Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Family updates

Bennett has been doing so well with his speech therapy.  He makes me so proud. I know we have a long way to go but he has done so much already.  He repeats a lot of things now, especially if he is motivated and wants the thing he is saying.  He can say his first sentence (more than 2words ). He says "iiiiii. To. Want. To......" fill in blank with last word such as play, or Elmo, or watch Elmo, or candy, or papaw, or hold. He is also getting occupational therapy and working on his sensory processing (if you don't know what that is well Bennett is called "sensory seeking" and he doesn't feel pain like the typical kid and will fall or climb and jump or things like that to get sensory input). They are working on his fine motorskills, balance, his sensory seeking, his attention span,ect... I really like his speech therapist and OT.  He drew a circle for the first time in therapy on Tuesday. We still have some issues with transitions and changing from one activity to anotherwhich causessome fits but weare working on them and he is learning somuch every day.He is going to a new preschool in august and I am excited to see him learn even more.  He likes routines. He actually loves going "night.night." now.  He has a new love for the wii also.

Brayden is my wild man. I didn't think I could have a kid as wild as Bennett, I was wrong.  He can climb everything now, including our top and bottom gates at our stairs.  I will often find him on the counters, desk, in pantry, on top of tables, ect... He is the emotional one of the bunch, either laughing and extremely happy or giving you a mean look and pouting.  He loves his big brother and his little sister so much.  He never likes to go to sleep but he likes to sleep in longer then Bennett.  He can say tons and tons of things. He repeats almost anything but gets shy around others and won't talk, they said I was like that when I was little.  He is a eatter and out eats Bennett for sure. They both love going to the pool and swimming and going to grandmas house.


I just updated Bristol in her 2 month post.  I have been keeping busy with 3 kids and starting to get the hang of juggling all 3 :) thankfully I have lots of help from Brian and family. I have also been busy helping plan my sisters wedding coming up in a couple weeks.  Brian keeps busy helping means working a lot ! Speaking of that...if you are looking for a house in ky let us know! We have our own real estate company, b & b Gibson realty.  We list and sell foreclosures but we also list and sell regular real estate as well ! Shameless plug for my hard working husband!