Started ABA therapy. . .

So I have been doing about an hour a day of ABA therapy with Luke since last Friday. It isn't really that hard, but it is time consuming and requires lots of patience. He did start his first official day of therapy with one of his two therapist this past Saturday, Miss Johanne. Things went well with her, so we are very excited and pleased!

His other therapist, Miss Lacy started today and is doing therapy with him as I write. She will be going to his preschool to do his therapy! She will incorporate more of the social stuff, since he will be there with his friends.

We did make the difficult decision to not put Luke in the special ed preschool for their 3 week summer program starting this week. This is because he will be meeting with Ms. Johanne during that time. From the people I have spoken with in the ABA, Autism, and medical community, Luke's top two needs are to be exposed to "typical"children and ABA therapy. So UofL preschool and Ms. Johanne/Ms. Lacy became our priority.

We can already see progress since starting. Luke is a fast learner, so I am looking forward to seeing all the milestones he will be meeting!

So today is my birthday, just remembered that a few days ago. Turned 29 today for the 3rd time! We are going to my moms for dinner tonight to celebrate.

Abigail is doing great. She is saying lots of words now, wa wa for water, signing for milk, da for dog, uh oh, dada, and hi. She also just started giving kisses and blows her nose (she has been doing that for several months now, very odd!). She points when she wants something too! It is so reassuring to see her meet all her milestones at an age appropriate time. Not walking quite yet, but close! She is such a blessing to our family and especially to Luke!