It's been a while...
It's been quite a while since I've been on here posting anything. Things have been kind of crazy around our household. I have finally finished my first semester of the pre-nursing program. I have this semester left of pre-reqs before I can actually apply to the program for the fall. I knew it wasn't going to be the easiest thing going back to school with two small kids, but I managed to do ok. :) I had one night class which Leon really had a hard time with. He is so use to me being at home to put him to bed in the evenings and the first few classes I had voicemails with him crying saying, "mommy, I love you. I want you to come home." After the first few weeks, the messages were more along the lines of, "Mommy, can I stay up until you get home?" Most of the time the answer was no, but it depended on how well he had done at preschool that week. That was his reward for following instructions during the week. It didn't take him long to catch on thats for sure!
I have decided that with Skip only working one full time job now since he lost our primary source of income that I am going to look into taking a short CNA class sometime in the spring. I'm looking into a couple different places to do it at, I'm just waiting to hear back from a few places. I figured this would give me the opportunity to start working in the medical field while still going to school so that I can make some money earlier. My unemployment isn't going to last forever and I'm just hoping it lasts until I get the CNA program finished.
Leon has been doing great at preschool. He talks non stop, but somehow is still able to learn and be ahead of all the other kids in his class. He knows the sounds and recognizes capital and small letters from A-L now. He recognizes his name, can spell his name for you, and can write it, although it's not always the greatest. He can count to 15 and since he goes to a christian preschool, he has around 6 bible versus memorized. He comes home all the time with new songs he sings to Noah. Noah just stares at him mesmerized most of the time. :) He loves being around Noah although they are starting to fight over toys. Noah is starting to get the best of him. I've told him since Noah was little that someday, Noah would be able to fight back and he better watch what he does to him cause he will remember...someday. Noah likes to take his toys and try to hit him with it. Usually we catch him, but sometimes he has actually hurt Leon. Boys will be boys I guess. Leon turned 4 in October and had his first birthday party for his friends. He had a blast as well as all of his friends from preschool. Our neighbor brought their little boy. They often play together in the evenings outside when it's warm out. He got a really cute fireman outfit for his birthday which is what he was for halloween. He loved it...and still does. He told Santa that he wanted a monster truck, and a boat with some water for Christmas. I was confused on why we needed water, but he got all kinds of stuff from Santa. He got his monster truck and a boat...no water though, and a few games. He also got a shoe that teaches him how to tie his shoes. He wants to learn so bad, but he just ties them in knots. We need to start working on that with him a little more. He knows how to completely dress himself, other than tie his shoes, he almost knows his right from left. He gets them right most of the time...probably 95%. He loves to learn new things and is VERY energetic. He is playing indoor soccer and his first game is Saturday. This is his third "season" playing. In the spring he will probably play closer to home. He couldn't play anywhere within 20 minutes of our house until he was 4 and the spring will be the first time he can play closer to home with his age. Leon is in speech therapy through the school system. He has trouble with his "l" sounds primarily but they have been working with him on all kinds of sounds. He has other sounds he needs help with too, but right now they are working on beginning sounds.
Noah tries to imitate everything anyone says or does. He will be 15 months tomorrow and has finally broke the 18 lb mark!!! He's little...Leon was small, but he's even smaller. He usually loves to eat, although lately we've had some teething issues and ear infections so he hasn't been eating very well at all. He usually out eats Leon but doesn't gain much weight...but he's getting there. He says hi, bye, bubba, mom, dad, kitty, yes, more (and signs more), does a lot of pointing for what he wants. I'm sure there are other words but they just aren't coming to me. He hasn't said "no" yet which I'm excited about...the longer the better :) He shakes his head yes and no, but doesn't know what it means necessarily. He mostly army crawls although he can crawl normal. He is pulling to stand and cruising all over the place and starting to stand next to something without holding on. (both of the boys are/were low tone so the are delayed on walking) Noah has a physical therapist and a nutritionist that he works with. PT is once a week for an hour and nutrition is twice a month for an hour. The nutritionist weighs him every time to monitor his weight and goes through what he eats, drinks, etc. and gives me ideas on how to get more calories in. He never sits still so it's not surprising he doesn't gain much weight. He was discharged from occupational therapy at the beginning of December. I was excited about that. It took a lot of time out of my studying to have to be home. Now both therapists are going to be seeing him at daycare so I won't have to schedule my studying time around that which will be really nice. He loves the babysitter though. His PT has ordered some orthodics for him to help support his ankles so that he will hopefully walk sooner. He goes in a week and a half to have them fitted to his feet. Hopefully he cooperates!! He had another surgery in October to be re-circumcised and they also did a chordee repair then. He recovered nicely from that with hardly any pain the next day which was nice. He is also going to be going to an eye doctor in February. When he was evaluated for his annual review for First Steps they brought up that his left eye doesn't move with the right eye like it should...more like a lazy eye I'm assuming. Through First Steps, the evaluation is free so we decided to take advantage of it and have his eyes checked to see if they think it is something to be worried about. We never noticed it until we started looking for it and looking at pictures and then we saw it. It's not bad, but noticable.
