The End of ECI, Swimming, and the Stinker

Joy had her last developmental services appointment with Miss Kari on Thursday.  All of her ECI services stop of age three.  Miss Kari has been with Joy since she was one year old.  I remember the first task we worked on was isolating her pointer finger so she could point at pictures in books.  We made Miss Kari a card and some gluten free browines.  They were very yummy!  We will miss you Miss Kari!

Swimming – Joy loves the water!!

I was trying to finish up Joy’s book for her birthmother.  I was looking for the perfect picture for the cover and the stinker just wouldn’t cooperate.  :)  I did get these though.

   

Busy Week

Getting into things – like orange neon paint  :)

Playing….

Being cute…

At the Church BBQ:

 

Doing therapy:

Having fun at Splashtown:

                                                                                               (she’s signing “Again!”)

Sliding

Cute Pictures this Week

Joy has expanded her horizons.  She has a new favorite movie, My Neighbor Totoro.  Lizzy is showing the sign that we use for Totoro.

Joy loves to brush – usually after I have already done her hair!  :)

Sliding

Joy can slide all by herself!

Mother’s Day

It’s been an interesting Mother’s Day.  There was no breakfast in bed surrounded by adoring children handing me cards.  Instead I woke on a couch (hooray that it’s there!) and hoped that we would go home today.  I spent hours waiting for an ambulance.  I held my baby.  We got home and I briefed Jason on Bella’s new orders.  Then I threw on a dress and rushed to church.   The girls were supposed to sing at church for Mother’s Day.  We didn’t make it – they sang to me in the car instead.  :)  We came home and I headed off to the pharmacy for Bella’s new meds.  Of course, they didn’t have it.  So off we headed to find these drugs.  I came home and checked on my baby and am now, finally, eating.  But I’m not complaining.  Today I was told a million times “Happy Mother’s Day!” from the doctors, the nurses, the EMTs, the pharmacists, and my beautiful children.  I held and kissed my babies.  What a blessing!  Today I am grateful for the mothers of Joy and Bella.  I get the recognition for being a mother, but they gave them life.  I get to hold them and kiss them, but their arms are empty.  Today my heart is full.  Full of gratitude that I am a mother.

Movies

Joy loves to watch movies of herself.  So I am trying to take more :)

Joy loves Ponyo – she gets distracted at the end when the phone righs, but it’s cute.  Becca didn’t want to be in the video, but I caught some of her.  :)

Our Outing at the Park

 

New Glasses and Dancing at the table

 

Joy is too cute – we love you baby