Pumpkins and Doctors

We've had a lot of both lately.

First, lots and lots of pumpkins at Berry Patch Farms. We went there on Saturday with my mom, Ceylese, her mom, Brad, Mackenzie and Blake. It was a perfect fall day and the sun was shining. Good times. We did Burt's Farm last year and I guess the feedback is that we'd rather go back to Burt's next year, but Berry Patch was just fine for this year. And who am I kidding, Kaitlyn and Nicole had absolutely no idea what was going on. They just enjoy running around outside. I'll have photos to post tomorrow hopefully (have to get them off the camera).

Second, the doctors. As I mentioned, we were advised to see both an orthapedist for Kaitlyn's funny walking and a speech therapy exam for both girls not talking. Kaitlyn's walking appt was Friday. What a disaster. Apparently they have 3 Atlanta office locations and I showed up at the wrong one, thus missing my appt with the correct doctor. Nice of them to tell me that there are three offices and that I made my appt for the one in Roswell. Why would a family in Mableton want to drive all the way to Roswell for an appt? I would have if this was "the guy" to see obviously, but they need to tell me that. Anyway, so at the office I thought I was supposed to be at, they were able to get me an appt later in the day...TWO HOURS later. So, we missed afternoon nap because of the mix up and I now had two hours to kill. Whatever.

Anyway, Kaitlyn is fine. They think that she'll grow out of this. He said plenty of first time walkers walk funny because they don't know the difference. Eventually they figure it out. Good news.

And then, the speech evaluation is set for a week from today. Again, I'm hoping that it turns out to be nothing. I know two people with children with autism. From what I gather from their stories and having read up on autism, I'd really be surprised if that's the diagnosis. Anything is possible though and we'll face that challenge if that's what it is. It could be aprexia (sp?) which is a fancy word for severe speech delay. I have no idea what a diagnosis like that means for them? Therapy, just read to them more, talk to them all the time??? No clue. Or it could be that they're just taking their time. Nicole is actually coming around, and I'm even seeing encouraging signs from Kaitlyn. After all, they both babble constantly. It just doesn't come out as purposeful words. We'll see.