Wednesday.....

Reflecting back on last week's vacation will help me get over the Wednesday hump. Enjoy the pictures, they were taken on the wedding day last Friday in Florida. Wyatt seemed to enjoy all the exploring our family got to experience together last week! Hope the rest of our week speeds by.......

Dreams of Flying.......

We had a great family vacation in Florida, we arrived home this morning after driving straight through coming back. I will post several times this week to share about our adventure, but I thought these pictures deserved their own post. We went to Pier Park and they had this bungee swing, the weight requirement was 20-200 lbs, Wyatt weighs 22.5 lbs so on the swing we go. He loved it, and I mean loved it. He really did not want the adventure to end. I have decided we have a fearless little one on our hands. We were in Florida for a wedding, a college friend of mine got married, and I was excited to stand along the other bridesmaids and share in the celebrations. We got some great photos, I have even said we may have a Christmas card in the making, so stay tuned, and again look for new photos here throughout the week........

Thursday Thoughts........

Ohhhhhhhhhh what a moment Wyatt and I just shared in his bedroom. As I was putting him to bed tonight, we were rocking and I was singing. After, I finished my song, I whispered "I love you" among other things, and he looked me in the eyes, and whispered back. Whispered an entire conversation, if only I could have understood him. I think the two things that got me were that he looked me in the eyes, and he whispered. We continue this for a few minutes before I said good night. If you know our story, then you know that bonding is something that happens S-L-O-W-L-Y, and eye contact has been non existent until the last month or so. Even now it is only a few direct looks a day, but we are learning all kinds of new wonderful techniques with our (O.T)Occupational Therapist. I would say that we are different, but hopefully if we stop to think about this we will all do it more. Play needs to include some purpose, what I mean by this is take the swing for example. How many times have we put our child in, and just started swinging away as we talked to the family next to us, or took a phone call, or let ourselves drift off to where we need to be or what we need to be doing next? Never will Wyatt be in a swing that I do not take the time to make eye contact, EYE contact is so important in children and adults, but it is not something that just happens and has to be taught as a baby/toddler. Wyatt never had anyone take the time to make eye contact, and talk to him as a baby. Most people do this on the changing table, not when you are in an orphanage and 10 other babies need diapers changed too! I never realized how little eye contact we were exchanging, but we are making great leaps now. Also at O.T today Wyatt brought the bubbles to me, and said Momma. He used my name correctly!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I love this little boy...............

What a Monday........

I had a hard time selecting favorites for this post, and all of these moments happened this past week so I decided to share them all. Isn't my little boy filling out( looking at these photos it is hard to believe he has only gained 1.5 lbs in the past 6 months, but that is what our Endocrinologist told us at today's appointment)?She did say that we need to draw some labs, so tomorrow will be a wake him and take him, the only difference is this will be Justin's first time to hold him while they get blood. I told him I might need to come and be sure that it goes good for them both, oh I remember my first time, and it was horrible. Also, we have recently started some intense speech therapy, and occupational therapy. My only regret is that I wish we would have started this a year ago, but no looking back and we will be grateful for the milestones we hit moving forward. He does not even realize he is at intense therapy because they make it so F-U-N for him. Just in the past couple of weeks his words are beginning........ The one he still has down, and has decided to use over and over is mom. Today, after the Dr's appt Wyatt was in the car and I had a couple of business calls to make so I did. Normally, Wyatt rides along quietly and observes his surroundings, not this afternoon. I am trying to handle a very delicate matter with a dying patient, and Wyatt is in the backseat loudly saying, MOM, MOM,MOM, MOM, and on and on. I do not think he even took a breathe in between the words. He was so proud of himself, I was horrified. I asked the nurse can you hear my 2 year old, she very nicely said "yes" hopefully after I go see her tomorrow she will in fact think it is a funny story that had MOM s-t-r-e-s-s-e-d out. I know everyone tried to warn me when the words came they would not stop! Oh, the timing my sweet boy......... One of the other pictures I included was on July 3rd. I had just put Wyatt to bed, and heard some fireworks outside so I decided to go get him, and go outside for a trial run to see if he would like the fireworks he loved them. We had a great 4th, we spent it with neighbors. Initially, Wyatt was frightened by the fireworks, but within minutes decided that were pretty cool! The other photo is of the way Wyatt prefers to drink water outside, who needs a cup when you have a long, green hose. It is all about the hydration! Enjoy the photos, and enjoy the week!