So I'm a few days behind on this, but Happy 10 months to Peyton! I know I say this with the passing of every month, but where has the time gone? Peyton will be turning one in just two months. I really need to get a jump on planning her 1st birthday party. I am still trying to decide on a theme, but hopefully I will settle on something very soon.
She is getting so big and has learned so many new things. Her newest skill is shaking her head "no" and when we ask her "were's your tummy?" she will point at her belly :-) I think she has a few more teeth trying to break through so she can get a little fussy sometimes, but most of the time she is such a happy and funny little lady. She loves when we have friends over or go to playgroups, and still loves to pet the cat's. Shecan say mama and dada and it sounds like she it trying to say the words cat and hi. I got a little camera happy when I took her 10 months pictures, mostly because I was having trouble finding the right setting on the camera, but on the other hand I just love taking pictures of my kids...so I will appologize in advance :-)
I hope that everyone has had a great week! Will post again soon enjoy the pictures.
The Griggs Family
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Oh, what a weekend...
Happy Monday morning everyone! I was pleasantly surprised this morning when Jack woke up in a very happy mood. I was very happy when he didn't put up any resistance to eating breakfast, getting dressed and leaving for school. I wasn't sure how this morning was going to go considering how difficult the weekend had been. Jack started off his weekend by eating to much Friday night and got sick in the middle of the night (poor guy). The next morning he slept in, and when he got up he seemed to be feeling better. We went over to a friends house for a play date, while Justin got in a round of golf with our neighbor friend, Luke. Everything seemed to be going pretty good, but when we got back home all (for lack of a better word) hell broke loose. He was happy one second and then screaming and crying the next. Nothing we did seemed to make him happy and even when we would find something that did comfort him that state of happiness was short lived. I think he still wasn't feeling great after his rough night.
Sunday morning he woke up early and seemed to be in a better mood but when Justin went to change him he didn't want to have his diaper put back on. Jack has been going though the "I don't want to wear clothes" phase and most of the time he runs around the house in nothing except his diaper. We finally compromised with him by let him sitting on his froggy potty and watch a show until he was ready to wear a diaper again. He had a pretty good afternoon and even made the grocery store trip to Target with Justin, but throughout a majority of the day he was craving a lot of sensory activity. He really enjoyed it when would swing him around, squeeze him in the sofa pillows and brush his feet. I think we may need to look into getting him a swing in the future (even though swing him around does give me a good workout). He had a small dinner and almost fell asleep around six, but we were able to keep him up for his bath and got him into bed around 7:30.
I hope he has a good day at school. We have another ARD meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss changes to his IEP. The school finished their Autism evaluation in December so we are meeting to discuss his goals since he has officially been giving the diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
Peyton has been doing really well. She had a little reaction to the second round of her flu shot she had at her 9 month appointment, but is finally back to normal. She has been a little fussy at time, but I think she is teething. Her second top tooth hasn't popped though yet, but it looks like it will be happening very soon. I can't believe that she will be 10 months old at the end of the week. I guess it will be time for me to start planning her 1st Birthday Party!
Hope everyone has a great week and I will try and have some new pictures up the next time I post
Sunday morning he woke up early and seemed to be in a better mood but when Justin went to change him he didn't want to have his diaper put back on. Jack has been going though the "I don't want to wear clothes" phase and most of the time he runs around the house in nothing except his diaper. We finally compromised with him by let him sitting on his froggy potty and watch a show until he was ready to wear a diaper again. He had a pretty good afternoon and even made the grocery store trip to Target with Justin, but throughout a majority of the day he was craving a lot of sensory activity. He really enjoyed it when would swing him around, squeeze him in the sofa pillows and brush his feet. I think we may need to look into getting him a swing in the future (even though swing him around does give me a good workout). He had a small dinner and almost fell asleep around six, but we were able to keep him up for his bath and got him into bed around 7:30.
