At 9am today, we welcomed a new visitor to the house.  Her name was Ms. Kathy and she was an occupational therapist and evaluator.  When she had entered, Eva gave her a big smile.  It seemed that Kathy definitely felt comfortable being here. They started playing on the floor with various blocks, wooden and plastic, and then moved to a snack time.  She would like to have seen Eva use her thumb more by pinching and grasping which I completely agree with.  She was impressed with the sign language being used in the house.  After interacting with Eva for about an hour, she said that Eva was going to receive occupational therapy once a week.  I was very relieved that finally someone that works for the state listened, observed, and agreed with my concerns.  YEA!  Another practical therapy session will be in our schedule.  I am very happy that we will be getting these services.
We also had speech therapy today.  She arrived at 12 during lunch so that she can observe Eva while eating.  I think that we (meaning the speech therapist and myself) have realized that Eva will not be vocal very soon so we have decided to focus our attention on her facial muscles and her other means of communication.  We also have been working more on using modified sign language.  She has been improving daily.  As of now, she can sign  bath, drink, more, dad, baby, eat, and open.  You can really tell when she wants to "talk" to you because her concentration is so focused that you can see the tip of her tongue out of her mouth.  Also during speech, I got her Elmo bath book and she let out so many sounds - just trying to read it or talk to the kids in the book.  
Finally, our physical therapist came at four.  The session went well.  She was working on kneel to stand and side-stepping to the left and right.  Going left is much easier than the right because of the different lengths in her legs.  She also continues to do therapy with only one shoe on (left) to balance herself better.  They finished the session by working to standing to sitting independently.  
 I was also informed that this particular program will end when Eva turns three.  When she is 2 ½, I will be getting information about her school that she will be attending either two or four days a week, depending on her development and what she qualifies for.  The school will be in Brownsburg and there is bus service.  In August 2013, the district will be opening a pre-K academy.  I am only hoping that Eva will be starting their new location. Just a side note: I never would have thought that Eva would be going to school before Abigail.   Anyway, at the school, there will be different therapists that will work in group settings basically rotating no more than eight children.  As far as I know now, it will be a full day including lunch.  As social as Eva is, I can assume that she will not have any trouble.