Jesse and his ABC's

Jesse is learning his abc's and let me tell you it is so adorable. He is saying A then says apples, then he says B babies, c cat, d doggie, and e elmo. He is just so darn cute. He's also saying I luh oooo.

Nascar season is back and anyone that knows me knows all to well that I am a die hard nascar fan. When I was pregnant I was at the Daytona 500 when Jeff Gordon took the checkered flag and Jesse totally kicked me. I thought wow my son is a nascar fan already. Well it's proving true. All week since it's been Race Week he has been glued to the practices, qualifying, and anything else that has to do with the cars going around the track. I can't wait to take him to his first race.

Well, it's time to get Jesse some lunch so off I go.

Jesse and his sharing skills

Well Jesse is learning to share now. He tried to share his sippy cup with me the other day and has been sharing his dada bear too. One thing though I am upset about him sharing. He's sick and he shared it with me. Ugh, now we are both congested, tired, and cranky. It makes me so happy that Jesse is sharing, but I have to say he is sharing way to much. I hope he starts to feel better soon. It was so bad the other night I almost took him to Portsmouth, but I handled it so I didn't need to. That was a good thing because we would have been waiting for about 4 hours just to be seen then another 2 hours when we finally got a room. It was already 3am and we hadn't been to sleep yet so I'm glad I saved us from that trip. He's eating and drinking today so I'm hoping that means he is starting to get over this. I need him to go to school so I can catch up on the housework I let go over the weekend to cuddle with my sick little man. Just look at this poor kid. He's miserable.

SIGNING TIME GIVE AWAY! YOU CAN'T MISS OUT ON THIS ONE

Pam over at The Bird Flock is rocking this give away thing. What better give away than Signing Time. I'm sure you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, or a friend who has kids that you can get stuff for. This is the best of the best for give aways. I mean you have the option to have Rachel, Alex, Leah and Hopkins in your house everyday! What more could you want? You totally need to get in on this give away. So get over to The Bird Flock now. Here's the link. http://theflockofbirds.blogspot.com/2009/02/signing-time-giveaway.html

Better check this one out

So a friend of mine over at The Bird Flock is doing a Bloggy Giveaway and you definately don't want to miss out on this one. You have a chance to win the most adorable lovems for your kiddos. So if you don't already read The Bird Flock you totally need to go there now and check it out. Not to mention she has the cutest little boy ever, well equally cute with Jesse anyway. So don't waste anymore time, the blog giveaway ends soon. Here's the link! http://theflockofbirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/bloggy-giveaway.html

Time for a much needed update

Jesse is doing great! He is having a hard time with deployment still, but school and therapy is going good. Speech therapy is tough because as far as I can tell he doesn't like the speech therapist. I can't blame him though since she told us to cut back on Signing Time and well Jesse won't stand to have his beloved Rachel cut out of his days. His speech therapy is Rachel, it's just Rachel and me. He has shown so much improvement since we got the whole Signing Time collection. I'm not going to take that away from him. He loves physical therapy. He spends the whole time in physical therpay laughing and having a blast. School is going good for him. The teacher said he's making progress with a lot of things.

I'm doing pretty good. Just trying to stay busy to keep my occupied for the deployment. Jesse missing his daddy and crying for dada has been really hard on me. I just can't stand it when he's crying and really upset and I know I can't do anything to make him feel better. I'm just glad we have already past our half way point for this deployment. It doesn't help any that Tony can't call that often either. It seems they are always cutting off the phone lines or Tony is working 20 hour days with no days off. It's really rough. I email Tony at least once a day to let him know how we're doing and tell him the new things Jesse is doing. Most of the time I find myself emailing him 2 or 3 times a day. He looks forward to our emails every day so I make sure to keep them heading his way. I also try to send him at least one picture of Jesse a day. I just recently started working on our Down Syndrome Association Buddy Walk comittee. That should take up a lot of time also because I have so many ideas. Currently I'm trying to get Rachel from Signing Time here for the event. I've also been trying to lose weight. So far I've lost 25 pounds since September when Tony left. I am hoping to lose another 20 by the time Tony comes home.

Well, it is after midnight and I am in desperate need of sleep so off to bed I go. So that is about it for now. Time for me to go to bed. I'll post again soon.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today I'm thankful for swallow studies that show there is nothing wrong with Jesse and for my wonderful sailor who although isn't home has still made it a point to call and email as much as he can. I'm also thankful for the most important man in my life who has brought me more joy than anyone could possibly imagine. Of course I'm talking about Jesse. He has been such a blessing to us and we cherish every moment with him. I'm also thankful for my wonderful family and friends. I honestly think I am the luckiest girl around because I have the greatest friends. I especially need to thank Jen who has been my voice of reason through this deployment and all the crap I've had to deal with since it started.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Swallow study??????? What?????

Yesterday we had some therapy evaluations for physical therapy and occupational therapy since we've been able to have any therapy services since Jesse turned 3 in July. I was explaining about Jesse and how sometimes he chokes on his food. It seems to me like he gets lazy and doesn't chew it good enough, but they asked me if we have ever had a swallow study done. I have had it mentioned to me before, but the drs never said lets have one done. Honestly, I don't have a clue what a swallow study even is. I feel so horrible for not knowing, but here I am taking a deep breath and admitting that for once I don't know what's going on. That takes a lot for me to admit. I'm always having to be in control and know exactly what is going on and when I don't I feel like a horrible mom. What does a swallow study consist of? Should I tell the drs I want one done even though I think it's just because Jesse gets lazy and doesn't want to chew? Any input or advice on this would be wonderful and appreciated so much. Thanks in advance. Oh and here is a cute recent pic of little man. It's not the best since he is looking down, but Jesse has found a new way of getting around the living room.