AUGUST, A MONTH OF FIRSTS
Emma started the month by losing her very first tooth on August the 1st! It really bothered her when the darn tooth would slide horizontally and I didn't have the guts to pull it. She then proceded to lose a second tooth on Aug. the 19th. We never found either one...
Because of her self inflicted hair cut, I finally broke down and cut her hair shoulder lenght; she simply is adorable!!!
Emma also finally conquered the pool slide after climbing the steps all the way up then all the way down (for about a billion times). She loves the rush if procures...She also moved up to wearing only wings to swim.
Emma also finally pooed in the toilet, on the floor, and, yes, in the pool (sssh...) Let me tell you, if you want a bunch of teenagers out of your pool, just throw in an Oh!Henry chocolate bar and say Oh no... they will dash out before you can blink!!!
In Emma's O.T.'s report, she was described as having poor behaviour and was referred to a psychiatrist. Yet her speech therapist's report hailed her for always being happy and willing to march into therapy...
One day, after months of stressing upon her "I WANT" (ice cream, a drink, etc...), she said on her own I WANT PLAY Wow!!!
I also finally broke down and let Emma ride Winston, her sister's horse. Amy was leading Winston and Carl and I were on each side of Emma. She said "Walk on" and "Whoa" and when she came off the horse she went in front of him and said "Thank you". Amy was so happy and proud that I finally let her show us how completely gentle and trustworthy Winston is. This will become a family activity whenever we all can manage to be home at the same time... Amy wants to enter Emma in a leading class at one of our local fairs next year...We can already picture how great it will be when Emma wins her very first ribbon...
As for Amy, well, we have now added to our already busy schedule, dates with her boyfriend (movies, attraction parks, B.B.Q.s). I am dealing with this new reality quite well. Jesse, her boyfriend is quite nice... The other day, Emma phoned him by pressing the redial button. He said that she said Hi, then Amy, Amy, Amy... So he knew who she was and he said Hi Emma, she said Bye and pressed a bunch of numbers in his ears. Thank goodness the last number was not my sister-in-law's who lives in England...
So life goes on... Its course is not always what we expect but it never fails to bring along some greats "winks" to remind us that every minute, each second is worth living!!!
Hope you all had a great summer also filled with wonderful "firsts"!!!
Because of her self inflicted hair cut, I finally broke down and cut her hair shoulder lenght; she simply is adorable!!!
Emma also finally conquered the pool slide after climbing the steps all the way up then all the way down (for about a billion times). She loves the rush if procures...She also moved up to wearing only wings to swim.
Emma also finally pooed in the toilet, on the floor, and, yes, in the pool (sssh...) Let me tell you, if you want a bunch of teenagers out of your pool, just throw in an Oh!Henry chocolate bar and say Oh no... they will dash out before you can blink!!!
In Emma's O.T.'s report, she was described as having poor behaviour and was referred to a psychiatrist. Yet her speech therapist's report hailed her for always being happy and willing to march into therapy...
One day, after months of stressing upon her "I WANT" (ice cream, a drink, etc...), she said on her own I WANT PLAY Wow!!!
I also finally broke down and let Emma ride Winston, her sister's horse. Amy was leading Winston and Carl and I were on each side of Emma. She said "Walk on" and "Whoa" and when she came off the horse she went in front of him and said "Thank you". Amy was so happy and proud that I finally let her show us how completely gentle and trustworthy Winston is. This will become a family activity whenever we all can manage to be home at the same time... Amy wants to enter Emma in a leading class at one of our local fairs next year...We can already picture how great it will be when Emma wins her very first ribbon...
As for Amy, well, we have now added to our already busy schedule, dates with her boyfriend (movies, attraction parks, B.B.Q.s). I am dealing with this new reality quite well. Jesse, her boyfriend is quite nice... The other day, Emma phoned him by pressing the redial button. He said that she said Hi, then Amy, Amy, Amy... So he knew who she was and he said Hi Emma, she said Bye and pressed a bunch of numbers in his ears. Thank goodness the last number was not my sister-in-law's who lives in England...
So life goes on... Its course is not always what we expect but it never fails to bring along some greats "winks" to remind us that every minute, each second is worth living!!!
Hope you all had a great summer also filled with wonderful "firsts"!!!
posted by Camille at 6:20 PM
3 Comments:
BI can't believe how much Miss Emma has grown this summer! She stretched out so much! It must be all that "mimming" And her haircut is simply adorable!
You are taking this boyfriend thing so well...why do you take everything in life with such stride?!?!
I love 'firsts' myself but I must admit I am not looking forward to the teeth one - gross! bet she looks cute now though with those gaps!
Glad that you are back on line Camille. I only know about HS - I am hoping that they are a more cynical bunch than primary school teachers. It is scary though and I hope that Emma's teacher next year realises just how lucky he/she is to have such an opportunity to get to know and teach (and learn from) Emma.
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