Ella, Dreams, and My Obsession with Blogs.

Okay, first off, Ella. Yesterday we went into Children's for the long awaited Physio and OT appointment. Ben was quite positive but then again, Ben doesn't go in regularly with Ella and our therapists are so nice, that the average person would be quite encouraged even if they said that she would never walk...which is not the case but you see what I am saying. What they did say, was that this lull in development appears to be a motor planning issue...which has nothing to do with Down Syndrome. So the glass-half-full person would say well that is great that it has nothing to do with Down Syndrome. Being the glass-half-empty person that I am, I say, "Oh great, something else she has to work against." So what is motor planning? Well, it is basically coordination. Do you know how some people are coordinated and can watch somebody do something, like areobics, and pick it up with no problem? And then others fumble around a basic sway and clap motion? That's motor planning. So any of you that know me, can see why this would bother me. I am a dancer- this has never been an issue. Yet another challenge for not just Ella but myself because what Ella needs is to have someone break it down for her and explain it. "Plan out the motion". I accept the challenge, I embrace it, but I do wish she didn't have just another hurdle to conquer. On the up side, although, not speech therapists, they were very impressed with Ella's speech. She is quite conversational even though most of her sentances consist of "tseh" and "dah". But she speaks in turn and today (drum roll please...) she did her first sign all by herself. Of course it was "more". GO ELLA!
Next, dreams. It is no secret that at some point Ben is going to do his Masters. So, much of our driving time is spent speculating on where this might take us....which leads me to My Obsession with Blogs. Obviously, if he goes somewhere cool (not U of A or UBC) I would obviously, totally blog about our adventures and blogger, I am sorry to say, as it stands independantly, is not going to cut it. I will also need to condense my portfolio to maybe say 2 blogs instead of 3, which I have now, or 4 if I started a new one just for the occassion which, might I add, will be called Life as a Musicians Wife. It sounds lame but if you heard us talk and dream about the possibilities you would understand how spectacular it could be. I need Photographic capacities which I maxamize on Wordpress, but there is something about blogger that I like. Stay tuned....who knows what life will bring.