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“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of, for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking.”

Wren Michael Eccles

Born: 4/26/03 11:07 a.m.

Weight: 1 lb 3 1/2 oz Length: 12

Wren Michael Eccles was born to Michael and Erin Eccles at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN at 22 weeks and 6 days old.

Journal

Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:32 AM CST

Has it really been 3 months since my last update? My, how time flies.
I have been contemplating on how to make this interesting, short, and full of information. I still have less than nilch ideas on the matter.
So, for a mildly non-entertaining but well informed update - here goes!
Wren. Age: 5 3/4. Weight: according to his Wii appx. 37 lbs. Height: the bugger will never hold still enough for me to measure - so about yay-high around the mid-section area on me. (3 1/2 ft?)
Interests: Absolutely astounding at the drums. Computer games (involving drums). Reading. Yes, that's right. He reads now. Preferably sight words sent home from school.
Likes: Drums. Dad. Provoking little sisters. Baths. Bikes. Big sister's Roller Blades (preferably not down the stairs). Buses. Yogurt. Applesauce. Applejuice. Pepperoni. Wii. Trains. Bear.
Dislikes: Puppets. Facemasks. Sleeping. Being asked not to play the drums. Sitting still.

The kid is amazing! We are working on some augmentative communication with him right now to try and improve his frustrations. He carries around with him a little blue book that has signal pictures in it. He can point to a picture to help us understand what he is needing. We are all still getting used to it, but it seems to be a HUGE help for the time being!
I recently enrolled him into a Psychiatry setting. Okay - in short, he is (ehem - aka I am) seeing a psychiatrist. :-) It's about time! haha. But really, we are trying to find a way to help him self calm, and since his communicative language is so low, she is teaching me so I can work with him. If I recall correctly - I was the one sitting in the chair crying at the appointment while he was happily playing on the floor with trucks...now I ask you - who needs the psychiatric help here? (Rhetorical question...please don't answer.) :-)

I will get into better detail about his upcoming year later - for now, I'm off to psychology (my class - not the Dr.). So, toodles! Have an awesome day - wow. That was short. I never do short.

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