Good News

Hello All, We recently received some good news - so we thought an update was due! As many of you know, Wyatt was recently diagnosed with Apraxia (a speech/language/communication disorder) which has been very trying on us as a family while we try to make some decisions about how to best treat it. The typical treatment for this disorder is regular intensive speech therapy, sometimes up to 5 days a week. Our problem is that there are NO speech therapists on our tiny little island :( So, our good news is that we just received a couple of awesome grants to help us with his speech therapy needs. Wyatt and momma will be traveling to Juneau this week for an intake eval with a speech therapist there, then she will come visit us in Petersburg 1 time a month for the next 6 months. As part of the grant, we also got money so that I can go to a seminar on Apraxia in Portland. We are so excited to finally be starting Wyatt's therapy!

As for other news in our household...we have decided to try to sell the house and move up near Anchorage so that when our grant expires we can be close to more speech therapists. We found one who has already put Wyatt on her list for March. Now we just have to get Cody's employer to agree to this plan AND most importantly - we have to sell the house. So, keep praying for us that both those obstacles can be overcome.

On another happy note: Both boys are doing well. Isaac is getting more and more active all the time. He's got quite a sense of humor and should also be considered our 'dramatic' child! He's walking 100% now and even trying to run (usually away from me when he's being naughty, lol). Wyatt has been working on his numbers and colors. So far, most everything is blue and 2 (you see the phonetic pattern here), but he's trying. He's also helping me sing "Old MacDonald" by doing the "eieio" part! Too Cute.

Stay tuned. We'll keep adding updates. xoxo Meg