19 months!

Officially Kyleigh turns 19 months tomorrow but she had her 18 month check up today (the doctor was gone due to surgery so her appointment was pushed back a month). Here are her stats weight 21# 4 oz (10%), height 31" (31%). The doctor is concerned about her lack of speech. She knows about 7 words but uses them sparingly and she doesn't mimic words she hears. Because she understands commands and turns her head towards sounds we know that hearing is not the issue. We have decided to give her 5 more months to start saying a more words or we'll get a referral to Easter Seals with a Speech Therapist. If at anytime Mark and I get more concerned he will refer us before then. He also double checked her motor skills and fine motor skills to make sure there weren't any issues that we might be missing but she passed that area with flying colors. She uses a fork or spoon at every meal, rarely her fingers (she's ahead of Kyra in this area as Kyra still prefers to use her fingers, but gets in trouble). Kyleigh is also drinking out of a regular cup at meal time. She will throw a tantrum is you give her a sippy cup. Kyleigh as always was a charmer at the doctors office and there was also lots of praise for her not being there since her last well child visit. It was this time last year we were making almost weekly or monthly trips to the office.

Valynn and Mason had their Easter Parties today. They went good, we hid almost 400 eggs between the two classes today. That means I did a lot of egg stuffing this week, that also means I have a lot of eggs that I store in the basement. I have now finished my duties as head room mom for all three kids for the year. Kyra is disappointed that she is going to miss her Easter Party next week but the teacher told her she would save some eggs for Kyra.

Kyra's Spring Break is different from Valynn and Mason's this year. On Sunday we have our first soccer games and once the games are over we are going to head up to North Dakota. See everyone in a few days.