Chew Chew Chew

If you haven't heard before, I like to chew on things. My favorite is probably my shirt sleeve. I have ruined many shirts because of this (as you can see from this previous post). Mom is really getting frustrated with me. So the other day I started chewing on my sleeve and mom told me no and swatted my hand. I immediately returned the sleeve to my mouth and again she swatted my hand. We repeated this senario several times before I somewhat gave up on the whole idea. She returned to the kitchen and finished making lunch and when she came back she found me like this.

If she doesn't like me chewing my sleeve then how about my sock. She thought it was funny and was somewhat glad I outsmarted her. She was proud that I have some problem solving skills up my sleeve. I don't think she really cares if I chew a hole I my sock because they are little easier and cheaper to replace.

Ladies Man

Well I can't help but say - but the ladies love me. Who can resist this smile of mine. I was a total flirt yesterday at school and all the girls in my class surrounded me and wanted to play with me. What can I say, I am my fathers son.
I have been doing okay in school, although I got my IEP progress report back for the quarter today and I am not doing so well on some of my goals. One of my goals is to match pictures/colors/shapes with 75% accuarcy. I have only been doing it 25-50% of the time correctly. Before I started school I was matching fairly well. But my new therapist and I just don't have it quite down pat yet. I guess I better step it up. I am making progress on all my other goals. I haven't quite met any of them but I am for sure on my way. I still have half the year to go before schools out.
Last night, mom and dad worked with me on prop sitting. I sat completely by myself for 25 seconds by the time dad started counting. So who knows exactly how long I did it. I even did it a couple times after that also. But of course when mom got the camera to video tape me, I was worn out. Maybe we will try again tonight.
I also want to to send my prayers out to some of my friends. My friends Melaina and Hayden are in the hospital and could use some extra prayers. They have a long road ahead of them. I put a prayer request at the top of my page on the right if you want to check on their status. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Relaxing

Now this is the life!! I got an awesome new chair today. One of mom's friends, Jenny, had a chair that she was getting rid of and asked if I could use it. So mom said sure we'll take it. And it is not just any chair it is a recliner. Mom says I am getting too spoiled with my new bed and now this chair. I now have the best bed and seat in the entire house. I know where I will be hanging out after a long day.

On another note, my christmas break is over :( So this week is back to the normal routine. It may take me awhile to get back into the swing of things but hopefully it won't be too bad. I go back to preschool on Tuesday, which means I finally get all of my therapies. I have even been slacking on my therapies at home also. Mom and dad have been taking it easy on me with all the holiday stuff and running around, there hasn't been much time. I hope my therapists don't notice that I have been slacking. But I am pretty excited to go back to school and see all of my classmates again.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year's Eve. We went to a friends house last night and celebrated in the New Year. We all had a good time and all of the small kiddos even made it until midnight surprisingly. After a night like that, I made sure I slept in this morning. I didn't get up until 9:30 and even took a 2 hour nap this afternoon. Hopefully I still sleep good tonight.

An update on my new car bed. I LOVE IT!! I have been sleeping so good in it and have so much room. It sure didn't take me long to get adjusted to it.

I want to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy 2009.

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, I sure did. We celebrated at my Grandma & Grandpa's last night and then we did our own Christmas today. Last night was crazy but I think that's how our Christmas' always are. I got to hang out with all my family and got a lot of cool gifts. My cousins, Luke & Drew kept me entertained all night. They were dancing and making silly face which was pretty funny. But the funniest thing was watching Drew strut around in his Spiderman costume. Apparently, he is going through some phase where he wants to wear his Halloween costume (Spiderman) everywhere, even to bed. So we had the company of Spiderman all night.
Anyways, I got a lot of cool gifts. Some included, a glow board, Handy Manny toolbox, a Micky Mouse Clubhouse movie, some books, and a Bumbo seat. But the best gift was from today. I got an awesome new big boy bed and it is not just any kind of bed, but it is a RACE CAR bed. It is pretty cool!!! I got new bedding for it also, it is all decked out in Transformers.
I think I did pretty good this year. I hope everyone else got everything they wished for and had a Merry Christmas. I will let you know later how the first night was in my big bed.

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Feeling Better

I am starting to feel better. Although it has been a rough 48 hours. It all started at 6am yesterday and continued this morning by not being able to keep anything down, not even water. Which leads to getting dehydrated. So I ended up going to the doctor this morning and he suggested going to the hospital (outpatient) and getting some IV fluids. Which we did. I wasn't really to excited about the IV part because I have really small veins and they can never get it on the first try. But my nurse today was AWESOME!!! She did it in record time and on the first stick. It still hurt really bad and I cried but I guess it was worth it, because shortly after I started to perk up. My mom stayed with me until I goy my IV and then she had to go to work but dad and I hung out at the hospital until they said I was ready to go home. So I am home and in good spirits and back to my full smiles.

Sick/Snow Day

The weather around here hasn't been the greatest the last couple of days. We have been getting a mixture of rain/sleet/snow but today was the first day that my school decided to call off. It is a little slippery out there. So be careful if you are going out. It is actually a good thing that we got called off because I woke up this morning with the stomach bug. I have been throwing up and not feeling the greatest. The only thing that I have been able to keep down is water. Which at least I am keeping that down so I don't get dehydrated. I hope I start feeling a little better because I have my school Christmas party tomorrow if we even have school. I sure hope I don't miss it.

In Need

For the past couple of weeks, I have found out that my bed is starting to get kind of small. Right now I am still sleeping in my crib. I am hoping Santa will bring me a bigger bed for Christmas because I am in desperate need of one, as you can see from the pictures.

All Good

I had a scheduled doctors appointment in St Louis today. So mom, dad and I headed up to St Louis this morning. I got to see Dr. Smyth, who is my neurosurgeon to make sure my shunt is working a-okay. I have graduated to only seeing him once a year, so it has been awhile since I have seen him. He was pretty impressed by what I can do. He asked me how I was doing and if I have had any problems or signs of shunt malfunction. Mom told him I have occasional vomiting and irritability but no patterns of it actually being the shunt. We weren't for sure if the doc was going to want a CT scan done and after he saw me and talked to me, he decided I didn't need one and didn't want to expose me to the radiation if I didn't need it. So we were headed back home. Which is a record. Most of my appointments involve getting a scan done and extra waiting, but not today. It was all good.
Since I had my doctors appointment I did not go to school, which means I messed up my perfect attendence. But I am sure I was going to miss eventually.
I got to see Santa the other night. I did really good although the picture didn't turn out the best. But I was a big boy and didn't cry unlike the boy in front of me. I can't wait til Christmas :)

New sounds

I have learned 2 new sounds lately and I have been trying to perfect them in the last couple of weeks. They are both pretty funny sounding. The first one is when I stick my tongue out and spit or some people call it blowing raspberries. It sometimes gets kind of messy and wet because spit goes everywhere. The other one is a sound that I make in the back of my throat. I call it my quacking noise because it sort of sounds like a duck. I am pretty intense with it though. I can't just easily make the quacking sound, I have to squint my eyes and make every effort to get just this little sound out. I sometimes try and then nothing comes out. Mom and dad say I look hilarious. Below is a little clip of me blowing raspberries. I was doing it constantly until mom grabbed the camera and then I would only do it after she made the sound. She is still trying to get video of me quacking, so stay tuned for that later. Enjoy!!


Blowing Raspberries