These days...

It has been a couple of weeks since I last updated.  Not a whole lot has changed in our lives, however.  I suppose that's a good thing.  Colt is talking up a storm.  Every day it seems like he repeats something we say that we've never heard him try before.  Granted, nothing he says is very clear, but I am thrilled that he is trying.  I can USUALLY figure it out.  He is even putting some words together!  It's almost like he knew how to do it in his head, he just couldn't get it out through his mouth.  Now that he's starting to get it out, he is chaining the words together easily.  I love it!  He still calls himself "Gut."  Last night, he pointed to Ryan and said "Gut's Daddy."  Then he pointed to me and said "Gut's Mommy" and smiled.  He's so proud of himself. :)  He still gets some consonants mixed up, like he says "daggy" instead of "daddy" but he's pretty darn close on most things.  :)  He's really torn up about the Arby's in Fort O closing.  That was his favorite place to eat!  He has been saying "Ahh-by's guzzed!"  (Arby's closed!)  He says it at least 17 times a day.  That's okay, we're thrilled.

He had his preschool evaluation a week and a half ago.  I have no doubt that he will qualify and will be starting right at his third birthday.  I am excited and terrified at the same time.  We have a couple of decisions to make as to where he goes, so I pray that we choose the right place.

This Friday, we go back to Colt's ophthalmologist, Dr. Peterson.  I always enjoy seeing him, especially if they don't dilate Colt's eyes.  That is always a battle.  We have been noticing Colt doing something kind of strange with his eyes and I am anxious to talk this over with the doctor.  When Colt was younger and his Nystagmus was not as controlled as it is now, he used what is called a "null point."  The null point is a head/eye position in which the Nystagmus slows or stops. Since Nystagmus causes blurred vision, it is good to have a null point, because the vision is better in that head position.  Before his surgeries, Colt's null point was to the left. You can see he is using it in these pictures:

 It is most noticeable in these two pictures, where I am straight ahead, yet he turns his head to look at me.

Anyway, all of a sudden, it's like he's using his null point again, but if he is, it has moved.  We keep catching him with his head down like he's looking at the ground, then turning his eyes up, as if looking over glasses.  He mostly does it when trying to see something close up, or more clearly.  It may be nothing, but even the ladies at his preschool testing mentioned it.  So, we shall see.

Still no word from the geneticist.  We are about to accept that Colt is just different and doesn't really fit into any one category.  He is unbelievably smart, we do know that.  I imagine all parents feel that way, but he has a memory that surprises people daily.  It's bizarre, really!  If you do something one time, Colt will NEVER, EVER forget it.  I need to remember that.  I will never get away with anything with this one, I can already tell.  ;)

So, that's where we are these days.

 Precious monster.  :)