I hope he has a good day at school. We have another ARD meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss changes to his IEP. The school finished their Autism evaluation in December so we are meeting to discuss his goals since he has officially been giving the diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
Peyton has been doing really well. She had a little reaction to the second round of her flu shot she had at her 9 month appointment, but is finally back to normal. She has been a little fussy at time, but I think she is teething. Her second top tooth hasn't popped though yet, but it looks like it will be happening very soon. I can't believe that she will be 10 months old at the end of the week. I guess it will be time for me to start planning her 1st Birthday Party!
Hope everyone has a great week and I will try and have some new pictures up the next time I post
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!
I hope that everyone had a great New Year's eve last night. We spent the evening having dinner with some friends of ours and their kids. We of course called it early so the kids could get to bed. Justin and I tried to stay up for the ball to drop in NYC, but I just barely made it. Maybe when the kids are older I will be able to stay up till midnight to ring in the new year again :-)
We have been getting back into our routine since we got back from Springfield. We had a wonderful Christmas! The kids got to have Christmas with both sets of Grandparents and their Aunt Stacey in Springfield. They got lots of new toys and clothes and Justin and I have been buying them toys will all the gift cards they got. Peyton's had a great time celebrating her first Christmas. She loved playing with all the paper from the gifts and had a great time getting new girl toys.
Peyton turned 9 months old this month. We had her 9 month appointment scheduled for the 15th, but she woke up that morning with a temperature 102. I took her in and turned out she had strep :-( We had to then push back her appointment until after Christmas. She is now weighing 17 pounds 6.5 ounces and is 27 inches long. She learning to do more and more things. She points and waves hi and good-bye all the time. Justin taught her to clap and I taught her how to talk on the phone. She will also show you her muscles with is so cute. She is eating anything we will give her so we are trying to give her as much table food as we can at meals as long as it's not a choking hazard.
Justin is off work today and tomorrow for the holiday weekend. Jack goes back to school on Tuesday and I am sure he will be happy to get back into his normal daily routine. I hope that everyone had a great weekend and since I seem to have the computer fixed (for now) I will try and post again very soon.
We have been getting back into our routine since we got back from Springfield. We had a wonderful Christmas! The kids got to have Christmas with both sets of Grandparents and their Aunt Stacey in Springfield. They got lots of new toys and clothes and Justin and I have been buying them toys will all the gift cards they got. Peyton's had a great time celebrating her first Christmas. She loved playing with all the paper from the gifts and had a great time getting new girl toys.
Peyton turned 9 months old this month. We had her 9 month appointment scheduled for the 15th, but she woke up that morning with a temperature 102. I took her in and turned out she had strep :-( We had to then push back her appointment until after Christmas. She is now weighing 17 pounds 6.5 ounces and is 27 inches long. She learning to do more and more things. She points and waves hi and good-bye all the time. Justin taught her to clap and I taught her how to talk on the phone. She will also show you her muscles with is so cute. She is eating anything we will give her so we are trying to give her as much table food as we can at meals as long as it's not a choking hazard.
Justin is off work today and tomorrow for the holiday weekend. Jack goes back to school on Tuesday and I am sure he will be happy to get back into his normal daily routine. I hope that everyone had a great weekend and since I seem to have the computer fixed (for now) I will try and post again very soon.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Technical difficulties, 9 months and much more...
Hello everyone, I'm posting from my iPod touch right now since our computer refuses to turn back on. I ran some updates the other day and it said it needed to restart, but unfortunately never did. I'll be taking it in when I have a chance so until then I won't be able to post pictures.
This past week has been busy. Jack had an appointment with his development pediatrician which went well. He has made some good growth in the past 6 months. He tested in the 30-31 month range for fine motor,cognitive and receptive language skills and 24 months for expressive language skills. He has a lot of work ahead of him which include learning to use language to communicate and helping him learn to socialize. Social skills are difficult for autistic children so we are always looking to help Jack have as many opportunists to be social as we can.
Today is Jack's last day of school before winter break. I'm looking forward to going to his class Christmas party this afternoon.
