Pumpkin cookies

Every holiday Pillsbury comes out with their awesome little cookies and Gregory can have them!

O.T.

Gregory had his 2nd O.T. session today. We really love it there and he gets to work with Miss. Sara. She's great. Its so great to sit there and know for a full hour his body is getting everything it wants and needs! Such a blessing! I finally feel like we are doing something to help him.

Today she had him sit on this rectangle swing and do puzzles while she pushed him back and forth. Then she set up an obstacle course for him. He had to jump on the trampoline 5 times, then walk on "gum drops" which are like half sphere type things on the ground that have pokey things. (Side note: She pointed out to me when he was done how he wasn't walking on his toes. Something with his sensory nerves in his feet made them want to walk correctly or something like that.) Then he picked up a puzzle piece, crawled through a tunnel, onto a huge bean bag and then put the puzzle piece on the puzzle! So fun!

Then he played in the beans and worked on fine motor skills all while getting input and listening to music therapy. She introduced him to the "brush" where you brush the body. You do it at least 3 times a day and helps all his sensory nerve receptors. We'll do it again next week and then I get to take it home and do it with him!

The hour went by fast and it was so fun!

O.T.

Just an update . . . Gregory gets to start O.T. this Thursday at 9:00 a.m.!!!!! He will go everything Thursday at 9:00. He will just have to skip school these days for now. Ü I'm excited to see how much its going to help him!

Squeeze

So, remember last week Gregory's teacher threaten him with having to call me and take him home? And it worked? Well, Monday I did have to go get him . . . she had to follow through . . . he wasn't behaving . . . called me around 9:00 . . . school starts at 8:30. So, home we went . . .thought I'd try and do some sensory stuff with him to get all his heeby jeebys out. We made playdough. He loved it! Until he through a piece on the floor and it took 20 minutes for him to obey me to pick it up. There is more to that story. But lets just leave it at that for now. 

One of my most favorite things

So, Gregory goes through these phases of itiching dry skin and then he's fine. He's been fine all summer and now the dry skin is back. Now he's big enough to do the lotion all by himself which is one of my most favorite things to watch and see right now. Ü

Oh boy!

This is how you fall asleep when Bobby puts you down for a nap and you poop your pants and don't know what to do and are so tired so you fall asleep standing up so you don't have to lay in your poop. The alternative would be to go get Bobby to change you. Or better yet, go in the potty. Ü

Thank you.

Dear God,
Thank you for giving me Gregory. Not only for obvious reasons, but because I can tell you are doing a work in me. You gave me Gregory to make the woman you created me to be. For that I am so blessed to have Gregory. 


Dear Gregory,
I love you so much more then you will ever know! What would I do with out you? You have made me a better person. Thank you. It is an honor to be your mother.

Ugh!

So today my mommy's heart is a little weary. I think I do  pretty good for the most part . . . not letting Gregory's things get to me . . . I feel bad saying that because our problems could be so much worse . . . but every once in awhile I feel sad or want to have a pitty party for myself. The 2 main things that get me down are the "alone-ness" of all this if thats even a word. And Gregory not being known as the "nice" kid.

By "alone-ness" I mean . . . so many things . . . to how much certain foods are just apart of living life and certain foods define us as humans and define our experiences and memories and Gregory won't have those. I know he doesn't know any different. Not being able to just give him anything and experience all those fun first tastes with him. To never know the taste of an oreo. And then just how that singles him out in life. And in situations. I dunno. I'm just rambeling.

By the other I mean . . . I can deal with the "different kid" or the "weird kid" or the "slow kid". But my personality has a hard time dealing with having the "mean kid". I know kids will be kids . . . . but more than a handful of times being at Gregory's school a kid will go to their parent and say, "Thats Gregory. He's mean." or the parent will tell me how their child goes home and talks about how Gregory needs to be more nice. This in its self is crazy to me because I can't even imagine Gregory have the vocabular ability to even express that to me at home about a kid in his class that just reminds me how low his vocab is. Ugh! Anyways, this too shall pass. It can only get better right? Yesterday his teacher almost had to call me to come get him he was behaving so bad. Today he was great! I am a happy mommy.

Thanks for listening . . . who ever you are.

Silly Faces

I guess no news is good news. Nothing new has been going on with Gregory lately but felt the need to post something. Here he is practicing "silly faces" after mommy showed him how. He does start this thursday a weekly acting type class offered at his school. I'll let you know how it goes. Ü

Update on preschool

Just an update on my little stinky boy. The first week and a half Gregory did really good at school . . . just one potty accident . . . one bite on his teacher . . . then comes week 3 and he had a really hard time. Very aggressive. Not listening. Pushing. Pinching. Then last week he made some improvements! His teacher said he was doing "pretty good". Pretty good for Gregory. He's getting the hang of it. Sunday at children's church they could really see a difference. 

Still waiting on insurance to approve him getting OT. Keep you posted!