Mouse squeaks

Things have been going pretty good around here. Everyone is pretty much over there colds and have moved on. I have been making a new sound lately. I used to talk and say 'dada' all the time. I still say it on occassion, but now when I say it, I say it in a high pitched voice...kind of like a mouse. I say it that way just to be funny. And sometimes when I try to talk, nothing even comes out. Mom and dad thinks it sounds kind of funny and always tell me to talk in my normal voice. But I am just trying new things. I have to experiment to learn, right?

Too Big For Naps

I have decided that I am too big for naps, especially when I'm at Ms Becky's. I rarely take naps at the babysitters and if I do take a nap it is usually only like 10-20 minutes. I sometimes take a nap when I am at home but don't count on anything. I am still in a good mood even if I don't take a nap, but I am exhausted in the evening. The other night I wanted to go to bed at 6:30 but mom said that was too early. So she tried to keep me up until 8:00. The results of no naps during the day means sleeping through the night. So mom isn't too upset at me, except when I try to go to bed at 6:30.

My 1st Ice Storm

Well I got to experience my first ice storm on Monday. I didn't like it very much. It was cold and very slick! And the thing with ice storms is that it looks all pretty on the trees BUT when you get a lot of ice; the trees can't handle the weight. Which results in broken limbs and trees falling over. Which also results in hitting power lines. And in the end we lose power. We ended up with no power for 3 days and sleeping somewhere different every night. The first night we toughed it out but the other two nights we went elsewhere. We stayed in a hotel on Tuesday night and at my cousins Wednesday night. Now we just have a huge mess and a lot to clean up. We had one tree in our backyard that split in two, but luckily it only hit the fence and not the deck or house. Hopefully we will get it all cleaned up this weekend.

This is our neighbors house.

Typical 2 Year Old

I heard when you are 2 years old that you get to be the boss. So I have decided to be stubborn and deciding that if I don't want to do something, I won't! Especially in therapy. Yesterday, I decided I didn't want to work, I just wanted to lay around and be lazy. In therapy, Ms Brandy and Ms Terri brought out everything they could, but I refused to play with any of it. Everything they showed me I pressed the 'All done' side of my switch because I didn't want to partake in any of it. Then in PT, Ms Caithlyn was trying to get me to lift my head up when I was laying on my belly and I refused. Even when she tried to help me and lift my head half way, I pushed my head back down. I just didn't want to work. I was being stubborn. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Meeting with the school

I forgot to mention that yesterday I got to go to school. Well not really. If you don't know, I have been receiving my therapy through First Steps. But that program is only from birth to 3 years of age. Once I turn 3, the school will take over. So in August when school starts up, I will go there. It is their Early Childhood program. So yesterday, I got to go and meet everybody and see a classroom. It was pretty cool. Mom was kind of nervous, because she likes the therapy that I am getting now and is hoping that will carry over into the schools. She's heard some bad stories. But after the meeting she was more comfortable and somewhat excited. We will definitely miss our other therapists but hopefully I will still be able to see them on the side, in addition to the therapy that I will get at school. I will find out in May when I will go and how often. They have to do some tests and evaluations first. I hope I do good!

I finally have started to feel much better and sleeping better. I finally slept through the night last night without waking up coughing. Hopefully its all downhill from here.

Pneumonia

Well I had my 2 1/2 year old checkup today. The nurse weighed me and I gained only 2 ounces in 6 months. I weigh 18 lbs 5.5 oz. I didn't get any taller either. I am still 32.5 inches tall. Oh well. I am just going to be a tiny guy. Since I was just there last Friday because of the flu, the doctor asked how I was feeling. I told him I was feeling a little better. I have no more fever, just a nasty cough. So he listened to my lungs. And guess what? I have pneumonia. I thought I was getting better but apparently not. I am not contagious, so I am still going to Ms Becky's tomorrow.

The Flu

Well, I seemed to have come down with the flu. I stayed home from the babysitters on Thursday - not because I was sick but Ms Becky's daughter had pneumonia. I felt just fine. So I got to stay home with dad. Then Thursday night I got a high fever and I still had it Friday morning. So I got to stay home again but this time with mom. She wasn't feeling the greatest either. My fever went down a little bit, but after lunch mom decided to call the doctor and he said to come on in and he will check me out. He listened to my lungs and said they sounded clear. He also did an influenza test. I do not recommend it. He stuck a big 'o Q-tip up my nose and not just a little bit but far. It was very uncomfortable. The test came back fine. So he sent me to Cape Radiology to get a chest x-ray. After the x-ray, we headed back to the doctors office, and the doctor looked at the x-ray and of course it was fine. This was starting to sound very familiar. (If anybody remembers, last March I had a high fever and spent 12 hours in 2 different ER's trying to find out what was wrong and we never found an answer.) So after the doctor got the x-rays back and saw they were fine, he doubled checked the influenza test. And he said I ended up having a mild case of the flu. Why he didn't see that the first time I don't know. So he wrote a presciption for Tamiflu and sent us on our way. My fever ended up breaking Friday night. And now I just have a bad cough. I was up all last night coughing. Hopefully tonight will be better.

So Big

Hi everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that I was so big in therapy today. I didn't do anything spectacular in speech therapy BUT in physical therapy today I did. I was on my belly and I lifted my head up all by myself and held it there for a few seconds. I did not only do this once but 6 different times. Ms Cathlyn and mom was so proud of me. I have done this before but it has been awhile and I have never done it that many times during a therapy session. And then after that I rolled from my belly to my back. I thought maybe if I did all of that I would be done. I was wrong. I was worn out the rest of the therapy time.

It's about time

I finally got to use one of my Christmas presents. I got a platform swing for Christmas, but I haven't got to use it yet because mom and dad were arguing on where to put it up at in the basement. Guess what? They finally decided and put it up. And I LOVE it!! I got to swing a lot today. I have a feeling I will be using it a lot. If anyone wants to come a swing with me they can - its a lot of fun!