it would be wise to have his party early. As luck would have it, that was good thinking, as we see The Wiggles next weekend, and our household goods get shipped the next w…
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