Getting Out of the House

Third day this week where I have woken up to Jonathan dressing himself before he comes down in the morning, I love it! Such a big help and such a big boy. For the most part things are on the correct way...a shirt has been on backwards and a sock inside out but that's manageable. He even gets into all his drawers and picks out the outfit himself...we have to work on matching things up though. Today he picked out his buckeye jersey (again, wore it on Sat too) and brown shorts...probably not what I would have picked out for him to wear together but I am just hoping people understand he is the phase of dressing himself.

So I figured out that Jonathan really needs to get out of the house in the mornings for both of our sanity. He also tends to take a nap on those days where we are very active in the morning versus not. Today it was a touch cooler so I decided to take Jonathan to the "Land of Make Believe" park. He had a great time running around and climbing. He found a little 6-year-old boy to play with too (it was all girls otherwise). The 6 year-old and him were running all around, chasing birds, etc. The little boy, Tommy, even was teaching Jonathan how to flex his muscles. It was cute. I started talking to the mom and she is a nurse practitioner at Children's in the NICU and her friend is a nurse there. We got to talking about Diana, the NICU, etc. It was nice to have another outside opinion about the ortho that we saw and they were shocked about how he treated us. Makes me feel better that I wasn't just over reacting. I called today to cancel the follow-up appointment I had scheduled with Dr. Tamai and when the nurse called me back she asked why I was cancelling and I said because I was less than impressed with the doctor and she said "I don't blame you." Clearly I am not the only one who doesn't care for this doctor, again making me feel better.

Tonight we had Dean, Wyatt and Tara over to play and dinner. As soon as Dean walked in he asked where the trampoline was...amazing memory. Jonathan and Dean play so well together. Towards the end they were "wearing off" energy and having running races in the house. Jonathan wanted Dean to spend the night but luckily we have plans to play again tomorrow. We love having them here for a long visit!