Speech

Last week Asher had his first speech therapy appointment.  I was a little nervous because I wasn't sure what to expect, but the girl that comes over is very nice and I knew she'd be good for Asher.  As soon as she walked in, Asher immediately sat on the rug and kept telling us to sit.  I guess he was excited!  It was interesting to see how she handled getting Asher to speak.  There was a lot of repeating words and trying to get Asher to at least attempt to say it.  Asher was surprisingly cooperative and did his best to say the words.  It's hard to watch him struggle, but he's doing so well!  He did really good at matching colors and picked up on the few signs she was trying to teach him.  I have been curious about learning a little sign language, so it's been kind of fun for me to help Asher learn signs!  So far I know help, please, again, all done, more, mother, and father.  Asher doesn't do the sign unless I make him, but I do see how much it encourages him to talk.  His next appointment isn't for 2 more weeks because it's really up to the parents to work with the kids.  It is tedious, but I know it will be worth it in the end.

After speech therapy we went up to Rexburg!  We were going to pick something up, but that didn't really pan out...so instead we just had a 2 day long party!  We had cousin time, played lots of games, let grandpa babysit, went sledding, and much more!  It was a great weekend!

Waiting for Grandma to get home...

My dad babysat Asher while I went to visit my Grandma.  We came back (at 9:30...) and Asher looked very taken care of!