We have now had Mia for 10 months!! And she is great! Mia L-O-V-E-S pre-school. She gets so excited every day to go. She is making friends and learning so much. The school does a developmental screening on the kids and she failed her language screen (identifying different objects by name... shocking I know! LOL!) and her gross motor screen, which we were also no surprised by. She is a klutz, so they will be bringing PT into school to work with her. I would be a klutz too, if I couldn't run for almost 4 years! The theme with Mia for the last 2 month has been "testing". If I scream and cry in the middle of the mall because I want a dress and not a jacket, what will you do? If I refuse to answer you when you talk to me, what will happen? It doesn't happen all day long and I just try to remain positive, if she didn't trust us or was comfortable in our home, she wouldn't do it, so I guess we all just get those pats on the back for making her feel truly a part of the family. As for her health, not the best news, but we knew it was going to be a long road for her back in January. She was starting to have blue spells late summer. When we went to Children's for our follow up, they could see a blockage in her heart, close to where the shunt was placed. She will go in on Tues 10/25 for a heart cath and we have our finger's crossed that they can balloon it open then. Either way, it looks like she will be having another open heart procedure in the next few months, because they need to move on with repairs to her heart, small and steady steps to repair her heart... complete repair is still unknown. She attended her first wedding and got a "princess dress", her words, for the occasion. She had a blast and loved the entire weekend away! Congrats again to Andrew and Bettina!
Jacob is doing well. 6th grade now and is doing very well this year in school. He is finally taking his homework responsibilities seriously , which makes for more pleasant evenings in the Vogel house! He turned 12 on October 10th, which was celebrated in Philadelphia! He had a nice day and got a Foosball table when we returned home. He plays a lot with his Dad!
If you remember last year for Logan in school was hellatious! This year is wonderful. He was diagnosed in May with Dyslexia and with the correct supports he is doing so well this year in 4th grade. No more tears, no more faking sick... he actually enjoys school for the first time since Kindergarten! Logan has also joined Scouts and he really enjoys the activities through Scouts as well.
Puppy Jack is growing so big, but is a great dog. Completely trained at 4 months and knows basic commands. He is also quite snuggly and spoiled! We are not sure how long he will believe that he is a lap dog, because it won't last much longer!
Matt and I are the same... some work, some play, just trying to survive the kids and all that they bring daily.
I will keep everyone updated with Mia's health.
