6 weeks in

     We are just about 6 weeks into the school year. It has taken 6 weeks, but we FINALLY are having drop -offs without tears! Kellen has adjusted incredibly well to preschool. He seems happy and seems to be making some "friends." Drop off every morning has been tough, but it was like when we hit the 6 week mark, he realized I was always coming back and the tears have stopped. :) Phew! Thankfully, even with the tears, I knew he was quick to get over my leaving and enjoy his day. I am anxious to get to the point where I can pop down and visit him during the day but we're not there yet. :) If I were to do this now, I'm afraid he would have a very tough time transitioning back. His teachers are amazing, as are his therapists. He gets speech up to 5 times a week, meets with the ECSE leader here for reinforcement, still does private speech for an hour a week (on top of school speech) with Miss Suzanne, and has started OT at school as well. I LOVE having him at Glen Lake. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I love our morning car rides, I love his excitement to see me at the end of the day, I love getting to touch base with his wonderful teachers each day and I love watching him through my window out on the playground. Things have exceeded our expectations already and we know without a doubt we have made the best decision for our boy.

     I don't have a lot of time to write a lot but I need to post this video. His teachers had told me he was singing along to songs in class. I was shocked. Remember, coming into September, we were hearing 2 MAYBE 3 words at a time and that was pretty limited. He was still talking most often in one word responses. Yet one day after school I asked him to do his friends song for me and I got this. I had tears streaming down my face. If you know Kellen, you KNOW how monumental this moment was.  "You were given this mountain to show others that it can be moved."