I have some pictures to upload, but Noah is ready for lunch now and then a nap, so I better get to feeding him!! I'll upload some pictures later I hope...sooner rather than later!!!
I have decided that with Skip only working one full time job now since he lost our primary source of income that I am going to look into taking a short CNA class sometime in the spring. I'm looking into a couple different places to do it at, I'm just waiting to hear back from a few places. I figured this would give me the opportunity to start working in the medical field while still going to school so that I can make some money earlier. My unemployment isn't going to last forever and I'm just hoping it lasts until I get the CNA program finished.
Leon has been doing great at preschool. He talks non stop, but somehow is still able to learn and be ahead of all the other kids in his class. He knows the sounds and recognizes capital and small letters from A-L now. He recognizes his name, can spell his name for you, and can write it, although it's not always the greatest. He can count to 15 and since he goes to a christian preschool, he has around 6 bible versus memorized. He comes home all the time with new songs he sings to Noah. Noah just stares at him mesmerized most of the time. :) He loves being around Noah although they are starting to fight over toys. Noah is starting to get the best of him. I've told him since Noah was little that someday, Noah would be able to fight back and he better watch what he does to him cause he will remember...someday. Noah likes to take his toys and try to hit him with it. Usually we catch him, but sometimes he has actually hurt Leon. Boys will be boys I guess. Leon turned 4 in October and had his first birthday party for his friends. He had a blast as well as all of his friends from preschool. Our neighbor brought their little boy. They often play together in the evenings outside when it's warm out. He got a really cute fireman outfit for his birthday which is what he was for halloween. He loved it...and still does. He told Santa that he wanted a monster truck, and a boat with some water for Christmas. I was confused on why we needed water, but he got all kinds of stuff from Santa. He got his monster truck and a boat...no water though, and a few games. He also got a shoe that teaches him how to tie his shoes. He wants to learn so bad, but he just ties them in knots. We need to start working on that with him a little more. He knows how to completely dress himself, other than tie his shoes, he almost knows his right from left. He gets them right most of the time...probably 95%. He loves to learn new things and is VERY energetic. He is playing indoor soccer and his first game is Saturday. This is his third "season" playing. In the spring he will probably play closer to home. He couldn't play anywhere within 20 minutes of our house until he was 4 and the spring will be the first time he can play closer to home with his age. Leon is in speech therapy through the school system. He has trouble with his "l" sounds primarily but they have been working with him on all kinds of sounds. He has other sounds he needs help with too, but right now they are working on beginning sounds.
Noah tries to imitate everything anyone says or does. He will be 15 months tomorrow and has finally broke the 18 lb mark!!! He's little...Leon was small, but he's even smaller. He usually loves to eat, although lately we've had some teething issues and ear infections so he hasn't been eating very well at all. He usually out eats Leon but doesn't gain much weight...but he's getting there. He says hi, bye, bubba, mom, dad, kitty, yes, more (and signs more), does a lot of pointing for what he wants. I'm sure there are other words but they just aren't coming to me. He hasn't said "no" yet which I'm excited about...the longer the better :) He shakes his head yes and no, but doesn't know what it means necessarily. He mostly army crawls although he can crawl normal. He is pulling to stand and cruising all over the place and starting to stand next to something without holding on. (both of the boys are/were low tone so the are delayed on walking) Noah has a physical therapist and a nutritionist that he works with. PT is once a week for an hour and nutrition is twice a month for an hour. The nutritionist weighs him every time to monitor his weight and goes through what he eats, drinks, etc. and gives me ideas on how to get more calories in. He never sits still so it's not surprising he doesn't gain much weight. He was discharged from occupational therapy at the beginning of December. I was excited about that. It took a lot of time out of my studying to have to be home. Now both therapists are going to be seeing him at daycare so I won't have to schedule my studying time around that which will be really nice. He loves the babysitter though. His PT has ordered some orthodics for him to help support his ankles so that he will hopefully walk sooner. He goes in a week and a half to have them fitted to his feet. Hopefully he cooperates!! He had another surgery in October to be re-circumcised and they also did a chordee repair then. He recovered nicely from that with hardly any pain the next day which was nice. He is also going to be going to an eye doctor in February. When he was evaluated for his annual review for First Steps they brought up that his left eye doesn't move with the right eye like it should...more like a lazy eye I'm assuming. Through First Steps, the evaluation is free so we decided to take advantage of it and have his eyes checked to see if they think it is something to be worried about. We never noticed it until we started looking for it and looking at pictures and then we saw it. It's not bad, but noticable.
I have some pictures to upload, but Noah is ready for lunch now and then a nap, so I better get to feeding him!! I'll upload some pictures later I hope...sooner rather than later!!!
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