I'm so bad.....

I'm sorry, I find myself frequently forgetting that I have a blog! It's been a blur of activity still. Micah continues with his therapies 4 times a week, though this week is spring break, so no therapy. He's doing soooo well with it! He has a new AVT therapist who is a bundle of energy. Micah responded to her from the get-go, which is certainly a blessing. As for new words in his vocabulary, he can now tell us when he's stuck "says stuck", says his older brother's name (I'm told this, at least). He talks all the time, even if his processors aren't on him. He still pulls them off when he's angry. No surprise there, there, though. That boy is very strong-willed! He's learning to dress and undress himself. He's also telling me when he wants his diaper changed. I keep trying to put him on the potty, but he hasn't peed or pooped on it yet.

Jacob is still trying to talk in complete sentences. He also will now tell me if he is poopied and wanting a diaper change. But, alas, no success with getting him to pee or poop on the potty----though last night he peed on the floor in front of the potty, lol. Jacob is still very much enjoying Micah's therapy sessions. He loves to answer questions for the therapist. He seems to be not as distracting during the sessions now (at least when I'm home). I seem to be missing about 50% of the sessions due to my work schedule, which I have no control over. I'm just thankful that progress is being made. That's what's important!

The boys' second birthday is coming up in less than two weeks. My, how fast these past two years have flown! I've survived the first two years with twins! WooHoo!!! They no longer look like babies. They look like adorable little boys, which I'm sure you'll see in the video clip ;-)

Their Artistic Side...

I pulled out the fingerpaints for the boys on Sunday and they had a good time. It was a lot of fun to watch what they did with the paints. At first, they played with the paint and spread it around on the paper, then they decided that it was really meant to be body paints. Here are a couple of video clips of their fun...

New words for Micah

Micah is attempting now to say names, such as Daddy and Jacob. He makes the ssss sound consistently, can hear whispering, says dog, wow, bye. I think his vocabulary now consists of about 20 words or so. I can hear Micah attempting to speak in sentences, but it's only with his babbling. It's so great to watch.

Jacob is attempting to speak in sentences. I still can't understand half of what he's saying, but he sure is trying hard!

I'll try to get some video clips of them talking very soon.

Wack, wack, wack

Micah just saw some ducks on tv and said, "wack, wack, wack". No coaching at all, totally spontaneous. More proof that his speech therapy is working!!!

Sickness!

My household has been fighting the winter illnesses, and it just seems to be doing this vicious cycle. The boys had what I believe was RSV a few weeks ago...finally got them so that they're not wheezing anymore, and now they have bronchitis. I'm going to see if they can get in to see the dr. today. On top of that, I now have a sinus infection (hubby had it last week). Fun times, let me tell ya, fun times! (can you hear the sarcasm dripping?) With the repeated illnesses come the poor appetites. The boys are even refusing to eat favorite foods (Micah, who adores bananas, wouldn't finish his yesterday and neither would even eat their marshmallows the other day).

I do believe that Micah said "dog" yesterday, though! He heard a neighbor's dog barking, pointed to his ear, and said an approximation of dog. Though it wasn't a clear word, it DID sound like dog to me. That was fun to hear! I've been leary of bumping up his speech processors to the next level because of the constant illness (I know they're not related, but bumping his processors up can cause him to be even more fussy). He definitely understands "give me a kiss" as I said that to him yesterday, completely out of context of what we were doing, and he did give me a kiss. It's so fun to know that he's understanding what we're saying to him. We have to remind ourselves that he can't hear us if his processors are off for one reason or another. It's been hard keeping up the sign language, but I'm working hard to maintain it and to grow our vocabulary. It really does help us understand what he's trying to say when he says the word and signs it (it helps us considerably with Jacob, too, for that matter)

Another new word for Micah today. He's now saying "uh-oh", and will repeat when I tell him to say "ma" and "more". Now, if we could just get him feeling better so he's not so whiny or clingy. Jacob is really into dancing these days. It's so cute to watch him spring into action any time he hears music playing! Logan came home yesterday, so four of the five kids are under our roof again!