Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts
December 07, 2011
November 05, 2011
Sometimes
I miss him in my belly
Sometimes I wish I'd had more time
but mostly, I'm just thankful
that he's ours.
Sometimes I wish I'd had more time
but mostly, I'm just thankful
that he's ours.
October 19, 2011
July 14, 2011
June 01, 2011
Nate-isms
We walk into his room and I turn on the light.
Can you see me now?
_____
Nate is spinning circles in his wheel chair.
Me: Nate, you're going to get dizzy!
He stops and gets excited, waving his arms.
Nate: I'm gunna get BUSY!
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Nate is playing on the floor with his beloved Wonder Pets. I ask him what they are doing.
Nate: They're going to the grocery store to get food.
Me: What do you think they like to eat? (Expecting him to say celery since that's what they always eat after saving the animals.)
Nate: They like to drink coffee.
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We went to Indianapolis over Spring Break (still have to blog about that). One of the days we were there we went to the Indy zoo. Nate asked repeatedly to see the rhinos.
How bout we see the rhino?
Can we see the rhino now?
Wanna see the rhino?
We finally get to the rhinos. Nate takes a quick look.
Wanna see the elephant?
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We saw muskrats at the Indy zoo. A few weeks later, we saw them on a tv show. I couldn't remember what they were called.
Me: Look Nate! It's those animals we saw at the zoo. Um, I think they're called...
Nate: They're called Muskrats.
Me: (laughing) Yes, that's exactly right.
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It's time for lunch. We are sitting at the kitchen sink washing his hands.
Nate: It's bery sprinkly.
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Nate is playing with the stuffed puppy we got him for Valentine's Day, which we so cleverly named Chocolate.
He's a good friend.
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It's Mother's Day. I'm getting Nate ready for bed. I ask him for a nice Mother's Day hug. He complies, wrapping his arms tight around my neck. Then he pulls away, looks at me and says,
How about a nice Mother's Day kiss?
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A few weeks ago we had his preschool evaluation. He was able to see the classroom and interact with the kids, even having snack time with them. He loved it! A few days later he is moving all over his crib.
Me: Nate, where are you trying to go?
Nate: To preschool!
Can you see me now?
_____
Nate is spinning circles in his wheel chair.
Me: Nate, you're going to get dizzy!
He stops and gets excited, waving his arms.
Nate: I'm gunna get BUSY!
_____
Nate is playing on the floor with his beloved Wonder Pets. I ask him what they are doing.
Nate: They're going to the grocery store to get food.
Me: What do you think they like to eat? (Expecting him to say celery since that's what they always eat after saving the animals.)
Nate: They like to drink coffee.
_____
We went to Indianapolis over Spring Break (still have to blog about that). One of the days we were there we went to the Indy zoo. Nate asked repeatedly to see the rhinos.
How bout we see the rhino?
Can we see the rhino now?
Wanna see the rhino?
We finally get to the rhinos. Nate takes a quick look.
Wanna see the elephant?
_____
We saw muskrats at the Indy zoo. A few weeks later, we saw them on a tv show. I couldn't remember what they were called.
Me: Look Nate! It's those animals we saw at the zoo. Um, I think they're called...
Nate: They're called Muskrats.
Me: (laughing) Yes, that's exactly right.
_____
It's time for lunch. We are sitting at the kitchen sink washing his hands.
Nate: It's bery sprinkly.
_____
Nate is playing with the stuffed puppy we got him for Valentine's Day, which we so cleverly named Chocolate.
He's a good friend.
_____
It's Mother's Day. I'm getting Nate ready for bed. I ask him for a nice Mother's Day hug. He complies, wrapping his arms tight around my neck. Then he pulls away, looks at me and says,
How about a nice Mother's Day kiss?
_____
A few weeks ago we had his preschool evaluation. He was able to see the classroom and interact with the kids, even having snack time with them. He loved it! A few days later he is moving all over his crib.
Me: Nate, where are you trying to go?
Nate: To preschool!
May 23, 2011
That's right
My little man loves to cook!
Ryan found this play kitchen for $20.
It's actually quite cheap.
You get what you pay for, I guess.
We are going to get him a bigger one for his birthday
since he loved this one so much.
May 10, 2011
May 09, 2011
February 19, 2011
A few of his favorite things
Nate's top 3 favorite things in no particular order:
Anything that has to do with the Wonder Pets,
talking on the phone,
and his beloved trucks from the "Chuck the Dump Truck" series. I think we have them all now, and he knows them (and calls them) all by name and can recite the book that came with the big Chuck by heart.
He loves to line them up in neat rows, then send them flying across the room.
I love, love, LOVE that he is all boy!
Anything that has to do with the Wonder Pets,
talking on the phone,
and his beloved trucks from the "Chuck the Dump Truck" series. I think we have them all now, and he knows them (and calls them) all by name and can recite the book that came with the big Chuck by heart.
I love, love, LOVE that he is all boy!
That explains it
Some time in early November we took a trip to Toys R Us with my mom and sisters. I was looking at Christmas gifts for Nate and thought play doh would be great (esp for OT!). My sister picked him up two sets and I couldn't wait to play with them! I was like a kid, counting the days until I could play with the play doh. It was really strange. Then at Christmas she forgot to bring them (she lives in Milwaulkee). I was so upset!
Finally, she did remember to bring them on one of her trips.
And when she did, my mom said "I won't ever play play doh with Nate.
Can't stand the smell of the stuff.
