Ear Tube Success

Jack had his ear tube surgery on Monday morning and it went very well.  Justin woke up at 5 and got Jack up at 5:30 in order to be at the hospital by 6AM.  Justin said Jack did great,  he was only upset for a short period when he was waking up from the anesthesia.  He was in a good mood when he got home and was running around and feeling great the rest of the day.  He didn't even take a nap, which surprised me since he woke up so early.  I stayed home with little lady and anxiously waited to hear how things went. Jack is  feeling much better since the procedure and has even been more interactive. This is probably due to the fact that he can now hear better, and the pressure from the fluid in his ears is now gone. 

This is day three of his vacation from school and its been nice not having to wake him up these past two days. We had a play date here yesterday with a few of Jack's friends.  He doesn't get to participate in our weekly playgroups as much anymore since he is now in school five days a week.  So when Jack has time off from school I will schedule a play date so that he get as many chances to socialize as he can.

My parents and sister are driving down this morning to spend Thanksgiving with us.  Jack missed his speech appointment this week, but he still gets to go see Ms Shannon, his OT, this afternoon.  I'm so excited that Thanksgiving is finally here.  The turkey has been unthawing in the fridge since the weekend and Justin got a turkey breast he is going to smoke as well.  I'm looking forward to having a nice relaxing day and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade tomorrow morning with the kids.


Happy Thanksgiving!

Autism Speaks Walk, 8 months old and ear infections...

We had a great time at the Autism Speaks walk this past Saturday.  We had a great turn out and want to thank all our family and friends who were able to come out and support Jack and our family.  We are so lucky to have people who care so much about our family to support us and everyone living on the Spectrum.  Our team Jump-Up for Jack raised over $1000.  Thank you to everyone who donated.

Peyton celebrated turning 8 months old on Sunday and is doing great.  She is such a funny and happy little lady and is becoming quite the explorer.  She is working on her crawling and loves to pull herself up on to the coffee table and anything that is short enough for her to reach. She enjoys chasing and petting the cats (when she can catch them) and has a great time watching Jack run around.  We have started letting her take big girl baths and she loves splashing around and having the whole tub to herself.  She has been babbling a lot and says mama and dada fairly regularly and appropriately.  She has been eating more food and so far hasn't rejected anything (total opposite of Jack) but she enjoys feeding herself and I am sure Thanksgiving will be a very fun day for her :-)

Both Peyton and Jack got diagnosed with ear infections again about two weeks ago.  Peyton's is gone and she is doing very well.  Jack, on the other hand, we discovered has fluid built up in his ears so we took him to his ENT and he is scheduled to get tubes put in this coming Monday.  I'm sure the procedure will be an interesting experience for us, but I know this will help with the pressure he is probably feeling in his ear and prevent future ear infections.  He is off school all next week for the Holiday so he will have a nice long week to relax and recover, even though they say that by the afternoon he will be back to his normal self. 

I can't believe that Thanksgiving is only about a week away.  We are looking forward to enjoying this holiday here in Texas with my parents and sister.  I hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

I'm a little behind on my Halloween post but better late than never.  We had a great weekend leading up to Halloween and a terrific Halloween!  Jack had a chance for a practice run at trick or treating Friday night at his school.  He did well walking around the school and was interested in why people were giving him things.  Monday was a fun but long day for everyone.  Jack had school, speech and then we headed over to the Smith's house to play while we waited for Justin and Chuck to come home from work.  We dressed up the kids and took them around the neighborhood.  Jack did an amazing job at walking up to the doors, he even was going up with just Chuck and Lila by the last few houses.  There was only one time he got a little scared of a man that answered the door in a storm trooper costume.  He knocked on a few doors and when given the chance to take a piece of candy from a bowl would grab one and place it in his pumpkin bucket. He had a blast coming back and getting in the wagon to ride to the next house.  Justin and I could not be prouder of how well he did with the whole experience.  Jack got to enjoy a sucker on our way back to the house and went to bed an his normal time. Peyton was tired by the end of the night but was the cutes little pumpkin. 

This week has gone by fast and Justin leaves tomorrow for a quick trip back to STL. Its hard to believe that next weekend is the Autism Speaks walk and that three weeks from today it will be Thanksgiving.  I am looking forward to seeing our family a few times this month and getting excited to host Thanksgiving here this year. 

Both kids are finally better (and I hope I'm not jinxing things by saying this) and I hope they stay that way for a while :-)  I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween and is having a great week!