Blake’s check up went super well. He is almost on par and everyone is happy with his progress. We are still going to check in with Neuro. Surg. to see what they say about his misshapen head and if they think he needs some pressure bands (supposedly not a helmet). It will likely not be covered by insurance.

Blake started eating cereal. Sometimes it’s a game of raspberry and it all comes out, but sometimes he eats really well and finishes a whole tsp.

Cory is starting to get into sports, which is only funny because he only wants to play virtually without balls. He plays Super Squad sports with superheros on his Mobigo so he wants to play hockey without a ball with Jay.

Easter was wonderfully fun with both families. We did egg dying, egg hunting and kite flying at Gma Boyds on Sat. and on Sun we had an e-mail from the Easter Bunny who gave him a clue to find his basket and 25 eggs inside. He got chocolate, super mario for wii, hefalump movie, mater cars for his Mobigo, and a serpent master to go with his serpent pirate ship. We went to Baltimore to see my dad’s family. Cory literally has two gallon’s of chocolate and a whole table full of toys I’ve been going through to clean Easter grass off of.

Both boys were dressed in adorableness, but Blake got hot and spit up before I could even get a picture after church and Cory was stomping in mud puddles at my Aunts.
That night after all the long visits and chocolate and messed up meals and schedules, Cory laid in bed with his “stay for one song” all tucked in and said “I miss Grandma.” I was trying to figure out why he said he missed her even though he just saw here that morning. He said he wanted to go fly kites and didn’t want her to go to work and mumble mumble something. He insisted I get Daddy’s phone and to call her and ask her to come over at…what was it 9:30 at night!

Now that we have Cory’s appt scheduled for first week of June, we’re preping our conversations with the doctor about his behavior. We’ve read up on anxieties, autism, and even hyperlexia. The more we read, the more I just see that he is just the spitting image of phobias, memorization wizing, super finding, social awkwardness, new things avoiding, sensory overloading, and literal and over mountain top thinking that my father and I have. Regardless, all we can do is share our concerns and the doc will probably send us for a child’s psychologist evaluation and they’ll work with us from there. I’m not looking for a label really. Just strategies. What’s a label any more today? Just tell us what the magic words are to make him stop melting down everytime we walk out the door or put food on the table!

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Blake is 4 months tomorrow, and he has made huge leaps in progress. He’s holding his head up at 90 degrees with his arms under him. He’s pulling to one side to try to roll over. He’s sitting up with support and can sit in the jumperoo.

He’s eating more and sleeping longer. He has been doing 7 hours and even pulled a 12 hour- missed a feeding, so we can’t do that yet, but boy was that nice.
He’s certainly on a 4 hour cycle now and is happy. His new favorite game is jumping up and down with you (with support) and he giggles and laughs.


Cory has on and off days. He hasn’t had such a good week with circle time. He’s up and around and doesn’t want to participate in the learning activities. He has increased in his sensory issues and doesn’t want his head touched, washed, or hair cut. We’ll be scheduling his 4 year appointment after we have Blake’s 4 month appointment on Monday. We’ll probably be talking to the doctor about his extreme behaviors, sensory issues, and lack of socialization. However, he does surprise us. We were at an egg hunt with our play group and he started off in a tiff, but was really great by the end. He ate well and was nice to the little kids finding eggs. He LOVED the jellybeans he found. I had to take his bucket to keep him from dumping egg after egg of jellybeans in his mouth! Otherwise he’s really been impressive with his word recognition and phonics understanding. He’s been using alphafriends and seems to like the personification of the letters with rhymes and songs. http://www.pinehillschool.org/lentz/lentz/Alphafriends/Archive.html

http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/skaufman/Alphafriends.htm

And he is still a great brother.

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One week in with our Nanny B, and all seems to be going well. I start back work tomorrow and I’m a little nervous about reorganizing my classroom and the work that needs done before the end of the year. I am really going to miss being home this time.

Watching the two boys at church today is enough to make me shake my head. Cory runs around and it’s embarrassing how he throws a fit in front of everyone. Blake slept the whole time. I know Blake is young, but it’s true, they are so different. Cory is very clever and smart and energetic. I’m curious how Blake will be- aside from a cuddler.

Cory’s become quite independent. He’s mostly dressing himself now except for some help zipping and undoing the velcro on his shoes. He mostly take care of himself in the tub with some touch ups to make sure he’s clean. I fill cups in the morning for him and he gets his own drinks. I think he likes the independence. He feels big. He’s been a dear big brother and reading and playing with Blake.

Blake is getting stronger and is doing some pre-roll over things. Funny he’s moving the oposite wat that we’ve been working on in PT. He’s been pretty sleepy this weekend. I don’t know if he’s a little sick or having a growth spurt.

Jay took some nights this weekend so I could try and catch up on sleep. First night wasn’t so good, but second was alright with one wake up- now we just gotta keep Cory from waking up in between and we both might get some rest.

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After church, when we play chase Cory all over and get him in the car, he frequently makes a stop in the library. There is an older globe there and Cory points and asks if that’s where we live. He’s pretty good at pointing out the continent, but is still trying to find the state we live in. Jay goes in with him and helps him find it each week.
He recently got Rescuers Down Under from my Dad and it has a scene where a message is relayed from Australia to New York with an animated arrow bouncing over the world to illustrate it. Cory again started asking “Is that where we live?”
Maybe it’s time to get him an interactive kids globe? Might be a good birthday idea. Jay wants to get him a “big kids” bike with training wheels. Funny I gravitate towards the educational stuff!
Jay and I both like feeding his curiosity of learning.

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Cory’s been learning his ABCs and 123s for sure, but his preschool curriculum is more comprehensive than that. It includes science questioning, listening and speaking as well. Every Friday he brings in something that begins with the letter they are working on. To our surprise, Cory needed to turn in an All About Me project tomorrow. We never got a paper. Regardless, Jay got the poster board, I printed and cut out paper, and then we had Cory say the parts and find the words based on first letters. It was very short, and had me seeing flashes of the future of “Gee mom I got this project due tomorrow…”

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