Our beautiful kiddos!!!!

Well, alright. So many have been emailing and "getting on us" about not having more pictures of the kids. You do know we are busy, right?! And school is back in session once again. EXCEPT this time, Daddy AND Mommy are both going to school. (Mommy online, CALCULUS! *ugh*) Daddy is physically going to a college nearby our house. He has school on Tuesday/Thursday and then another class on Wednesday. I don't know about daddy, but I can tell you that mommy is stressing just a tad.

Anyway, enough about us. DO YOU SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL KIDS!?!?!?! Aren't they cuter than anything you've seen?! I love this picture. Rebecca is so beyond her years. In a way it's a good thing, but in another? It's not, because she doesn't allow herself to be a KID! Hey, it has nothing to do with Mom and Dad! This is all her! Honest. She is mother hen to Matthew. Matthew loves to rebel against her too! I think he knows it agitates her so much!!!! hehehhee....*s*

Rebecca is doing well in daycare. She's EXCELLING BIGTIME at Awana's. (at our church) She is THEE ONLY 4 year old who knows every scripture (and I mean, EVERY) since she has started with them about 2 1/2 months ago. That's alot. She has about 8 patches to show for it on her little vest too. She loves Awana's. The teacher has given her extra things to do because she was doing everything and getting bored. Imagine that...................Oh, Rebecca also wants to join the church youth choir. She'll be the youngest one, but I tell ya, SHE'S READY!

Matthew is doing well. We took him in for his last speech evaluation (to know where to place him within the program) last Friday as well as had his PRE-OP testing done for Children's Hospital in two weeks. His speech eval was again, something I wish I didn't have to see. He didn't do so well. The Cognitive and Intellectual part of it, he is a WHIP at that. The therapist said she didn't know of a 3 year old who could put together a puzzle (that was a cow with multiple parts, that Matthew had never seen before) in 30 seconds, like MATTHEW DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She timed him! I was sitting right there. He did it, just like that. I'm not even sure Rebecca could do something like that and she's 4! Where Matthew excels in one area, he is really "not-so-good" in another. EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE! He failed, he failed OH MY GOSH did he fail. It got to the point that the sw/therapist was asking ME, his mom, "What did he say?" "Did he say this?" "Does he know this word?"

*******My first thought was, OH HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!!*********

I had to answer for Matthew. (audibly understandable) There were about 50 words given to him to repeat and he only got about 5 explicitly audibly correct. The rest were either missing vowels, or syllables, or just not even coherent. BUT, this is a good thing. They know where to start with him. They know were he needs extra help! And he'll get this help! I'm so glad. I know once Matthew gets the ear tubes in his ears and gets speech, people will understand him just as much as you understand me writing all of this!! *so happy*

Remember, February 1st. Before the chickens are passing gas, we'll be on our way to Children's Hospital in Washington, DC for Matthew's surgery. They are saying we will be there at least a day..........maybe two. I just don't know. We'll play it by ear.

Say a prayer, please...as a mother, I pray for so many folks and their requests, I would surely appreciate it if you would remember us. Thank you.

Momma Kooky