The Story of My April Butterfly: Preschool Pictures

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Preschool Pictures

Today was Picture Day at Maggie's Preschool.
Call me crazy, but I just don't think I will ever pay for school portraits...
with the digital age, and the ability to take and print pictures at home,
why would I pay for pictures that might not turn out that great anyway.

Since today was picture day at Maggie's school,
I decided to take my own, and send her to school all dressed up,
since the pictures will be in the yearbook anyway.

2 comments:

Cheryl Corine / Mom / Grandma said...: Oh Heidi, what a cutie pie. Maggie dress is so pretty, she looks like a doll. Please print me a picture.
Love you and thank you so much for Maggie's blog.
Mom/Grandma; October 8, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Kelly said...: I love the "Yes, look at me...I'm tooooo cute!!!" expression in the second one! Love the dress...reminds me of all those fun and frilly Easter dresses I used to wear as a kid.; October 13, 2008 at 5:01 PM

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Maggie spent the first three weeks of her life in the NICU... first to investigate an irregular heartbeat- cleared with a diagnosis of a wandering pace-maker and sent home at 5 days old. She stopped breathing 2 hours after we had been home... we gave her rescue breaths, called 9-1-1 and Maggie was transfered by ambulance to the NICU, again. At 20 days old Maggie was sent home with a diagnosis of mild Laryngomalasia (floppy windpipe) and an apnea monitor to wear for 6 months. At one year of age Maggie was diagnosed as Hypotonic and spent the next 6 months of her life being seen by a Neurologist, a Genetic Counselor and Occupational Therapists. She began early intervention for her developmental delays. At age 3 she began attending a Special Education Preschool. She attended a typical Kindergarten class with RSP help for fine motor delays. Beginning in 1st grade she began her journey through Special Education for intensive help with many developmental and cognitive delays. Beginning in 3rd Grade I decided to Homeschool Maggie through a local charter school. She still received Special Ed. services, but I was in charge of her daily curriculum. We began her 5th grade year by enrolling her back in public school. This year will either prove to be a great stepping stone to the rest of her education, or it will be a year to revisit other options. This is our journey living with a child who is Hypotonic.