Lauren is still doing very good. I think I can say that she is now potty trained! She has gone over a week with no accident. That has been such an amazing accomplishment because we really thought that was something she would never do. We started doing ABA therapy with Lauren a few months ago which has helped her in so many ways. It is very intense and is usually used for autistic children. Lauren is not autistic but has severe developmental delays, and this program really has helped her a lot. Right now Lauren has about 25-30 hours a week of different therapies (Physical therapy, occupation, speech, ABA, and her school). She works so hard as we try during this good period to try and catch her up on 3 years of the biggest development period in her life. It is a hard and long battle-for example working daily for almost 2 weeks to get her to say the "t" when she says the word "cat". Our thoughts are that it is worth all the time and money to put the effort in now to try to get her to develop to her full potential, whatever that maybe?

A funny story this past week when she was doing ABA therapy downstairs in her therapy room which has a separate door with a key. She was down with her therapist doing a session along with a new therapist that was being trained. After therapy was done, they sent Lauren upstairs as they finished talking. My kids were home babysitting as I was gone to the store to get something when the phone rang. Our kids aren't supposed to answer the phone when we are gone but the caller ID showed the name of the therapist's family so Nathan thought it was okay to answer. When Nathan answered the phone, it was the therapist on the phone. She told Nathan that Lauren had locked her and the other therapist in the school and they could not get out. Nathan had to go unlock the school and release them! Hopefully the new therapist will come back!