Well, Keith and I have some pretty exciting news that I hope to be sharing on here shortly! But for now, I will talk about all the other happenings around the Becker household. Bradyn is doing well in school so far. We enrolled him in an afterschool imagination class where they children get to dress up, "go" different places, and make up all kinds of stories. Bradyn has a wild imagination, and Mommy can always use an extra hour on Mondays, so this sounded like a good fit for him (us). I think he is really enjoying it. This year has been interesting so far; Bradyn is actually having homework. I'm getting a small taste of what it's going to be like next year having to pull teeth to get homework done. Exhausting. Ha ha ha.

I have a meeting with the speech therapist at one of the elementary schools tomorrow to determine how often Bradyn is going to be receiving speech therapy. I couldn't believe he actually qualified! For the school to be able to help a child out, there has to be a disability that significantly affects his ability to learn. Well, that clearly isn't necessarily the case. He does have a problem with his speech, but he is SO SMART, so I thought we would be turned down. Well, it turns out, after testing, Bradyn scored a 120 in the comprehension part. The speech therapist said a "normal" score is between 70-100, most children his age are around 100. He scored a 120!!!! Wow! He scored a 119 on the language part... which basically means he has the vocabulary of a 6 year old.... ya, and he's not even 5 yet! In the articulation part, he had 29 errors (out of I-don't-know-how-many), which is not actually low enough to be considered impaired, but the speech therapist has still recommended speech therapy for him on a walk-in basis. The reason for that is: she said in trying to have a conversation with him, he is "unintelligible." It hurt to hear someone say that about my baby, but it's true. And it doesn't mean he's not intelligent, it means: "Being such that understanding or comprehension is difficult or impossible; incomprehensible" which YES! that hits the nail on the head. I'm going to have a meeting with the therapist and a few other people tomorrow to discuss how often and for how long Bradyn will get help (per week I guess?)

Well, it's getting late, so I'm going to get ready for bed.