We made it this far.

So, at 2:00 today I got the first call of the school year to come pick up Gregory . . . won't calm down . . . won't comply . . . being too physical . . . ect. Thats improvement right? I mean, last year the first call was in August and this is December! Go Gregory! (sense the slight sarcasm)

You know, this year, Gregory is in a "special" preschool class. You would think all the problems would go away. They don't. Don't get me wrong. For the most part, yes, its been a walk in the park compared to last year's school experience. Even on top of some changes that have been going on in our personal life, Gregory all in all has been thriving. Thank you Lord! 

But I still have "the talk with the teacher" . . . most Fridays . . . when I pick him up . . . we talk about behavior issues and such. 

Will he be ready for kindergarten?

He wants to touch others but does not want to be touched. 

Attention seeking behavior. Ignore or not ignore? 

Need more of his rice milk because he doesn't drink cow milk like the other kids. 

You need to get him evaluated to see if we can rule out autism. 

When will we know if he is ready for kindergarten? 

If he is ready, will he be in a mainstream classroom with strongly urged use of his own aid? Or a special needs classroom?

Where will he go to school? 

He needs to master certain things for Kindergarten like colors, letters, cutting, pasting, ect. 

He does know how to spell "Greg" right now. Makes mommy happy. 

And randomly on Saturday he just belted out his A,B,C's!!!! He'll be 5 in February and I have never been able to teach him this. I almost started crying! So exciting!

All in all he's doing much better this year than last year. This time of year I'm remind that this time last year, his teacher had the talk with me saying she can't keep him there any more. Ugh. So glad to not be there again.

Tis the season!

Christmas is almost here! My mom and mamo came last week to celebrate an early Christmas! It was so much fun! 

Gregory loves his Momo!

Fun times . . . Gregory loves the song, "Call me maybe.". Notice our matching jammies for the girls. A holiday tradition!

Gregory being . . . well . . . Gregory. 

It was so cute, Gregory sat by his Momo and just plopped his feet up drinking his orange juice. 

Gregory and I had a date night of In N Out and Zoo Lights! 

He ran down a hill in the dark and fell. Gregory, "The cotton candy will make me feel so much better. " I'm a sucker, what can I say?

Hope you all are having a great Christmas Season!

Turkey day

Gregory and I had a nice Thanksgiving. We went spent it with my dad and his wife, Mary. Otherwise known as Papo and Mimi. 

Here is me and my sweet little turkey! 

 

Here is Gregory chillin' and he hasn't even ate dinner yet!

Papo and mimi reading an inspirational Thanksgiving message. 

 

Finally its Turkey time! Yum!

Papo and Gregory did manly things like start a fire and teach Gregory about matches! Oh boy!

The next day Gregory and I decorated our tree. 

All in all it was a pretty nice weekend! Hope all of yours was too!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I am so Thankful for you Gregory! I'm thankful that God blessed me with a beautiful healthy son. I'm thankful for you and all your Gregory-ness and your beautiful smile! I love you honey.

~Mommy

Sensory in put

Been doing some sensory play with Gregory. All Pinterest ideas!!

Made galaxy play dough.

Did race track with tape.

Made silly putty and put beads in it for him to fetch out.

Lots of fun!!!!

Our first annual Costume Fundraiser!!

Saturday night was our Costume Party Fundraiser. We were raising money to go towards research with the Galactosemia Foundation! It was such a fun awesome night!

We had such great raffle items!

*Smarty Pants Consignment Store items and gift card

*Items donated by Ignite Creative Services: $50 itunes card and various other items

*Berthas Cafe gift certificate

*Choice Carpet Cleaning Gift Certificate

*Coffee Basket

*Wine Basket

*Social Grace Studios Photography Photo Session

Mamo manned the raffle table. 

Bobby made this awesome banner!

So many great costumes!!!

Poppy came as an old man and mamo as a pirate!

Gregory was Wall-e.

Mommy was Cat in the Hat. 

 

Daddy was a Bass Fisherman. 

Bobby was Marie Antoinette.

So many friends and family came out to support us!

We had a spooky Bounce House!

Tommy and I thanked everyone and gave a little speech on Galactosemia. 

Gregory even said a few words. 

Gregory pulled the raffle winners and daddy announced the names.

Winners!

 

It was such a great fun night! 

WE RAISED AROUND $1200!!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! 

*Special thank you to Donna & Steve for hosting this event at their house! They were so sweet! Thank you!