Time has been flying by here in the Green house. Mostly good, so that's a plus. I'm not currently on my computer with pictures, so nothing fun to look at, but I did want to give an update. We finally were able to move into our house in mid March, so that's been both really exciting and chaotic all at the same time. Many of the boxes are unpacked, but we still have a bit to go. It just seems the kids prefer not to allow us time to ourselves to get things like that done.
As for other updates:
-Declan is doing well overall. His personality and abilities continue to grow--sometimes faster than others. He has learned to roll quickly and can now roll across a room without much effort. He is also sitting for longer bits of time now. We've never been witness to it, but at therapy he actually sat for five consecutive minutes without any help or falling! While we have a bit to go before we can officially deem him a pro at sitting, this is a huge accomplishment. In the last month he has had a barium enema (not pleasant--while it was one of the easiest tests in a sense, it was one of the most disgusting he's had!), an MRI (this required anesthesia but fortunately he came out of it beautifully again), and now has some cool orthotics. All of the tests have shown no problems, so that's another thing to be thankful for! He has also proven to us many times that he understands the word No, and knows exactly how to get out of it, based on the sneaky smiles he gives. We'd also really enjoy if he would decide to go to bed earlier than he does--he prefers to stay up until around 9, which wouldn't be bad except for the fact he's up at least once overnight and then sometimes refuses to go back to his crib, preferring to sleep with Scott or I on the couch or on the floor.
-Callum is a typical three year old right now. Generally he's a great kiddo, but he has decided tantrums in the form of throwing and hitting occasionally are fun. He tells me it's good to be bad and he likes having bad Callum around. So now it's just a matter of channeling that energy/disciplining the behavior without having our new house destroyed in the meantime. He still loves preschool, and we're looking into our options of increasing his learning time next fall since he craves that stability/activity time.
-As for Scott and I, we're just trying to survive/get unpacked/and live amidst the usual chaos. At the top of our wish list right now, though, is a full uninterrupted night of sleep--now that would be amazing!
