School Work

Jonathan and I try and do schoolwork everyday (except weekends). He is getting pretty good at writing his name, even his last name. He needs help with the K and S in the last name otherwise he can do it all by himself after I write it above for him to look at. We also do worksheets learning to write letters, numbers and objects that are similar and different. He likes to get A+'s and doesn't understand why he gets B's sometimes. He might have a little of his dad in him.

Cancelled Surgery

The oral surgeon's office called today to confirm JT's surgery on Friday and I told them about how his tongue is healing and looking better so they talked to Dr. Morrison and he said he would like to give it a few more weeks to see what it will do on it's own. Prayers being said that it continues to heal so well. I just let out a sigh of relief, at least for now.

Jungle Gyms

I woke up this morning at 6:30 am to Jonathan crying...I went up to his room to find him upset because he couldn't get his top (well sweater) on. It was inside out and the hood on it kept getting him stuck. I tried to tell him it was too hot for a long-sleeved sweater but he was determined. The funny part was it was a striped sweater and he had plaid shorts on. I think we need to have a fashion lesson this week.

We met Dean and Tara at Go Play Cafe this morning and Jonathan loved it. It was an indoor jungle gym/climbing area. Dean was not fond of climbing up in there so I got a workout in...surprised I didn't get stuck. The boys played together in the toy kitchen and school house and watched girls do gymnastics...there was a gym right next to the play area. As we were leaving a little boy was going in for a tumbling class and when we got to the car, Jonathan asked if he could do that sometime. I guess that is in my near future.

We then went to chick-fil-a for lunch. This was my first time going and I have to say, not bad for fastfood. They also had an indoor play area for the kids, another jungle-gym type area and the boys once again were busy playing. This time Dean climbed up too! Tara got some time to talk today too which was nice!

All the climbing has worn Jonathan out and is napping! Yeah!

Daddy is coming home tonight, which we are all excited about. We survived but definitely miss daddy. I feel for all those single parents out there. Luckily Diana was an angel while Brad has been gone and would go 5-7 hours at night without eating. Still sometimes 3 during the day but I can handle that. I am amazed at how well she is doing!!! I don't want to push my luck, but next on the agenda...a schedule for her. Thanks little sweet pea for being so good to Mommy!

Eat the Monkey

Diana is loving her activity mat. She likes to look at herself in the mirror and try and eat her monkey. She will coo when she is on her mat too. It's very cute!

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!

Fun at GB & Grandpa Weeks'

Jonathan did not want to come tonight after having a "sleepover" at GB and Grandpa Weeks' house last night and spending all day there today...including swimming, napping and dinner. I love that he likes to have sleepovers and that is getting spoiled by them. We had a fun day at the pool again and Jonathan is still loving the water, putting his face under and sitting on the edge of the pool now and jumping in (being caught though so he doesn't go under). He even got to play croquet for the first time thanks to Grandpa. One of his favorite cartoons, Calliuo, had a show about how Calliuo played croquet with his Grandpa and ever since Jonathan saw that, he has been teasing to play. Thank you GB & Grandpa for your help while Brad was gone!

Busy Busy

What a fun day! It started out with an adventure to church with the two kids solo. Luckily Diana slept the whole time and Jonathan was well behaved (must have been the donut I promised him if he was good in church).

This afternoon we went to Momma G's house for a swim party as Tara, Aaron, Dean and Wyatt made a very long road trip to spend some time in Ohio. We are so happy they (minus Aaron) are here for 2 weeks. Jonathan loved the pool! He was getting his face wet in the pool, swimming all around with his water wings, figured out he could touch the bottom of the pool on his tippy toes and then got a little adventurous and went down the water slide. The top was a little high up so someone would lift him on the slide, about halfway and then let him go while I was in the water to catch him. He loved it! Except for when I missed catching him and he went under a bit but he got over it and went right back up to go down it again. We also got to celebrate one of Dean's cousin's birthdays with ice cream cake. Yummy!

Then tonight, GB, Grandpa Weeks, Kyle and Amanda came over to celebrate Grandpa Weeks' birthday with pizza and ice cream cake. Yes, we were spoiled with ice cream cake twice today with no complaints! It was really cute when Jonathan noticed GB and Grandpa Weeks' pulling in the driveway, he squealed, ran over to the window and started banging on it saying hi GB, hi Grandpa. Then he went into crazy kid show off mode and was all wound up. Needless to say he was quite excited to see GB and Grandpa. Luckily Grandpa and Kyle filled part of the void of Daddy not being here by wrestling and being "wild" with Jonathan because I have learned that I cannot do this nor do I want to...it's a little too much "boy" for me. The celebration ended with Jonathan carrying his sleeping bag and backpack out of the house into GB's "sports car" for a sleepover at their house. Since Dave hasn't seen Diana in 3 weeks, I picked up on some of the things that were mentioned on how she has changed...much more alert and her neck control is greatly improved. She is also awake a lot more now, still sleeps a lot, but she was awake the whole time everyone was here. Diana and I bonded for awhile and now it is off to bed for us as well.