Shelby Lu is 8
Shelby turned 8 this year. We had laser tag birthday party with around 20 kids. She had a blast and the rest of the kids did too. They were so sweaty by the time they were done playing for an hour. We had pizza, cake, and went home and took a nap! She's going to get baptized over Thanksgiving when we go to Utah. Caleb's parents just moved there this summer and it's the perfect reason to make a trip to go see their new house.
Shelby didn't want a lot of presents for her birthday. She said she doesn't want to be too spoiled. She's getting pretty particular about certain things. She got a gift card for Fred Meyer awhile ago and she didn't want a single toy. I couldn't believe it. It was a sign that she's growing up for sure. She wanted to look at jewelry and makeup! Oh no! I'm afraid she gets that from me.
The weather was crazy this weekend for her birthday party. The neighbors fence blew down in multiple spots. It rained a bunch and the wind was horrible. So Shelby stayed inside and built all the lego sets she could. I worked on a puzzle while she and her dad built her new toys. We then took the party to Rhoda's and had second desert at her house.
This last year we have learned a lot about Shelby. She's had many different diagnosis and seen a few specialists. She has some behavior and emotional differences from most of us, and we want to know how to be better parents to her. What we learned from taking all the tests, is that she's just like Caleb in many ways. Caleb was also diagnosed and medicated as a kid and he doesn't have the best of feelings about how he was treated and labeled. So we are laying low for now and not making a big fuss over it. We've worked with the school and made sure she has the best care possible. She is extremely smart, creative, sarcastic, great at drawing, loves animals, and can pretend to be anywhere in the universe without any trouble. We are so happy to have her in our lives. She makes us laugh with her ability to quote movies, deliver a good dry humored joke, make her brothers laugh, and her wild energy. If I could bottle up her energy, put it into pill form, I would be a rich woman. Forget about meth, it ruins your teeth and skin, and brain. What you need is a little dose of Shelby. We love you kid and hope you keep us on our toes with your evolving personality and dreams.
Shelby didn't want a lot of presents for her birthday. She said she doesn't want to be too spoiled. She's getting pretty particular about certain things. She got a gift card for Fred Meyer awhile ago and she didn't want a single toy. I couldn't believe it. It was a sign that she's growing up for sure. She wanted to look at jewelry and makeup! Oh no! I'm afraid she gets that from me.
The weather was crazy this weekend for her birthday party. The neighbors fence blew down in multiple spots. It rained a bunch and the wind was horrible. So Shelby stayed inside and built all the lego sets she could. I worked on a puzzle while she and her dad built her new toys. We then took the party to Rhoda's and had second desert at her house.
This last year we have learned a lot about Shelby. She's had many different diagnosis and seen a few specialists. She has some behavior and emotional differences from most of us, and we want to know how to be better parents to her. What we learned from taking all the tests, is that she's just like Caleb in many ways. Caleb was also diagnosed and medicated as a kid and he doesn't have the best of feelings about how he was treated and labeled. So we are laying low for now and not making a big fuss over it. We've worked with the school and made sure she has the best care possible. She is extremely smart, creative, sarcastic, great at drawing, loves animals, and can pretend to be anywhere in the universe without any trouble. We are so happy to have her in our lives. She makes us laugh with her ability to quote movies, deliver a good dry humored joke, make her brothers laugh, and her wild energy. If I could bottle up her energy, put it into pill form, I would be a rich woman. Forget about meth, it ruins your teeth and skin, and brain. What you need is a little dose of Shelby. We love you kid and hope you keep us on our toes with your evolving personality and dreams.
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