So Very Proud

Wes and I always hear about the free developmental screenings offered through the Children's Resource Center. They say it is a good idea to do one before a child turns two. They test all sorts of skills, their hearing, their vision and other aspects of their development. Well we decided that since we don't have Kassi around many other little kids and we aren't around very many others that are her age to "compare" where she is at that it would be good to schedule one of these. So on Thursday night they came to our home and tested Kassi on a multitude of things, her imagination, cognitive skills, attention span, physical abilities, fine motor skills, hearing and many others. They were at our house for right at an hour. I was not sure that she would stay interested for very long and was really curious to see how she would react to three complete strangers asking her questions and telling her to do things. She did so great! Through the screening they kept saying "wow she is really smart. "


They called back today with all of the results, but the vision which will be reviewed by the University of Wyoming and the results mailed to us. As for the other results they said there are three levels that children score, I don't remember exactly what each of the levels was called, but Kassi scored the highest she could in every single thing!!!! We are so very proud of her. They said it was real joy to this screening because she did so well and actually completed everything and completed it correctly. Apparently not many kids make it through everything. Wes watched all of the things they did as I filled out paperwork and he said that at one point one of the ladies doing the testing said that there are 3 and 4 year olds that cannot complete the one test that she just flew through.


We also discussed what interaction she does have with children her own age, and I did tell them that it is very minimal. It was suggested that grandma start taking her to a toddler time at the library. I said that she had taken her in the past and it did not go very well. Kassi was very outgoing and social and trying to share and get the other kids to play with her and they all just backed away from her and wouldn't really play with her. After discussing this they said that they could see that happening since she is big for her age and a little further ahead than some children her age, so they suggested that we look more at taking her to groups for children ages 3-5 instead of toddler groups.


We are so very proud of our beautiful Kassi Ann. It makes a parent feel really good to know we are doing something right! I also know that we owe a lot to Grandma (LuAnn) for everything she does with Kassi during the day and of course some of it I'm sure is genetic so we have Kassi's birth mother to thank as well. Of course we thank her everyday for the decision she made the wonderful gift that she gave us, the gift of a beautiful baby girl and the chance to be parents!!

So Proud

I am so proud of Kassi. Last night we had a lot of errands to run so we left the house at 4:00 p.m. First stop bank number one, second stop bank number two (I know that seems weird but there is a reason for two banks), next stop Walmart. After Walmart we headed to see the antelope Bryan got that afternoon, then to a restaurant for supper (that's our treat on errand/pay days), after supper one last store, then stop to deliver a birthday present to one of Kassi's friends, finally home by 8:00 p.m. So during this entire time Kassi stayed dry and asked to use the potty when she needed to. Amongst all the commotion and change to our normal routine she did so good. I am very proud of my "big girl" as she corrected me the other day that she is not a baby, but a "big girl now".

Potty Training

Well I think we can say we have officially actually started potty training. Kassi has had a potty since she was a year old she has used it some, and we haven't really made an issue out of it as we knew she wasn't able to really hold it. Well she is now able to hold it some so over the last week or so we have been in potty training mode. We got a DVD from pull ups that has potty songs on it and she loves to listen to them, I think they have helped.

Now in the evenings she wears panties for about 4 hours with no accidents and goes in and uses the potty consistently. During the day when things are a little busier she is still using pull ups, but yesterday she didn't have any accidents from about 3;00 until bed time. This is big because we even went to a friends house and she stayed dry while there and used the potty as soon as we got home. Only one dilemma she still does not do this consistently for Grandma or Daddy. She now uses the potty for Grandpa, of course he bribes her with jelly beans! O-well still not even two yet and they say it takes an average of eight months to get fully potty trained. So we will continue on!

Fun Trip

I planned a surprise trip for Wes, to the Big Horns for a couple of days. We took out a Polaris RZR for the day on Friday. We had a lot of fun. Did miss baby girl though.
During our venture on the RZR we took some really great trails and one that I would not ever recommend anyone going on. How we made it up and then back down I am not sure. Needless to say I got fired from ever getting to pick the trails we take again. I wanted to go up to this mine that was listed on the map. Well after several miles of horrible terrain, large rocks, narrow trail and slow going we got there and they had signs posted all over saying the area was closed and we couldn't even get back into where the mine was.
We ended up putting 70 miles on the RZR and saw a lot of really neat country. The owner of the resort said the average usage of them in one day is only 30 miles. I think we will probably make this an annual trip for a couple of years, but have a feeling that Wes may start liquidating the dirt bikes to come up with the funds to buy one of these news toys.

Us at Duncan Lake

Trail going to Granite Pass

On top of trail headed to Granite Pass Road.

The RZR

So, how did this log get here?

This deer walked right up to us.

Up near the top where the mine is.