4th of July

The 4th of July was fun. My mom came into town for the weekend! 

Gregory and I found a great place to watch them last year. This year we went to the same place. It did not dissapoint! 

Save the date!

Save the date! 

Our 3rd annual 

Galactosemia 

Costume Party Fundraiser 

will be Saturday November 1st @ 6:00pm. 

Everyone is invited! 

One week from today!

One week from today school starts!!!! 

Gregory will be a 1st grader! 

I cannot believe it! 

Same teacher. Same school. 

Update to come. 

Promise

We have a cat. Her name is Promise. She was named very appropriately at the time by Gregory. She is almost 2. We could not have asked for a better cat. She is so good with Gregory and the love each other so much!  

Yes, his nails are painted due to his girl cousin spending the night. 

Swim

Summer means swimming. Gregory isn't there yet but he is getting a lot better. Each summer gets just a little bit better. How cute is he though?! 

Happy Anniversary!!!

June 1st was this blog's 3 year Anniversary!!!!!!!

I am so glad I started this 3 years ago! Wow! So much has happened . . . ups and downs. 

Its been so great spreading the word about Galactosemia and in return learning more from everyone out there too! 

Here is to another great year! Thank you to all of you that read my little blog! 

~Gregory's mama

xoxo

Bi Anual Metabolic Clinic Appointment

Last week We had Gregory's Bi Annual Metabolic Clinic Appointment. Its a very long appointment. We are seen by the geneticists, the nutritionist, social worker, and psychologist. Everything went pretty smooth all in all. I filled in the psychologist with everything Gregory has been going through. She wants to look at the possibility of Gregory maybe having ADHD. She said you can have this with out the hyper sensitivity part. I'll keep you all posted. Otherwise, he is a happy healthy boy! Praise the Lord!

Update

Gregory has been at his school a month now. So far so good. I feel like he is already  learning more but he is still behind. Working on writing letters, site words, writing numbers, ect. They work on behavior and for the most part he has been doing good. There are days when he doesn't get to go to treasure box. This is the daily reward for good behavior. I can't believe school is out in a little over a month! I'll let you know how the rest of the school year goes.

Food

I thought I'd do a post on food and what Gregory typically eats. I have not done a post on this in a long time. You may or may not know Gregory's dad and I have joint custody of him. So, I don't really know what he eats over there . . . but with me, it looks something like this:

Breakfast:

~Plain bagel or toasted with dairy free margarine.
~Cereal with rice milk.

Lunch:

~Turkey sandwich (Bread and turkey have approved ingredients), fruit, fruit snack, juice box, and approved pretzels or chips.

Dinner:

~ Fish or chicken breast with roasted Brussels sprouts and potatoes.
~Tacos
~Spaghetti

Snacks:

~Ritz crackers
~Graham crackers
~Fruit
~Tortilla chips
~Bagel

Dessert:
~Dole chocolate covered bananas
~Oreos
~Coconut milk ice cream

New school.

Hi all! So A LOT has been going on with Gregory at school. I've been a little too overwhelmed to do a post . . . and new things keep happening. I will try and give you the readers digest version. 

Its been a little over a month now . . . Gregory has always struggled with some behavioral issues at school . . . they have just really escalated. After several meetings with his teachers and thearpists . . . trying new things . . . changing his IEP . . . a couple more meetings . . . we have decided he needs a more self contained classroom. His current school does not have something like this. Only 2 other schools in the district offer something like this for Gregory. One just happens to be right down the street from my house and its actually where I went to school K-6th grade. :) 

He will be in a classroom with one teacher and two aids. There will only be 10 other kids. It seems like a very contained, positive, strict, structured, fun classroom. They can deal with and accommodate all the things Gregory struggles with. The whole goal is to get them back into a main stream classroom. They get the behaviors under control first and when they are ready they let them back into a mainstream classroom little bits at a time. They also join another kindergarten class to go to specials and lunch with. One of his neighborhood friends is in this classroom. So, he already has a friend. :)

I think it will be really great. I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks for listening!