Peyton has had a big week also. She turned 9 months old on Tuesday. We were scheduled to have her 9 month check up on Thurdsay, but she woke up yesterday morning with a temp of 101.1. We went in and found out she has strep :-(. So we have had to push back her well visit for after Christmas. She will be spending the afternoon with her dad while I go to Jack's party. Justin has figured out his schedule so he can come home to be with her because when she woke up yesterday I was so bummed about having to miss the party. I've been looking forward to this ever since I found out he was going to have a school Christmas party. Thanks honey I really appreciate it :-)
I hope everyone has had a great week and I will hopefully get the computer fixed soon and I'm sorry if there are any typos (blogging on a iPod touch is not the easiest thing to do).
This past week has been busy. Jack had an appointment with his development pediatrician which went well. He has made some good growth in the past 6 months. He tested in the 30-31 month range for fine motor,cognitive and receptive language skills and 24 months for expressive language skills. He has a lot of work ahead of him which include learning to use language to communicate and helping him learn to socialize. Social skills are difficult for autistic children so we are always looking to help Jack have as many opportunists to be social as we can.
Today is Jack's last day of school before winter break. I'm looking forward to going to his class Christmas party this afternoon.
Peyton has had a big week also. She turned 9 months old on Tuesday. We were scheduled to have her 9 month check up on Thurdsay, but she woke up yesterday morning with a temp of 101.1. We went in and found out she has strep :-(. So we have had to push back her well visit for after Christmas. She will be spending the afternoon with her dad while I go to Jack's party. Justin has figured out his schedule so he can come home to be with her because when she woke up yesterday I was so bummed about having to miss the party. I've been looking forward to this ever since I found out he was going to have a school Christmas party. Thanks honey I really appreciate it :-)
I hope everyone has had a great week and I will hopefully get the computer fixed soon and I'm sorry if there are any typos (blogging on a iPod touch is not the easiest thing to do).
Monday, December 5, 2011
Visit with Santa!
We had a great Thanksgiving and now that December has arrived we have been busy decorating the house and shopping. Jack adjusted well to going back to school after being off for a week. He had a rough day first day back, but his teacher said the last three day's of the week went great with no behavior issues. He even did his art project on Friday all by himself. Apparently it was gluing small square pieces of paper onto the letter W.
Jack is doing really well and his love of letters and phonics is leading to him learning to read. A new favorite game is for us to write a word on the magna-doodle and for him to read it. He can read about 10-15 words. If you write a word he isn't sure of he will just erase it and wait for you to write another. This past weekend Justin found him playing with his letter blocks and found that he had spelled out LAWSON, which is the name of his school.
We took the kids to an event this weekend to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Santa Clause. This was the first year that Jack seemed happy and not afraid of Santa. He sat down next to him and we got a great picture of him with Santa. He is even, sort of, looking at the camera. Justin said that when he was waiting for the picture, Jack ran back over to Santa and wanted him to clap his hands. Peyton on the other hand was terrified of Santa so she did not get her picture taken :-) She was interested in Mickey and Minnie, but only from a safe distance. We got some cute pictures of her infront the tree both there and at home. The cute little outfit was an outfit we borrowed from our friends.
I hope that everyone is having a great December and I will post again soon.
Jack is doing really well and his love of letters and phonics is leading to him learning to read. A new favorite game is for us to write a word on the magna-doodle and for him to read it. He can read about 10-15 words. If you write a word he isn't sure of he will just erase it and wait for you to write another. This past weekend Justin found him playing with his letter blocks and found that he had spelled out LAWSON, which is the name of his school.
We took the kids to an event this weekend to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Santa Clause. This was the first year that Jack seemed happy and not afraid of Santa. He sat down next to him and we got a great picture of him with Santa. He is even, sort of, looking at the camera. Justin said that when he was waiting for the picture, Jack ran back over to Santa and wanted him to clap his hands. Peyton on the other hand was terrified of Santa so she did not get her picture taken :-) She was interested in Mickey and Minnie, but only from a safe distance. We got some cute pictures of her infront the tree both there and at home. The cute little outfit was an outfit we borrowed from our friends.
I hope that everyone is having a great December and I will post again soon.
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