monday, monday

today at russell's weekly speech therapy session, we found out that his speech therapist, "Miss Kimmie", was leaving us. she received a promotion and would be transferring to a new location. my heart sank. we LOVE her and she has done so much for russell's progression. little russell has a special relationship with her too. he is such a shy kid by nature and once he got used to her, he treated her like family. i know he will miss her. unfortunately today was her last day with us. we had to skip last week's class because russell had a cough and she was going to break the news to us then, which would have given us 2 more sessions together, but instead we just had today. we met miss kimmie's replacement, who seems super sweet, and i just hope that russell takes to her quickly so we don't lose any valuable time with his progression.

when one door closes, another door opens...
after russell's speech class we headed to the park to meet up with one of natalie's new classmates! the pre-school that she will be attending has set up a "mentoring" program for new kids (like natalie) to pair up with a family who has older kids who are already students. natalie's classmate, lucy, was really cute and they seemed to get along fine. school friends -- what a big step for all of us!!!

tonight we ate dinner with nana & papa, grandma & uncle alex at one of our new favorite places, the red elephant in support of a 5K race coming up called Run for Their Lives. 15% of our order went towards the event as a donation. finally, a Pro-Life race! russ can't wait to run it on Sept. 5th, and we will be their to support.