Rain Rain everywhere

Well, for the better part of the last 4 weeks we have been getting rained on here in Houston. It seems like forever since I have seen two days go by without any rain. It really sucks. But, that is the price of living in a city that used to be a swamp.

The good news, it did not rain on the Fourth of July or fathers day. That means Laura got to go swimming both days. Now the fourth of July swimming was really cold. It had been raining for three weeks at that point. But she still splashed and floated around quiet happily for a couple of hours.

But still, I am starting to feel like we are all walking around in a permanent pruney state from all of the water. The rain sure beats the heat and humidity that we normally get.

Through all of it, Laura is just as happy as she always is. As long as someone plays with her is paying attention to her, she does not care what is going on with the rest of the world.

That is not entirely true. Laura has a new teacher at school. She does not know the teacher yet so she gets clingy and cries when mommy drops her off each morning. We know this is just a stage she is going through, but it is still tough to walk away from our crying daughter.

We meet with the lady that will be Laura's new teacher at The Rise School next week. The meeting should be about an hour. I think it is mostly to discuss where Laura is currently at, and what we would like for her to accomplish in the next year.

We are having a hard time with this. We know The Rise School is the best place for Laura, but she will not be right down the hall from Tara anymore. We cannot just pop in and see her when we want to. This is going to be rough. But, this is what is best for Laura. And that is what we want. I am not looking forward to this.

Overall, Laura's therapist's think she is doing well. She is still not crawling, but at this point it is by her choice. She can easily hold herself up on all fours and rock (she is really quite good at it). She is getting to the point where she can stand without you having to be ready to catch her. She can hold herself up. Her therapists do want her to crawl before she walks. I am not sure if Laura agrees with this. Time will tell.

The Down Syndrome Association of Houston (http://www.dsah.org/) has scheduled their Buddy Walk for this year. It will be Saturday November 6th at Jones plaza. Laura will once again have a team. Her team is Laura's Lions. The walk is free for anyone and everyone who wants to come out, just register first so there is a record of who came out. We look forward to seeing you there. Here is hoping we can raise a ton of money for at free event.