Remember when I was worried that Kate's speech was not developing at a normal rate? Remember when I had her speech tested and they said she was totally normal and I was like, "say what?!". Well, they were right. Kate talks nonstop. From the moment she wakes up until the moment we drag her to bed. Oh yeah, remember all that bragging I did regarding Kate going to bed so easily. Yeah, not so much anymore.
Kate no longer sleeps from 6pm to 6am. She now sleeps from about 8:30pm to 5-7am. On a good day she wakes up at 7am. On a typical day we hear, "it's morning?!" at 6am. Getting Kate down to go to sleep is no longer an easy task. We have to read several stories, arrange her stuffed animals a certain way, and scratch her back or arms or legs. Then once we close the door and get nice and comfy to unwind she comes out of her room and tells us "I gotta go PEE!" (even though we ask her each night if she needs to go pee, yes we also make her sit on the potty before going to bed but it is more fun for her to come barreling out of her room and make this grand announcement that she has to pee). Then when she is done, she lets us know that she went pee. Woo-freaking-hoo. Then of course there are other things she needs or wants, but mostly knowingly trying to bother us.
Finally, SILENCE.
Then, morning and the chattering begins nonstop.
I don't even know what she is talking about or questioning us about. It is just words coming out. Typical preschooler, probably. But the kid has to have ADHD. These random thoughts on totally different subjects just spew out of her mouth. But of course we have favorites.
When she wonders what we said, "What you said?"
Out of nowhere, "You're mom?" "You're dad?" "You're my mom and dad?" She is probably wishing she had a nicer mother who wrote lovey-dovey blogs about her. Of course our favorite, "I love you mom, I love you dad".
Since this blog is now what is happening in all of our lives I have to mention that Chris is the Assistant Principal at McGraw Elementary School. Kate and I are so proud of him. His first official day is July 23rd so be sure to wave to the hot new assistant principal nicely dressed by his loving wife. I am going into my 5th year as a School Psychologist. Sadly, I was moved from my schools to sites in town. There are a lot of changes in our department so I am just rolling with the punches and will make the best of it. I am also supervising an intern. This is very exciting for me. I was telling Chris the other day that we are adults and have real jobs; pretty important jobs too. When did this happen? We still feel like kids. Well, age is only a number and we definitely keep young at heart.
Well Kevin, I hope this satisfies you for now and promise to keep up with the BLOG!
