Tidbits about December:
-We had a parent-teacher conference with Jay’s preschool
teacher where we learned he was one of two children that could do the 20-piece
puzzles in the classroom. As a result,
we put puzzles on his Christmas list :-)
-Jay had his first eye appointment. It went reasonably well. He sat still long enough for the doctor to
look at his eyes with her instruments and to participate in the eye chart test
on the wall. Thankfully he knows his
alphabet and that helped with the eye chart test. Originally she was showing him a chart with
pictures on it. Some of the pictures
weren’t exactly clear to me, so I was worried he wouldn’t be able to easily
figure them out. He was struggling a bit
and then she put the letter M up while she was looking for something else to
show him. Jay said “M” and the doctor was
so surprised that he knew the letter. I
told her that he knew them all and it would probably be easier to just do the
letters with him, so that’s what she did.
He was having fun at first, but when he started saying things like “noonie”
instead of the letter, I knew we had lost him!
She was able to get enough information to conclude that he has little,
if any, prescription at this point.
-Justin went to Seattle for business in mid-December. Grandma Clarke came and helped out while he
was away. Thank goodness! I don’t know what happened, but Jay decided
to give me a run for my money during that week.
On the third day Justin was gone, Jay ran away and misbehaved during
drop-off at school. Then, that night, he
just would not go to sleep. He was up
until midnight! I was exhausted and
thankfully Grandma was there. Jay stayed
home with her the next day and I just took Brody to school on his own. Honestly, Jay hasn’t gone to sleep well for
me since then. It’s been a bit of a
stressor!
-Obviously, the biggest event in December was Christmas. We had a nice holiday at our house. Brody was a bit sullen and overwhelmed at
first. He didn’t want to open presents
and just kept crying that he wanted the TV on.
So, to help calm him down, we put a Christmas movie on while we were
opening presents. He eventually warmed
up and had a good time. Jay, on the
other hand, didn’t need any convincing! After
presents we had our traditional cinnamon roll breakfast and then Skyped with my
family. Later in the afternoon, Justin’s
side of the family came over and we opened presents and had a yummy prime rib
for dinner. It was a merry, though
tiring, holiday!
Here are the pictures:
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| Our tree on Christmas Eve after the kids were in bed. |
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| Bake faster cookies! |
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| Jay thought Brody throwing flour on his face was hilarious and joined in on the fun! |
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| The first thing Brody did when making cookies was throw flour on his face! |
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| Wrestling! |
Christmas Day:
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| Look how sad he is on Christmas! |
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| Jay is ready to rip into the presents! |
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| Still sad |
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| Starting to warm up! |
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| Jay looks suspicious of breakfast. |
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