The Latest Update

Reece has been doing really well. In fact he has been absolutely silly lately. He has also been a lot more verbal. We are hearing lots of attempts at speech and some of his new sounds are solid now. He loves calling his brother's name to get him to get a snack for him that he can't reach. He has been trying to sing "Happy Birthday" all month and LOVES that I know what song he is singing and then join him. He has been playing with his toys correctly 90% of the time now and especially loves flying his planes around. He runs around the house with Daddy and they each fly a plane. There is so much interaction now---I can't believe it!

School started recently and Reece is going half days now. He loves getting on the bus and even got upset when one day another bus drove past us while we were waiting for his. Reece started pulling me after the bus saying "bye-bye!" He thought his bus had left without him!

When I come home I am now greeted with a sweet "Hi!" and a hug. Of course I still have to sneak out without him knowing when I leave or he gets really upset. But I love coming in to that greeting from him.

Reece is still obsessed with fans. Everything else basically stops when he sees a fan. I was flipping through a magazine and he suddenly tried to pull it out of my hands. I could not get him to stop so I gave the magazine to him to see what he wanted. He brought it over to the table and found the page he had wanted. When I asked, "What are you looking at?" not really expecting an answer, he pointed to the page and said "ban" (fan). Sure enough he had caught site of a little ceiling fan on a picture of the interior of a house! Now he goes through my magazines and his books looking for fans or anything that resembles one. He pointed to a picture of a boat that a character was driving. He said "ban" as he pointed to the steering wheel. I told him it was a steering wheel and not a fan so he promptly grabbed my hand and removed me from the table! Too funny!

Every day this little boy surprises me with something new he has learned or is attempting to do. His new speech confidence is just wonderful and he is trying so hard. This little boy who used to pretty much ignore everyone is now trying to make us laugh, and loves playing with everyone. He even jumps up on his brothers lap to watch sports with him! (Or if his brother is laying on the floor, he sits on his back!) Every day is a new surprise!