Dan told me I needed to update the blog. I aim to please, so here I am! I really thought I would have a ton of pictures to share, but I don't. I am feeling overwhelmed by my schedule. You should see our August calendar, it's crazy. In fact, the rest of the year is looking very busy. Not sure how that happened. The summer, however, has been very fun! I think Tyler is at a fun age where we can go out and do stuff and he actually enjoys it. Also, the weather has been awesome so we are getting out more than I think we might if it had been more humid. I am not a humid weather kind of gal.
It doesn't look like Tyler will be going to preschool this year. He has to be potty trained and it just isn't happening. He really likes peeing in the potty and wearing big boy underwear, but he doesn't seem to know when he has to pee. If he doesn't go to preschool it will not be the end of the world since he would've been a "young" three.
Can you believe he is going to be three soon?? I can't believe it. He is good at counting and letters right now. It's fun to see how fast he picks up on things.
His speech therapy is still going. When he turns three we will start seeing a new therapist who will specifically work on his articulation. He had an articulation assessment done and it showed that he leaves off the ending of words and tends to replace them with an "s" or "sh" sound. He also leaves out the middle of words. Leaving out the middle is normal up until age 4 but leaving off the ending should've been corrected by now (self corrected, that is). Anyway, none of that was a surprise to anyone but they needed to do it so that his next therapist will know exactly what to work with. Instead of working on particular letter sounds, they will work on getting the endings onto words and that will help him get a wider range of sounds. Even though he is improving, he is still a year behind. But improvement is good! His current speech and language pathologist said his speech should be fine by the time he gets to kindergarten. I hadn't had anyone give me a length of time before so I was surprised by what she said but I was also a little relieved because he seemed to move so slow. I guess that's normal! She said speech takes time. He said an exciting (exciting to me) phrase yesterday. He said, "my friend." This is a great phrase because it includes a pronoun!
Okay, now to the pictures! Cat pictures first! Here they are cuddling with a teddy bear. I'm amazed they let me put the bear on them and take a picture. hehe.
I never posted finished photos of the patio. It turned out great and it is so nice to have a place to sit! I moved the pool right next to the patio so I can put Tyler in the pool and then sit in the shade of the umbrella and read while he plays. I have a hard life!
We went to a bird show at the zoo. It was pretty cool. You may recognize the guy from tv. I'm pretty sure I've seen him on Letterman, or one of those late night shows.
Baby ducks! Aren't they all cute and fuzzy?!
A family photo!
