Living in Georgia

I can't believe the summer is halfway over! It sure has been busy for us down here - and getting busier all the time.

Jack has potty trained and given up his naps (all in the same week, mind you) and Ethan has started eating real food (well, just rice cereal but we're going to be trying carrots today!!).

Ethan still has a bit of trouble with eating so we're bringing in a speech therapist to help. The good news is that she'll be in place to help him with speaking prior to speaking instead of having to wait until there's a delay in speech.

I'm learning so much about all the therapies available to special needs kids and quickly becoming a child advocate. You certainly take for granted having a "typical" child and how easy it is to raise them. Once you have one that needs a little extra help, you have to start battling the government agencies just to get the basic help your child needs. But we remain optimistic with how well Ethan is doing. He's just about to sit on his own and Jason has even had him up on his hands and knees trying to help him crawl, which he so desperately wants to do!

More doctor's visits are scheduled for the boys; Ethan to they eye doctor (possible lazy eye) and a sleep study (possible sleep apnea which can lower a person's IQ by 10%!) and Jack to the dentist for his first check up.

Other than that, we're looking forward to a week in Seattle at the end of August, and then two lovely weeks in England with the family.

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