Scott's First Day of School

 Since Scott is now 3 we will no longer have therapists come to our house to play with him.

He will be going to preschool now.

I don't love the idea of my baby leaving me so soon but I'm trying to deal with it.

Here he is before leaving, thinking this is just going to be a normal day.

He was playing Angry Birds.

 Scott has a sixth sense of knowing when something important is about to happen.

He had a melt down right when I stopped the car.

I tried to tell him we were going to School to have fun.

He had melt downs before and during all his testing and appointments.

Maybe he hears my heart starting to race with worry of how he'll react.

Whatever it is, he has not missed an opportunity to throw a fit with every test or appointment. 

 He calmed down and we were able to walk into school.

 He even seemed excited for a little bit.

He is so cute with his back pack.

Such a big boy.

 He had another melt down right before we went into the class room.

The teacher came out and helped me get him in the class room.

But he continued to cry after in there with the toys.

I decided I needed to leave because I knew that I could calm him down, but I also knew that he would start crying again the second I started to leave again.

So teachers stepped in and I made a quick get away.

I stayed outside the door with tears in my eyes waiting for him to stop crying.

Leaving was one of the hardest things I've had to do.

I want so much for Scott to grow up but it seems to happen so slow in some areas (the areas I want him to grow in) and so fast in the other areas (the areas I want to slow down).

 Here he is with his teacher after School.

He was so happy to see me that he had another melt down before we could get into the car.

I think he will love going to school soon, once he learns the rules and we get into the routine of it.

His teachers are really nice and I am confident in their ability to teach him new things.

The goal is to get him ready for Kindergarten in 3 years.

We are going to get more testing done and depending on what we find out we may need to add more to his education plan.

But for now I know that this is what is right for Scott.

Mark and I had a really hard time figuring out where we should live after he finished school.

We only wanted to keep one car and we wanted to try to save money on rent.

We looked into apartments right next to Mark's work right in to center of downtown.

We really wanted to make it work there but we didn't feel good about it.

I remember feeling so over whelmed that I decided to stop looking for a while.

Mark started looking and found the place we are in now.

I never would have looked at this place because it is so far away from Mark's work.

But we live right next to the trax station that Mark takes to work.

I love this area.

But Mark and I have recently realized that Scott may be the reason why we felt good about living this far away.

Jordan School district is one of the best in the state.

Not long after we moved here they contacted us after receiving his info from DDI and wanted to make sure he wasn't lost in the transition.

They worked so hard to get him all the tests he needed to start preschool on time.

He protested a lot but they were so patient and kind in working with us.

We feel so blessed to be here and get Scott the help he needs.

It's nice knowing we are where we are supposed to be.