One of Ellie's favorite places to be, bundled in the stroller! She doesn't seem to mind the winter temps. Here we are on our way to the college cafeteria for lunch. (Incidentally, it was a short trip -- I really think she wanted to go back outside! Hopefully it will be a longer visit next time.)
This book arrived in the mail yesterday from a friend. Ellie reached right for it with eager hands!
Ellie hanging out with Mark and Faith during a meeting in the office. As you can see by the lollipops, we had serious business to discuss and Ellie wanted to join in.
Wednesday news:
Ellie's First Steps assessment went well this morning. Briefly, it was determined that she will qualify for therapy, and the assessor was optimistic that given her cognitive scores, she should catch up soon. The next step will be for us to select the therapists that will work with her. Pray for us as we will embark on that process soon. We have some friends with children who have been in the same program and hopefully will be able to provide some recommendations based on their experiences. Everyone we have spoken to has been very enthusiastic about First Steps and we are thankful that we can have this help for Ellie now, because as our pediatrician said, early intervention is critical for her to reach her potential and the help of trained professionals is obviously way more than we could do for her by ourselves.
Though I didn't feel like Ellie was showing her true colors during her assessment, she relaxed and was a lot of fun the rest of the day. While the individual moments in and of themselves may seem rather mundane to many, we continue to marvel at the gift she is, whether it's dancing in the kitchen to the CD player after supper, or making silly sound effects while putting on jammies she gives us so much joy! We are so blessed.
No comments:
Post a Comment