We started our Fall semester of Music Together. Miguel loves his music class and he thinks Miss Jeanie is really fun! This semester is the Bongo semester, so Miguel really likes banging on the drums, the rhythms and the beats of the music.

We had a couple of play dates as well...one was at a good friend's house with lots of toddlers running around and the other was at the Galleria, where we played with friends, shopped at Lush (my new obsession), and had lunch at The Corner Bakery (yum!). Miguel was fearless in the playarea. He was not intimidated by the soft climbing structures and slid down all the slides on his belly. He is quite the climber!

ECI update: Miguel was evaluated by ECI a few weeks ago, and the verdict is his motor (fine and gross) development is on par with a 24-27 month old. Good news since he will be 20 months in 3 days. His speech is slightly delayed by 2-3 months, so he qualified for speech and adaptive therapy. The speech therapy is once a month and the adaptive therapy is twice a month. I am a little baffled by the adaptive therapy because some of the questions the therapists were asking if Miguel was able to do seemed more on par with much older child. For example, can he dress himself? Um, he is 19 months old. He can push his arms through shirt sleeves, but can't pull up his pants or pull a shirt over his head.

We had our adaptive therapy session today, and I am not quite sure what it is all about because everything the therapist asked me if Miguel could/would do was he does. Does he like to play with sand? Yes. Walk on grass? Yes. Paint with his hands? Yes. Color with crayons? Yes. Climb? Yes, as he climbed on and off of his new rocking horse. Imaginative play? Yes. Try to put on his shoes? Yes. You get the point. As far as his speech goes, he is saying quite a bit...mama, dada, uh oh, go go, dog, bee, buzz, meow, door, tigers (as in Geaux Tigers!), no, roll, moon, and he signs "more."  So, all that to say I think Miguelito is quickly gaining pace with his speech, so I am not sure how much longer we will qualify for ECI services.

Baton Rouge update: Electricity is back on at my parent's home and my brother's home. They are very fortunate because most of BR is still in the dark and some people will wait for close to 3 weeks before their electricity is restored. Trees still block major streets and most businesses remain closed. It will be awhile before life returns to normal in BR.

Miguelito thought the little girl popping out of the tunnel was hysterical!

Hey, Mommy, look at me! I'm climbing on a snake!