Emily's First Day of School!

Big things are happening around here . . . . Emily went off to her first day of school without shedding a tear! Dan and I were so proud of her. She woke up this morning and when I went into her room, I told her that just like in one of her favorite movies, "Finding Nemo" it is her first day of school. She ran around her room saying "first day of school" just like Nemo did in the movie. Emily was very excited to go today. We were pleasantly surprised that she was all smiles and climbed right up on the bus when it pulled up in front. She met the driver and the aid, very nice ladies, (I have no recollection of what their names are though). We also met Nissa, the only other girl in the program at school. They were all excited to have another girl there. However, Emily will be the only girl in her classroom. She's going to the Harriet Bishop Expo School, ironically, it is the old Derham Hall High School. Very familiar territory for me . . . She'll go three days a week and be in a room focused on speech development and gross motor development. During those three days, she'll receive two sessions of 1:1 speech therapy with the teacher and also two sessions of gross motor skill development with the occupational therapist.

We are very exicted for Emily and this new stage in her short little life.

There goes the bus! She said "bye Mommy, see you later." She was such a big girl and very excited to go and make new friends at school. We'll see what tomorrow brings when the bus comes . . . .