Random musings of a crazy week!

• Yesterday was our last pool day b/c school is starting and for 6 months now we have been trying to teach Harmon to say his name at pool and at gym. HE NEVER HAS! Yesterday they ask him, "what's your name" and he answered happily: Miriam... I was thrilled b/c at least he finally said something and my nanny was honored but than when I said "no silly Harmon what is your name?" He did it, he yelled "Harmon"!
• Harmon had his final IEP today for entry into the schools. I am just thrilled b/c he is getting all the services we were hoping he would get (but worried he wouldn't b/c the schools here are short on money and chintzy on services). I love his new teacher, she is really neat and we mix well!
• I hate saying goodbye. This week has been a lot of goodbyes to Harmon's Early Intervention team. While this is a good thing in a lot of ways, we will miss all the people we have grown to love so much.
• Harmon struggles w/basic speech very badly but HE LOVES music... today we were listening to Brandon Flower's Crossfire on the radio (and since he is my favorite we listen to that song a lot) well, the boy who can't say his name or put together 2 word phrases was humming to the chorus and I can swear he kept trying to say "lay your body down, lay your body down, lay your body down". Chris thinks I need to listen to more Etsy Bitsy Spider and less Killers and Gaga after this.

• We still don't know the latest with Rachel, we have an evaluation tomorrow. I hate this b/c I see her as my amazing girl, not someone who has something wrong. But today someone mentioned that a lot of the great athletes have hypertonia... so maybe this is actually a good thing when she is captain of the Texas Longhorn Cheerleading Squad!
• She is driving me crazy these days... she loves putting things in her mouth. So far we have found her trying to eat: kitty litter, a roach, rocks, dog food, and her latest favorite sidewalk chalk. When she gets older and we ask her date where he is taking her to dinner we will have to tell him her food preferences ;)
• My little girl is so smart. All my kids are smart of course but there is something so unique about her... she is gung ho about life.

• I think Cally is ready for the bath tub. He loves the water! Perhaps too much... he splashes water ALL OVER the kitchen floor. I had to change clothes yesterday morning b/c I was covered in water.
• Callum is catching up beautifully on his delays. Everyone keeps telling me what amazing progress he is making!!!! And he is :)
• His latest development has been his war cry... he screeches anytime one of the other kids tries to steal a toy and flaps his arms up and down in the air like a bird. It makes you laugh. Cally is so laid back but against those two crazies he calls brother and sister he is learning to hold his own.

• One day when we are retired I want to live on a boat. Hearing about building houses all day and all night is making me truly hate houses. Work, should stay in an office but w/my husband work has become our 4th child. I wonder if we could write it off as a dependent?
• I've been slowly getting in a lot of pain. I hope it is only a slipped disk again causing nerve problems b/c sometimes I don't think Heavenly Father gets the memo: Mom's don't get sick leave.
• It was funny b/c today I was talking to our nanny who has truly become a dear friend and we were talking how in life the challenges never cease, drama llama's invade, problem's arise, etc. but you just have to look at the positive. For me the positive is TGIF b/c Saturday I'm sleeping in... but seriously for every bad there is tons of good!