Every day Myla seems to show us a little something new with her physical progress, here's just another example of how far she's come!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Being little..
Here's just a sneak peak into what poor Myla goes through with her big sister Avery:)
Our sweet Myla Bea
As I am sure most of you have heard by now, our sweet Myla is a little bit developmentally/physically behind. Her one year check-up did not go as planned and we ended up being referred out to a nutritionist, and a developmental specialist among others. It's been about 3 months since the original Doctor's appointment and I wanted to give you all an updated on what's happening.
There are 2 sides to this, first there is Kaiser. We have an appointment with "the" developmental specialist of the bay area in one week, it takes forever to get an appointment with her as you can imagine. The other side is that we've been pursuing the community based agency the regional center. Last week, a physical therapist came out to assess Myla to see if she qualified for services. Thankfully, she was right on the cusp of being fine and needing help. Today we met with our case manager and another lady to assess her other needs and come up with a plan. Again, thankfully she has no other needs for occupational or speech therapy, just physical therapy. We're going to get her set up with a physical therapist that will come to our house once a week to work with her and show Andy and I how we can help her with the ultimate goal of walking.
This has definitely been a journey for Andy and I. We've known for a while that she's behind as far as physical development is concerned. We began to get frustrated with people who would say to us, "every kid goes at their own pace, she's fine" (which if that was you, no worries, no hard feelings:). In our minds, she wasn't fine and we needed people to validate that AND validate the fact that it's okay that she might not be fine. We trust in God's plan and while it's hard to know she'll need outside help and it'll be really hard to work our schedules around physical therapy every week, we know we can do it because we're a family and that's what families do.
The day that the physical therapist came and determined it would be best for her to get help we shot this gem of a video. She doesn't love to walk, even with assistance, so this hasn't happened very many times since this video was taken but it's a huge step in a process that seems to be going at a snail's pace. Please keep Myla and our family in your prayers:)
There are 2 sides to this, first there is Kaiser. We have an appointment with "the" developmental specialist of the bay area in one week, it takes forever to get an appointment with her as you can imagine. The other side is that we've been pursuing the community based agency the regional center. Last week, a physical therapist came out to assess Myla to see if she qualified for services. Thankfully, she was right on the cusp of being fine and needing help. Today we met with our case manager and another lady to assess her other needs and come up with a plan. Again, thankfully she has no other needs for occupational or speech therapy, just physical therapy. We're going to get her set up with a physical therapist that will come to our house once a week to work with her and show Andy and I how we can help her with the ultimate goal of walking.
This has definitely been a journey for Andy and I. We've known for a while that she's behind as far as physical development is concerned. We began to get frustrated with people who would say to us, "every kid goes at their own pace, she's fine" (which if that was you, no worries, no hard feelings:). In our minds, she wasn't fine and we needed people to validate that AND validate the fact that it's okay that she might not be fine. We trust in God's plan and while it's hard to know she'll need outside help and it'll be really hard to work our schedules around physical therapy every week, we know we can do it because we're a family and that's what families do.
The day that the physical therapist came and determined it would be best for her to get help we shot this gem of a video. She doesn't love to walk, even with assistance, so this hasn't happened very many times since this video was taken but it's a huge step in a process that seems to be going at a snail's pace. Please keep Myla and our family in your prayers:)
Monterey
My sweet cousin Lacie got married last weekend in Monterey and asked Avery to be a flowergirl. As you can imagine, Avery loved it. She got to have a spa day to get her nails done, then be a part of rehearsal and the big day. She got to get ready with the big girls which meant she wanted nothing to do with mama:) At the reception she couldn't bear to dance with family, only with someone from the bridal party. Overall, a good weekend. Here are some pictures of our adventures:
We got there a little early so before heading to rehearsal we hit the beach!
Well okay we hit up Starbucks and then the beach:)
Our sweet Myla Bea did not love her first time touching sand.
Avery on the other hand couldn't get enough.
She went exploring with Daddy
Waiting for rehearsal to begin...
Myla loved looking at the san from afar!
Avery and her cousin Sami (one of the other flower girls) at rehearsal
I don't know that I've ever seen this girl so excited
Sassy pants the day of the wedding.
Avery and Sami hanging out with the big girls.
Dressed and ready for pictures!
They took pictures together before the wedding.
This is hilarious to me...
Walking down the aisle!
The Koning 4! Thanks Lacie for a fun weekend getaway!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Christmas 2012
Christmas was as crazy as ever last year. We both worked Christmas Eve but had Christmas day off, despite that it was our only day off that week it was a very special day and we loved staying home in our comfy pants all day. The Sunday before we were able to celebrate with my siblings and Christmas Eve night we went to one of Andy's services and then headed over to my parents' house to meet up with out extended family. Despite the fact that it was totally crazy, it was great. We told everyone that as far as Christmas day went, if people wanted to see us they had to come to our house so we got some good visitors including my parents, Andy's Dad, Janet and Grandparents, and our friends the Lynch's came over for dinner, we had a rib cookoff and it was amazing. We celebrated later in the week with Andy's Mom and Roger and our Christmas celebrations were finally complete! Here are some highlights from the week:
Aves loved her "Mirada" dress from Brave:)
Myla playing with eggs that she got.
Our Christmas corner.
Our biggest Christmas present...Piper!
The girls got a trampline from Grammy and Grandpa Rog and they LOVE it!
Jump jump jump all the time!
Myla Bea and Grandma Bea:)
The girls got some ridiculously cute coats from Nana and Pop-pop
Christmas Eve
Kisses for sister
Hanging out with cousins
Aves loves being the oldest.
Playing with Auntie's earrings:)
Grandma and Grandpa Larsen
Myla and our newest edition Lyla!
Aves and Myla playing on Christmas morning
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