The Man With The Plan

This Little One.

May be the cause of teaching me as a parent

all important things I need to know,

or he's just going to give me gray hair!

I can't decide.

Either way, I'm so happy that little Ronan is part of our family. I look back at all of the things we've experienced with him. Each of my boys is very different from the other.

Ronan is, to quote his helper at pre-school "The Man with the Plan".

He's four years old, and he knows what he wants in life.

His speech therapist said that "he is quite possibly the most stubborn child (she) has ever encountered."

Awesome.

We laugh and laugh about his antics.

He can be a wild tornado, or calm as a summer's morning.

Whichever he choses to be though at the time, rest assured; he has planned it that way.

He has the most darling little twinkle in his eye.

Some days it's a sweet twinkle. Others it's a very mischevious one.

As an update to his progress with his speech therapy for those of you interested, and mostly for us to have recorded: He's doing really well. His speech therapist here is amazing. She really is, and he is talking SO much more and comprehending so much more than he was 6 months ago.

We are chugging along, and on his recent test (they do a standardized test to see how he responds to certain questions, etc. every 6 months) he had gained nearly 2 years in his results!!

Yay Ronan!

He is inching ever closer to be on par with his peers which is great.

Now that things are heading in the right direction I just have to get over my feeling bad that we didn't know he couldn't hear so much for so long. Poor little guy. I feel so bad that we let him sink into his own silent little world. I'm working on it though, and feel so blessed that we have been able to still receive such amazing help for him both with his therapist and at school all the way here in Istanbul. I feel so grateful that the Lord has really helped things work out.

Anyway, both when he's being his own man or when he wants to be my baby-

I feel so lucky to be his Mom, and get to experience the excitement he brings to my life!

And at the same time, he is just delicious!

Seriously, how can you look at that face and not just want to eat him up!

We love you Roni. Thanks for being you!