where does the time go?

We're more than halfway done January? How did that happen?

On Sunday, after a boring day at home, we decided to venture out for dinner with my parents. Aside from Chick-fil-A and the buffet in Atlantic City we had not been out to dinner at all since I arrived here (in June). We decided to go to Friday's (goodbye healthy eating) Jason did pretty well, but LOTS of food ended up on the floor. He did like my pasta though. Tyler was a bit hyper, but heald it together. Then it was home to bed.

On Sunday we had to run to Walmart and produce junction to get a gift and flowers for Grandmom and Pop-pop Johns' birthday. Tyler also insisted on buying flowers for my mom, which he was very exciting about. At produce junction I got starfruit, which Tyler enjoyed trying. Jason took one bite and then it was tossed.


That evening we went to grandmom and Pop-pop John's for dinner and to celebrate their birthdays. Both boys had fun and we had good food. Tyler was happy to get dessert, and then literally was spinning around their house afterwards.
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On Tuesday morning Jason decided to wake up at 3:50. For good. What a fun time. NOT (yes, I just said NOT). After taking Ty to school I ended up napping with Jason for almost 2 hours, thank goodness. After that we picked Ty up at school and hung out on the playground for a while before leaving Ty with Beth for a bit longer so I could home with Jason. His early intervention goal setting appointment was that afternoon. He happened to be finishing up his lunch when they arrived, which ended up working to my benefit. They were noticing that he apparently doesn't chew his food at all, and based on his oral motor skills they opted to request his therapies to be conducted by a speech therapist (as opposed to a teacher), so that's good. They've since called and scheduled his first therapy, which is on February 1st. He'll be getting speech once a week for an hour and will be re-evaluated in 6 months. Oddly enough, he's been makings some progress on his own. He's been trying to imitate sound. He FINALLY made some type of "la" sound last night (thanks to Elmos' Song). He's been babbling more as well.

Shortly after they left Jason went down for his nap and my dad stayed with him while Tyler had his counseling appointment. That went much better than the last time. I told her about the red dye issue and we worked on house rules (nothing new to us, but maybe it will mean more coming from someone else).

FINALLY, after maybe a month, Tyler earned "loft time" yesterday. We have a "loft" above the living room, which has been strictly storage for as long as I can remember. Each day where Tyler had good behavior my mom (and sometimes msyelf) worked on clearing it out a bit so that Tyler could have his own play area in a Jason-free zone. He was sooooo excited.