Well everyone, it’s no secret that it’s been quite some time since I’ve been on here to blog.. Unfortunately Rowie is at the age now where she HATES me to sit at the computer desk because that means “Mommy isn’t paying 100% of her attention to me?!?” LoL –Sooo, I’ve been rather M.I.A. from my blog, facebook, twitter, email, etc.  However out of ALL of the computer things listed above, this blog is the absolute most near & dear to my heart.  Earlier today I went back & read posts from SO long ago!  Things that I’d forgotten I’d been through & typed for all to read!    So I REALLY want to get back into this & continue to share the story of the little amazing babygirl named Rowan Elizabeth with Hydrocephalus, CP, & Epilepsy from Pennsylvania.

But where to begin?!  Well, it’s May 21st 2011 today – my last post was back in 2010 so theres A LOT of catching up to do! 

Rowan turned 3years old on April Fools Day (2011) & in turning 3years, in the state of PA children get moved from the “Early Intervention Program” of  “Therapy” to what’s called “The Intermediate Unit”.. But as I’ve come to realize these past few weeks there are A LOT of differences between the 2 programs… Where Early Intervention was more focused on “Health-Based Therapy”, the Intermediate Unit is more “Learning-Based Therapy”..  Not an easy thing for me to put into words right now, & not saying it’s better or worse in any way.. just different…

The last time I would have posted Rowan’s speech would have been VERY limited.. I believe back then the extent of her speech was “Da Da” , etc. VERY baby-ish talk.. & Don’t get me wrong, she’s STILL speaking quite “baby-ish”, don’t forget she has an EXTREME amount of brain damage! BUT – she can now say “Daddy”, “Mommy”, “Anthony” <–her big brother!, “I love ya!”, “Yeah”, “Hey” & “No”.  The “I love ya” is EXTREMELY recent, like, 3-4 days ago she kept kicking her brother while he was down on the floor playing a video game, & she’s kicking him & saying “Hey! Hey!” & when he’d look at her she’d say “I LOVE YA!” OMGoodness! SOOO freakin cute! BUT, so far the ONLY person she’ll say it to IS her brother! LoL I think she KNOWS how badly I want her to say it to me so she’s kind of… messing with me in a way maybe!  Doesn’t change the fact that she can say it now, CLEAR as can be, & conciously knows WHO she’s saying it to. Do you know what I mean?

So THAT’S definately a great and positive update! 

UNFORTUNATELY she is awaking from her nap now so I’m going to tend to her & hopefully either tonight when she gets to bed or during TOMORROW’S nap I’ll get to ADD ON to this for a nice, long, updated post!! 

Thank you all for your kind comments, emails, tweets, (etc.) & for not forgetting about my family & I during my lil period of “computer down time” that I was sort-of, FORCED to take! LoL !  I love all of you & hope to blog AT LEAST 3X a week from now on like I used to!!  Wish me luck!