The Maggiore Minutes

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Hallelujah Harvest 2009

Fairy Princess Anna and Cinderella Erin

Our friends from Small Group's children

The cousins!

Anna and Blake had the right idea!

Anna wanted to eat everything they gave her...save some for mommy!

Getting the hang of it very quickly!

We attended our annual Hallelujah Harvest on Sunday night. The girls were both princesses! They had a great time collecting candy and then they joined daddy at his "trunk" to help distribute candy. As always, it was a blast!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Countdown and Lockdown

We have begun the countdown - yeah! Anna's palate surgery is scheduled for first thing Thursday morning, and it's so nice to finally be at this point in time. We've decided to put Anna in full lockdown mode this week which means she isn't going anywhere! We want her to be healthy on Thursday and with the outbreak of the flu running rampid we aren't taking any chances. Please continue to pray with us for her perfect health for Thursday. We also ask for your prayers concerning her recovery being quick and as painless as it can be. Our biggest heart's desire is that within a few weeks after surgery we will see a major improvement in her speech. If she does this, they will not "label" her with apraxia and attribute the delay to overall low muscle tone, palate issues and related to her VCFS - all things that can be overcome in a shorter time frame. Thank you all for your continued care and concern for us as we jump over this next hurdle! We can't wait to rejoice with all of you on what's on the other side!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Anna's First Field Trip

Anna and I attended her first official field trip with the Early Intervention Program yesterday. They invited us to go along with other families enrolled in the program to the Pumpkin Patch. Since Anna loved the Hunt Club so much, I couldn't pass up this opportunity to go to Taylor Farm. We had a fun time together looking at the animals, taking a hayride and picking out another pumpkin! She really enjoys being outside and surrounded by animals and she is so fascinated with pumpkins!

Doctors Orders

Anna's therapist wants her to do exercises that bring attention to her mouth. One of the suggestions was giving her thick liquids to drink through straws, like a milkshake. So Anna thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of training, and big sister got in on the action too!

Monday, October 12, 2009

NO MAMA....

Today during speech therapy Anna said her first recognizable 2 word phrase...NO MAMA! Well, we're happy she put 2 words together, but did it have to be no mama? I guess I'll be hearing a lot of this in the months to come! We are very excited at this progress though and think the excitement outweighs the actual content!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Cute, but certainly not Inncocent

Reading her new favorite book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Anna was playing rather well independently yesterday....the playroom showed why. Yes, that cute little girl, made all that mess by herself! No wonder it was so quiet!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Pumpkin' Patchin' and Bus Ridin'

Erin had her first Kindergarten field trip today, which meant her first ride on the school bus. Appears she really liked it! We went to Hunt Club and the kids did the hay ride, petting zoo, snack and pumpkin picking. A beautiful morning with lots of photo opportunities!