Kelcy's Update

April 19th through May 27th

Kelcy had a rough couple of weeks during this time period. She had what turned out to be a really bad virus which lasted three weeks. She would get better and then worse again. She ended up at the doctor one day and then two days later in the ER getting IV fluids. She finally got better! She celebrated Abby's birthday and received some gifts of her own from our friends and family. Thank you all for remembering her! She really appreciated it! Kelcy was very brave at the ER and told Abby when she saw her that it hurt, but not too much. Miss Springer is teaching Kelcy to write her name pretty well and to write some other letters and number. Kelcy still goes to class one day a week and she loves it! She is so proud to show me her work when the day is over.

Kelcy enjoyed the work group from Murray Christian Fellowship as well. Stephanie and Andrea had another big fan! She loved all of the girls!

Kelcy is getting very sophisticated in her imaginary play, assuming all kinds of roles and writing in roles for me. It is so cute to hear the girls say that Barbie is going back to her hogan (instead of house). They have an all new vocabulary of "dust storms", "hogans" and the Navajo words that they have learned.

Kelcy loves to sing and she is getting really good at it. Some of her favorites are: "God of Wonders", "Above All", "Here I Am to Worship", and of course "Wheels on the Bus.". She learned to use Jerry's Ipod touch really quickly and picks out music using the menu (of course she can't read, so she uses the pictures).

Kelcy is so funny. Some of the things she says are just hilarious. She is just like her Daddy in a lot of ways. Miss Springer says that Abby looks like Jerry, but has my personality and that Kelcy looks like me but has Jerry's personality. She walks to the beat of her own drum. She seldom lets what other people say or do influence what she is doing. She told me the other day "It doesn't bother me when other kids don't want to play with me." This is because while Abby and Jessica were together, ocassionally one of the two would come to me and say "No one will play with me." Kelcy was looking at the situation and saying "What's the big deal? Go play by yourself". Big concept for a three year old!

I could also mention that Kelcy has begun to discover the power of words. She hears words that she knows that we don't approved of and likes to say them by saying "_______, that is not a nice word." Thankfully, they are not REALLY bad words yet. Just things like "fart" (as opposed to passing gas), "stupid-head" (thank you, Lilo and Stitch movie), and butt (instead of bottom, which I prefer).