Gabrielle's speech evaluation

Just thought I would post an update after we had Gabi's speech evaluation this morning.  

First of all, we want to thank those of you who have been praying for our patience with her, and for her to develop in God's time.  Since she's 19 months old and saying very few words, our pediatrician was fairly concerned.  Unfortunately, our insurance doesn't cover any speech sessions for her, and we would have to pay full price out of our pocket (ouch!).  

So, next best option was to take her to see a church friend of ours down here who is a speech specialist at one of the local elementary schools.  After about an hour with Joni, she decided that Gabi is on track for her age in all areas except for her verbal communication.  And, she actually scored high enough that she wouldn't be able to qualify for special Preschool services.  Wonderful news!  

The next step is for Nick and I to continue using some basic sign language with her, as well as trying some picture cards to get her to communicate better with us as to what she wants.  And, we are to encourage her to be as LOUD as possible...she's pretty quite most of the time, so this might be a challenge for us.

Thanks again for your continued prayers, and I know that God has a plan...I just sometimes want to get it all in my time-line (oops!).