Yesterday was Madison's last official visit from her Early Intervention therapist, since she will be turning three next week and thus moving on to preschool. Karen has been working with Maddie since shortly after we moved here to Washington almost two years ago, and in that time she has become so special to our family. Her coaching, guidance, teaching, suggestions, support, and friendship have helped Maddie's skills to truly blossom. Karen was instrumental in helping her to achieve so many things:

Crawling (in Maddie's own special bear-crawl way)

Standing by herself and walking with supports:

Walking independently:

Eating more varieties of foods and using utensils:

Helping her fine motor skill improve through play-doh, drawing with crayons, stringing froot loops onto pipe cleaners, etc:

Strengthening her body to help her to be able to dance, bounce, and play more confidently:

Matt and I are so grateful for Karen's hard work with Maddie. She made such a difference in our family, and especially for Maddie's future. We will miss her and her Thursday morning visits so much!