Phoenix

Phoenix turned 3 in July! He is not really too interested in Potty Training, he will occasionally tell us he needs to go pee-pee or poo-poo, but nothing consistent. Right now in "school" we are working on Pre-Writing Skills, ABC's, some letter recognition, and his reward at the end is getting to cut a piece of paper! He goes to Speech Therapy on Monday and Wednesday and Physical Therapy on Wednesday. He LOVES his therapists, Mrs. Katie (PT) has been with him since he started in 2010, he has been with Nicole (ST) since May of 2011. He barely qualifies for PT but we want to leave him in it as long as he needs it. His speech is REALLY taking off! Some days we can understand 90% of what he says. Other days, not so much; but that is pretty characteristic of Apraxia. We all love to listen to him talk and tell us stories, he has learned to compensate with lots of hand gestures and dramatics. He is the sweetest thing, he loves to cuddle and kiss. He also adores babies! I'm pretty sure "Baby Wy-wy" is his favorite person in the world and he loves to hug and kiss Baby Gwen. I have to watch him around babies in public, people aren't typically crazy about a 3 year old touching and kissing their baby! This year he is starting dance with his sisters! He and Violet will be in the same class and will be learning Tap, Ballet and Gymnastics. He's growing up so fast, so I really love that he will climb in my lap and say, "Hold me baby" (hold me like a baby) or wrap his arms around my neck at naptime and say "Kiss momma." He really is our Sweet, Baby Boy!