And More Good-Bye's

This morning Elizabeth came with Jane, Janine & Carrie. Raquel did pretty good on her assessment tests - much better than I thought she would - and everyone was very encouraged by that. She was stacking and coloring, of course, briefly, but was doing really well. Janine is the one that will be supervising her in the ABA program and pretty much observed and asked both me & Elizabeth questions, and sometimes made suggestions. I think she is going to be great - really great.

And then I found out that this was Elizabeth's last day. She wasn't given the 2 hours a month that she thought she would. This was really hard. I know I've said many times that Elizabeth rocks, because she does, but not having her now is so sad for me. No one but us (and Gabby) know how much we talk. She has helped me overcome some really difficult situations with Raquel, and she is the one person that was always there for me during the darkest times, when I was ready to give up. First Wendy, and now her. When you have someone in your home on a regular basis, especially working and bonding with your child, it's hard to adjust to new people and all the changes.

And then I went to physical therapy at the park. Trish was so happy to see so much progress in Raquel. But when we went to leave, we realized that today was her last day, not the 30th.

We did have a really great speech session today. Mary hasn't seen her for two weeks and noticed so much progress. That's wonderful.

Here are the good-bye pictures I took - on my cell phone. I'm not nearly as good as Mike on that thing but these are better than nothing!