Tia-Kiana's service dog

I know it's been over a month since i've last blogged about either of the girls.
Kiana is doing great and is loving school and her teachers love her. This past week we decided to get her a dog to train as a service dog for her to help with her independence and not wanting to be held all the time in large groups of people. Unfortunitly we've won't get to pick up Tia until monday so the only time that Kiana gets to see her pup is on days that we drive the 45 mins up to the animal shelter so that Kiana and Tia can Play together.

This is Kiana with Tia at the animal shelter where we got Tia. This is one of the only dogs that she isn't completely terrified of and both of them are so cute together.Kiana is very excited about her puppy and talks about her all the time.

Nap time?

I know I'm horrible at updating anyway, the other day I put kiana down for a nap and forgot to turn on the baby monitor so I could hear what she was really doing. Well while little miss monkey trouble was supposed to be napping she took her sisters baby Pictures off the wall and took a Part the frame luckily she didn't break the glass on this frame but then she took apart the frame that had her class picture in it and took it apart and shattered the glass all Over her bed and her side of our room. Luckily she only got a small cut on the top Of her foot during this little escapade and hasn't messed with the pictures since(so far anyways) on another note she is doing really well in school and loves riding the bus to and from school.

My little monkey

Kiana is still way behind with her social and communication skills however she has really done so well with her motorskills. She loves riding her bike and just about anything that she can do with her sister without actually having to play with her. I have taken kiana off of the gluten/casin free diet to see how much of an affect it was really having on her and will definitely be putting her back on that diet in a few days. Since taking her off she has gone back to not making eye contact with anyone and has the worst tantrums ever and is also violent towards everyone. Kiana will be attending preschool again this year at either mutual elem, Calver elem, or Calvert country(which is a special needs school for children with sever handicaps as well as behavioral problems.) I'm still waiting to hear back from the school board to find out for sure where she will be attending. Since summer has started again kiana's massive nose bleeds are back and of cours until I figure out how to acquire another set of "cars" sheets I am unable to wash her bedding with out a total break down from her. Kiana loves to sing and has memorized "you r so beautiful" from little rascals and parts of all the songs from "Annie" she is getting to be such a big girl and I miss my baby. She is also talking more and more but most of it still needs a translator to be understood. I am happy with the progress that she has made in the last year while at oakridge elementary and am anxious to see how much of an improvement she will make at which ever scho she goes to this fall.

Monkey

Kiana is doing ok. She has been off the gluten free diet for a couple of weeks because I ran out of our food stamps and what I had bought she managed to eat in about three days (now I have to keep everything locked away so she can't do that anymore). She currently has pink eye and looks miserable but acts like she always does. Since she's been off her special diet I've noticed that she has become more aggressive again and freaks out easier if her routine changes in the least little bit. She still loves her cars and trains and anything else that has wheels on it. She also constantly repeats herself and is still putting everything in her mouth.(we had a close call on Sunday at church.) she also stated sucking on her fingers so she still has binky that is around in case she needs something to chew or suck on that isn't a choking hazard. Kiana likes for everything to go her way and gets really aggressive when it doesn't.

Quick update.

Kiana is doing ok. She has started acting up again since she's eating more of the foods that have gluten and dairy in them. So we will completely take her off of these things as soon as I get more food stamps and I might make it a family thing so I don't have to worry about her wanting what me and Aelita are eating. She has finished preschool for the year and did great in the little program that they did for the parents. (I'd post pics but Aelita deleted all of them from the iPod).

Build a bear

Today after work I took the girls to build a bear in the university mall and Kiana had lots of fun. I let the girls pick out their bears( I limited them to no more than $15) of course she picked the little blue bear and she helped stuff it and "bath" it. Then she was able to pick out one outfit so what does she pick out? Of course she runs all over the store and looks at everything they have and finally decides on a cars outfit. After all is said and done we buy her stuff and register her bear and she named him Aaron after her nursery leader Erin whom she loves.

Kiana the curious little monkey.

Kiana is quite the little monkey and loves to climb on anything and everything. Kiana is almost done with school for the summer and I am trying to get her there as often as I can. She loves going to church and loves seein Erin and her husband Chance or chonce as she days it. Every time someone knocks on our door or rings the bell she says"my Erin". She also loves to ride her bike and anything else that involves being outside. On to the climbing issue kiana has started climbing up the cabinets to get to the snacks that I tried to put up out of her reach. She has also started climbing all over the inside of the bus when ever she can.