I thought that once we were all settled in to our home that things would quiet down for us a bit. Wow, was I wrong! We are even busier now than before!
As much as I had looked forward to Zuri going to preschool, I will be very glad when the school year is over. Perhaps things will slow down when summer comes. I don't know if I have mentioned it before, but I was nominated Zuri's preschool class president, which means that I oversee and conduct the monthly meetings (and prepare for them--getting the booklets put together and whatnot), make sure that things are running smoothly in the classroom, get class parties organized, help solve any questions that the parents may have, etc. For the most part I have enjoyed getting to know the parents and being involved in Zuri's classroom, but sometimes it gets to be a lot!
When I explained to the OT why I had to push back an appointment because our parent meeting conflicted with Kai's appointment, the OT looked at me and said, "you are amazing!" Ego booster! Sometimes it is so nice to hear things like that. I have become so accustomed to our new "normal" and how busy life is for us that I don't really stop to think about how much I really do these days. I rely on my planner to keep track of everything--otherwise I would be in complete chaos! Zuri has even picked up on it. She has a little alphabet and number flip whiteboard notebook that she calls her checklist, and she has to check things off her checklist. So funny. :-)
I have also been busy in the ward. I have been called as the Activity Day leader for the 8 and 9 year old girls. I have been having SO much fun doing that! The girls are so full of energy! I am excited to get to know them better, and for the upcoming summer so we can have some fun activities!
Appointments with Kai have leveled out. We are averaging between two and three appointments a week, which is manageable. Although, they want to add a vision specialist coming to the home soon, so it may change yet again. Kai has hit a plateau in his progress. We have seen little change over the last five months or so. I am not discouraged; it takes time and I get that. He is much more willing to take food orally, but he does the suckling motion of an infant, which means that more comes out of his mouth than stays in. The OT has shown me how to aid him in swallowing, but that only gets marginally more in than before. We take one day at a time, but considering where he was a year ago, we have made much progress indeed!
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