Brooklyn Coy Terry

Our sweet little girl was born April 4, 2013 at 9:55am. 8 pounds even and 20 inches long. Will post pic later. We are home now and adjusting to our new family. She is so cute and sweet. I have written numerous posts and not published them. Someday soon I will write about our new life. In December Everett was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We have spent every minute since then doing evals, second opinions, dr.s appointments and now therapy. We have been busy, my thoughts have been all over the place. I blogged a lot but never had the guts to post my inner most thoughts. I do want to write about it because I think someday Everett will want to know everything he accomplished and how far he has come. He is expected to go to regular kindergarten and hopefully beat the social issues. We are starting special pre school on Monday April 8th. So what an adventure of adjusting to a baby sister and being away from home everyday. He has never not been with one of us, this is going to be hard. I want to use my blog as a log to jot down all of his little victories. That is what I focus on these days. The small victories. Like he may have thrown a fit having to wear a shirt with a collar on Sunday, but he stayed in his own chair with the other kids almost the whole time and only asked repeatedly to go home the last 20 minutes. I try to find those things rather than focusing on the why is everyone else's kid singing and enjoying themselves and my kid is playing with a screw on the chair and has no clue what is happening. We have had lots of little victories and expect many more. Luckily he has a very mild form that the second opinion is that he is too young and not enough symptoms to be labeled autistic. However, he does need help socializing and to break his rigid habits. SO the school is diagnosing him with autistic behaviors. Thank goodness our doctor diagnosed him with autism though, because we have been able to do so much therapy we otherwise would not have qualified for. More to come, time to nurse again. This girl just wants to eat. Her middle name is pronounced like the coi fish. Her middle name is my mother's middle name. However, my mother goes by that as her first name. I want Brooklyn to be a hard worker like my mom. She never rests, she is a wonderful mother and grandmother. I hope to pass on that legacy to Brooklyn and have her know why her name is so important to me.