Special Needs Gymnastics

Did I mention I love Utah!!!! I love all the opportunities there are for my girls! It's a blessing for me. Roxy has been doing Gymnastics here in Kaysville, and Shay was always asking me if she could do it too. I felt horrible because I knew that she wouldn't be able physically and developmentally to do all the things kids her age do in their class.

So I finally got the nerve up to ask the owner if she would consider doing a class just for kids with special needs. She said YES right away!! I was soooo excited about it, a couple people I know around have came, but I am going to take fliers around. I am so excited about it, Shay and I both smile the whole time. Most things are very hard and frustrating for Shay and it's nice to see her just play and just be happy for the whole 50 minutes!!
Roxy went to Shay's a few times, but she is not paying attention at all in this class. She did her first handstand this time, all by herself!! YAY Roxy!! I will be taking to her own class starting next week. :)

First tooth!

Shay lost her first tooth!! I can't get over it, I think it's sooo cute!!!!

My Shay Shay

I love this little girl!! I am sooo proud of all the hard work she has put in during her short life. Shay is kinda demanding lately, I thought as she got older she would get a little easier and a little more independent. She is getting a little more independent, she can put on her own socks now, her own panties, her pants, her rain boots. She still needs help with everything else. She rarely has to do all that in one setting, she takes a little while and about 5 times prompting just to one of them. :)

Shay is driving me crazy lately, she is obsessed with eating! I have talked with therapist and dieticians, and I am trying new ideas that they are giving me. It seems as though she is starving at all times and no matter how much I feed her she is never satisfied. It has gotten to the point the where I had to buy a baby gate (which the kids pretend they are in prison with, haha). It has been working to keep her out of the kitchen, but not helping with her fits over food. She yells out all the time, "I want to go to WENDY'S" I regret now ever going out to eat, EVER! It has really been affecting our family life at home. I guess it's just another speed bumb we have to get over, I am trying my best and that's all I can do.

I just love looking at her sweet little face though.........