Benjamin is now 18m, and is the light of our lives. He weighs in at 28lbs, and is 31.5in long. The nurse thought he might have recorded him wrong at his 15m appt, because he commented it seemed like Benjamin had grown a whole inch!
He is doing well, but he is behind verbally. He doesn't say but 3 words, and cannot put 2 word sentences together. Some of it is because he is a boy, and boys tend to lag behind in speech anyway. But still, we want to have him evaluated by a speech therapist, and then go from there. We are hoping to be able to get Babies Can't Wait, as we can probably not afford speech therapy through our insurance. Hopefully it will just be a case to where they say he is fine, and give us some exercises to work with him on. Praying he really doesn't need true therapy, but if he does then God will work it out.
Everything else he was doing GREAT in! He is on track with all the other milestones, and passed his autism screening.
He LOVES to climb, we cannot keep him off things. He worries us because he likes to stand up, and we are afraid of him falling backwards and slamming his head. We have to keep a close eye on him constantly, but we wouldn't want it any other way. :) He hasn't tried to climb out his crib yet, THANKFULLY, so we are still good there. He will probably be moved into a toddler bed later on this year.
He also loves to "read" books, though he still doesn't have much patience with being read too, lol. His favorite time of day is when his daddy comes home. He will stand at the door and dance until Jeremiah walks in when I tell him that Daddy is home.
We are currently praying about whether or not to move. Our leasing office worked with us on the rent increase, but we are still maybe thinking about renting a house. We will know more on Monday after we look at it. However, here in our apartment everything is electric, and should we move to a house we would also have gas to contend with. Not to mention being further away from family.
Joelle's migraines are beginning to improve, thanks to the Lyrica. She has seen a naturalistic doctor, and has some ideas of how to maybe help heal her body from all the meds she takes (or has taken). She has two different diets to follow, and some other regiments as well. This past week was not a good week because of her cycle. We also experienced an early loss this month (called a chemical PG). To be honest, Joelle was devastated. But we know that God does have a plan for our lives, and God is good, all the time. Even when we cannot seem to understand why we suffer loss, He is still good.
We worry that even though Joelle's migraines are getting better, she still has bad days. And it is easy for her family to come and get her, since we live so close. If we move to Griffin, it will be much harder for them to help her. Just another reason as to why we need His wisdom in this situation.
Jeremiah is still very much looking forward to fall! And hoping that this year we actually get a winter, so that the bugs will DIE DIE DIE! Last year was so mild that the bugs just kept breeding, and he has had issues since March, maybe even early February.
Jeremiah's father is coming in from China in October, it will be his first time meeting Benjamin. We are very excited to see him again, and for Benjamin to meet him. He is already buying presents. :)
And now some pics:
Eating nanners like a big boy!
Yes, his eyes are closed in most of these. He loves getting his picture taken, but always blinks!
Well, I guess that is about all we have to say! Hopefully the next update won't be so long in coming. :)
