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!