no sleep....

It is funny how some nights like last night nothing will help Faith go to sleep. Normal routine and her sleeping medicine and not sleepy at all. She was happy, a little frusterated, but unable to go to sleep until after midnight. Kris

IEP update....

Yesterday we meet with Faith's school. This meeting was to see, after all the tests and observations, if Faith qualified for an emotionally impaired IEP plan. We went over pages and pages of notes, opinions, scores, and suggestions and she met every qualification for emotionally impaired. On May 5 we have an appointment where we will make our suggestions to the district on what we think she needs and they will make their suggestions. Together we have to come up with a plan to get her back into school and participating again. We also heard from Little Angels Service Dogs, we will know next week if Faith is getting the dog we think she is and the final dates for handler training. It is looking like the last two weeks of June or the first two weeks of July. We are all getting excited because it is drawing so close, yet it is scary because Renae and I basically signed our lives away to get a loan for this dog with the hopes that we can still raise the rest of the money needed to pay for it. It is a risk I had to take, but it is scary. To some people it is not a lot of money, but to our military friends out there who make the paychecks we make you can understand. We will keep you posted. Kris

routine is good...

It is Saturday morning, Tess is volunteering for Equine Assisted Transitions, Renae is taking the day off somewhere, Faith and Abbi are home with daddy. It is raining and cold, so today I will stay home, clean house and watch movies with the girls during breaks of playing time. Faith and Abbi have really been playing well together lately. I am glad to be able to stay home with them today and just hang out, I promised them I would not make them work so they agreed to hang out with me. Strange how the times have changed. Sometimes it is amazing how Faith and I are feeling the same things at the same times, this is something I have been noticing over the past few months. Pretty weird, however I am able to control mine better so it does not show the same as her. As she gets older and can communicate better I am seeing that we are a lot more alike than I ever thought. Kris

same story different occasion....

I am still having a hard time keeping my mouth shut. I made Faith mad again and caused her to have a meltdown. It started because she was not feeling right, however I made it worse when I pushed her buttons and held my ground again. I pretty much have the entire house mad at me...I may not win each battle but I am winning this one this weekend. One of these years we will have a peaceful evening around here. It is not always Faith, other nights it can be one of our other two daughters.....one day. Kris