You girls didn't play with it much when you were kids."
Ah, now that explains it.
I was deprived play doh as a child.
Nate and I had so much fun making ice cream and food in the pretend oven!
Gramma, you are missing out!
December 14, 2010
Solution: Ikea and a 3 letter word
Nate is doing really well with his wheel chair. Although the transition from the small loaner one to his bigger one was a little sketchy at first, he has adapted beautifully. I haven't had much opportunity to get him out into big, open spaces much but when I do he just goes! Recently my mom and I took him to a Christmas party through his therapy place, and it was at an old roller rink. There was no skating so all the kids were flying around on adaptive bikes and their wheel chairs. I don't think I've ever seen Nate go so fast in his chair! Pictures to come.
One thing I noticed right away that we were having trouble with was finding a place for Nate to play while he was in his chair. He was too low to roll up to the dining room table, and too high to roll under a coffee table. We tried the couch or a chair but those were awkward and he ended up playing off to the side or bending down really far to play.
Solution: Ikea.
We found this table there that adjusts to three heights, the tallest being the perfect height for his chair. The great thing is that we can also lower it so he can practice sitting in a little toddler chair at the table, too. It's worked like a gem and gives him a great place to play.
We have also been working hard practicing walking in his RGOs. I use the word walking loosely right now. He doesn't really have much interest in doing what it takes to actually walk himself (which, in his defense, is a series of several steps in succession and is probably a lot for him to remember). To get him motivated, I bribed him with stickers. If he walks to the end of the hallway (which is not a short distance-all the way across the living room and down the long hall to his room) he gets to pick a sticker to put on his walker. I only had Sesame Street stickers so far, but recently also got dinosaurs and sports stickers which he was really excited about. It seems to be working...a little. Still not really motivated. But we are working on it. We try to get him to walk the hall twice a day (once with me and once with Ryan). Depending on our schedules that doesn't always happen, though.
Today Ryan took him to a Children's Memorial satellite campus in New Lenox. It's still about a 45 min drive, but a much smoother ride than driving into the city. Our Ortho thought it might be a good idea for Nate to have a therapy session with someone who has worked with kids his age in RGOs before (our PT has only worked with one other kid who had RGOs and he was much older). I think Ryan and I were hoping this PT would have some miracle advice for us, but no such luck. Nate had pretty much the same session as he does with is EI therapist. But any practice is good practice. We'll just keep plugging along.
And in closing, I just had to post this. Tonight I was putting some clothes away while Nate was playing with is word builder (which he is very fascinated with lately).
He will sit there for the longest time, trying a different trio of letters to see if it will sing the song to tell him he made a word. When he finally got a word and I looked to see what it was, this is what I found
I thought it was really cute, and Nate was pretty excited, too!
The Burnett household is nothing short of crazy right now, but this Friday I look forward to having 16 days off!!! Hopefully I can finally catch up on some blogging!
One thing I noticed right away that we were having trouble with was finding a place for Nate to play while he was in his chair. He was too low to roll up to the dining room table, and too high to roll under a coffee table. We tried the couch or a chair but those were awkward and he ended up playing off to the side or bending down really far to play.
Solution: Ikea.
We found this table there that adjusts to three heights, the tallest being the perfect height for his chair. The great thing is that we can also lower it so he can practice sitting in a little toddler chair at the table, too. It's worked like a gem and gives him a great place to play.
We have also been working hard practicing walking in his RGOs. I use the word walking loosely right now. He doesn't really have much interest in doing what it takes to actually walk himself (which, in his defense, is a series of several steps in succession and is probably a lot for him to remember). To get him motivated, I bribed him with stickers. If he walks to the end of the hallway (which is not a short distance-all the way across the living room and down the long hall to his room) he gets to pick a sticker to put on his walker. I only had Sesame Street stickers so far, but recently also got dinosaurs and sports stickers which he was really excited about. It seems to be working...a little. Still not really motivated. But we are working on it. We try to get him to walk the hall twice a day (once with me and once with Ryan). Depending on our schedules that doesn't always happen, though.
Today Ryan took him to a Children's Memorial satellite campus in New Lenox. It's still about a 45 min drive, but a much smoother ride than driving into the city. Our Ortho thought it might be a good idea for Nate to have a therapy session with someone who has worked with kids his age in RGOs before (our PT has only worked with one other kid who had RGOs and he was much older). I think Ryan and I were hoping this PT would have some miracle advice for us, but no such luck. Nate had pretty much the same session as he does with is EI therapist. But any practice is good practice. We'll just keep plugging along.
And in closing, I just had to post this. Tonight I was putting some clothes away while Nate was playing with is word builder (which he is very fascinated with lately).
He will sit there for the longest time, trying a different trio of letters to see if it will sing the song to tell him he made a word. When he finally got a word and I looked to see what it was, this is what I found
I thought it was really cute, and Nate was pretty excited, too!
The Burnett household is nothing short of crazy right now, but this Friday I look forward to having 16 days off!!! Hopefully I can finally catch up on some blogging!
December 05, 2010
That's right
Our little guy
is now eating at the table
with his own plate and fork
and drinking from a cup.
is now eating at the table
with his own plate and fork
and drinking from a cup.
November 17, 2010
November 15, 2010
That's right
My new favorite place to play is in the lazy susan.
There isn't anything I could get into trouble with in here. No oils I could spill or glass spice bottles I could break or big containers of flour I could dump everywhere. Nope, none of that.
He is starting to get into everything. AND I LOVE IT.
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