Miss Independent

In the last couple of weeks Gracelyn has become very independent. She wants no help eating, no help wiping her bottom, dressing or even buckling her carseat. The thing is though, she still needs help with just about everything. If we even come close toward her she yells "ME" over and over and over. It started out cute but now it can get kind of frustrating at times.


she did let her bro attempt to help. I absolutely love how she asks for a kiss, he tells her not right now but she kisses him anyway. She adores him and he adores her.

a result of her independence.

following the big kids at baseball practice ended in a skidded face.

the pic doesn't do the damage justice. Praying for no scars.

Follow-up Speech Eval

Gracelyn had a follow-up evaluation with a speech therapist 3 weeks ago. Since her first eval in August, besides for more single words, she really wasn't speaking better. Gracelyn says words, she is not mute, however it's very difficult to make out what she says. She doesn't speak clearly at all.
Like before, she didn't qualify for speech therapy. She is at the very bottom of communication, barely passing, but she passed. The therapist gave us more tips to help Gracelyn and said if her peers talk better than she does to ignore it. As long as she is able to communicate in some way then she is on the right track. Gracelyn still signs a lot of words. That helps so much because as she signs we repeat that word several times and then she does. The therapist was very concerned about her ears so we recently had a followup with her ENT and sure enough the tubes had slipped and the area around was inflamed. The doctor thinks there could be some improvement once her ears heal.