Update, part 3

So, here's the story with Roan... he has grown and changed so much! Probably the biggest change in Roan is his speech. He's been in speech therapy twice a week since August 2008. At that time, his intelligibility to an unfamiliar listener was just 5%. Today, his intelligibility is 93%! That's remarkable progress, and we're so proud of him! His therapist is astounded at how fast he is coming along. Huge thanks to Kelli Hawk, his therapist at Children's Mercy.

The other major change... he's finally over his dress phase. Thank GOD! He has given up the Snow White and Belle dresses, and just the other day, I threw away (secretly) the princess dress. This is so huge for us! He does prefer nightshirts to PJs, so my mom made some boy sleep shirts in boy-ish fabrics, and it works great. He's still very attached to me, but that gets better each day, too.

We recently got a new swingset. We already had what the kids call their "tree house" that is a multi-level structure with a swing, a rope and a slide. We added this new swingset to the "tree house"; it has 2 standard swings, a monkey bar and... A TIRE SWING! You'd think this tire swing was coated in gold. They love it!

There are a couple things on Roan's wish list right now... he desperately wants a dog and he really wants to take piano lessons. I'm keeping my eye out for the "perfect" dog. He's a big young for piano lessons right now... all in good time.