Welcome Home!

You had quite the welcoming committee when you arrived home from school today.  As soon as we heard you pull up Aunt Lori, Grace, Frank, Mema, Liam and I all came pouring out of the house to meet you.  Everyone loved seeing you get off the bus and thought you were the biggest of girls.  What a fun surprise for you!

Let there be sight!

I spent much of last Friday on the phone with the place we get your contacts from. It was so exhausting that I don’t even want to go into the details. But the short version is that because they didn’t properly file an insurance claim back in March or do their due diligence following up on it in any way, shape or form, they expected me to either pay $1000 or wait a month at minimum to get a new pair of contacts when you had zero. (Despite the length of that sentence, I assure you that is, in fact, the short version.) After researching the situation on my own and sharing my findings with the woman who failed to do her job correctly, she agreed to go ahead and order a new contact for your good eye immediately. She probably thought it best I didn’t ask to speak to her supervisor. I'll give her credit for that one wise decision. Today I got the call that your contact came in—I’m so grateful it is here in time for our trip to Dallas this weekend.

Still, we paid for it with $255 and a week of sight. We should get the money reimbursed but obviously not that week. Whenever you are without contacts I see a clear difference in your behavior. Even your teachers saw a difference—the first day of class after losing your last contact brought a “1” for tracking in circle time on your daily report. You have always gotten all 5’s before. I feel like we take a couple steps back when this happens, and it could take us months to regain that ground.  For that reason I need to be more diligent in checking throughout the day to make sure your contact is still in your eye.  And you need to be less diligent in popping them out.  Deal?

Report Card - 1st 6 Weeks

Today I found your REPORT CARD in your take home folder. I wasn’t expecting a report card!

It’s not your typical report card…no grades or conduct scores. Instead it marks progress towards your goals.

Here are your goals…a little humdrum to read but super important to document I think.

Audrey will respond to various tactile stimuli in 2 of 3 opportunities with no more than 3 verbal, tactile and physical reminders for 6 consecutive weeks in various supportive positions.
Progress: 2/3 trials—you did it!

In various supportive positions, Audrey will activate a switch for a cause and effect response using her hand in 2 of 3 opportunities with no more than 3 verbal, tactile, and physical reminders for 6 consecutive weeks to participate in various classroom activities.
Progress: 1/3 trials—well on your way!

In various supportive positions, Audrey will respond to various sensory stimuli in 2 of 3 opportunities with no more than 3 verbal and physical reminders.
Progress: 2/3 trials—success!

Under comments Mrs. W wrote, “Audrey has done beautifully this first 6 weeks of school. She is usually awake, alert, and eager to learn. Loves to smile and coo and melt our hearts.”

I give you an A+ Audrey Boo!

Cholesterol Update

I got a call from the pharmacy two Wednesdays ago letting me know that the pharmacist would track down the recipe and make your cholesterol in the cherry aqueous. On Friday she called back saying the recipe couldn’t be found and that she could “guess” how to make it but couldn’t guarantee its quality. Really?!? I barely knew what to say to that other than, “Uhhh…no. Either call a specialist for the recipe or I’ll just have our old pharmacy make it.” Tuesday I was told she was able to get the recipe and it would be ready Friday. My phone call to check the status on Friday afternoon apparently served as a reminder for the pharmacist to make the cholesterol and I wasn’t able to pick it up that evening. They were closed Saturday through Monday, so we will see if it is ready and correct when I get there this morning.


I’m not thinking this pharmacy is going to make the cut.

Sweet Sleep

Last night I heard you stirring at about 3am and started praying fiercely.  Every night for at least a few weeks has found Daddy and me in your room suctioning, changing and cleaning. It wakes Liam up too and has left us all ill-rested and frustrated. Next thing I knew, I was waking up again at 5:30 to your brother needing to go potty and Daddy needing to go to work.  Thank you Jesus.  We all needed a good night’s rest.  Let’s go for two in a row!  

And the winner is...

Today I got a note from your teacher and nurse saying that thanks to the “boxtops for education” we turned in, yours was a winning class for the first 6-weeks contest!  Your class prize was a big box of wipes and baby lotion.  I don’t know why I think that is so cute, but I do! It makes me feel like you are such a big girl doing these SCHOOL type things!  So now I’ve got the grandma’s collecting box-tops too. :-)

Down on the Farm

We went to Dewberry Farms yesterday. The two of us aren’t really the outdoorsy type, but we troop through for the guys. This day, however, was absolutely gorgeous and there was a briskness to the air that made it more than tolerable for both of us.