Kaden's IEP results

Today we had Kaden's IEP (Individula Education Plan) at the local elementary school.  It was by far the best meeting I've delt with so far with all of the testing we've done with Kaden.  We sat down with the speech therapist, psychologist, special ed preaschool teachers and went over all of the test results.  In the areas where his autisim is affected him he was low, but there were some areas where he was right where a child his age should be.  The end results of all of it are that he will be going to a special Summer School program starting up next month and then will start his special preschool class in the fall!  They have set some amazing goals for him, speech, writing, counting, social interaction, ect. where he will be able to have things to work towards.  The nice thing is they have it set up in 3 incriments of how to reach the ultimate goal for each area.  This meeting was amazing.  I came away feeling so hopeful and like we're finally getting somewhere with some of his needs.  And the ultimate goal for all of this is to have in intergrate into a regular kindergarten class in 2010!

Dedication to the USS Nimitz

Yesterday Jay's ship had a very tragic accident happen.  A helocopter doing a training exercise crashed while they have been out at sea.  The crew of 5 tragically have died.  They have recovered 3 of the sailor's bodies and are still searching for the other 2.  My thoughts and prayers are with the crew of the USS Nimitz during this hard time.  I know it has affected Jay's entire ship, especially the captian.  Jay's captian deeply cares for the safety and well being of his crew and so I know this will have hit him hard.  Here is the link to the news story about this tragic event: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520778,00.html

BBQ with friends

Last night I threw a BBQ and it was a blast.  A few months back I was invited to join an amazing site for Navy wives and did.  It has become my support system and link to sanity when Jay is gone.  While family can be a support system these amazing ladies are a support system.  They know what its like to go through deployments and the sometimes uncertainy that comes with having a spouse in the Navy.  So after much encouragement from Jay I invited all of the San Diego ladies to our place for a BBQ, which took place last night.  It was so much fun.  Kids were everywhere and the gals were so much fun to get to know better.  Many of us have husbands on the same ship and so we go through the "joys" of being alone at the same time.  After meeting these fantastic women I am not even sure how I found the strength to make it through 2 previous deployments alone, and yes family I do mean alone.  And being part of this new network of friends has suddenly opened up so many opportunities for me to (heaven forbid) get out of the house.  I think my next few weekends are filled with BBQ's, baby showers and birthday parties.  So if I suddenly have a life, this is why.