Journal

The Neverending Threes - January 07 to Present

February 21, 2007…Yes, we have been terrible at keeping up with our journal. Life has a funny way of passing you by. Christmas came and went with a blast! Max enjoyed all the stories about Santa and really got into the whole holiday. He even sat on Santa’s lap and made sure to ask how he was going to get down the chimney. He was so obsessed with Santa and that chimney! Grandmother Mandy (Mandy comes from her dog’s name) came into town and got to experience Max Christmas morning. We had all his presents lined up next to the tree and ready for immediate play. Christmas morning was really cute. At about 7am we heard Max’s little foot steps come running through the living room (where the tree is located). Then we heard them stop and turn around to run back into the living room. We sprang out of bed to see his reaction. He was so surprised. His mouth was open and he shouted WOW. He could not stop smiling. I think the adults had more fun! Thomas the train was a big hit this year. Max has calmed down since Christmas, I don’t think he truly understands what happened or that it will happen again. To this day he still goes over to the fireplace and shouts, “Santa, come out!”

January was pretty uneventful. Max is still going to Speech Therapy 4x a week and has Occupational Therapy 1x a week. He is excelling in school and loves attending. We have started Max on a regimen of Vit. E and Omegas. They have really helped with his speech and we have seen some pretty impressive gains. His Speech Language Pathologist suspects that Max has Childhood Apraxia of Speech. So we are doing everything in our power to get him the services needed.

Byron's job changed and we ended up NOT moving to Washington, D.C.  Now we are moving to Oak Ridge, TN,  Our move to Oak Ridge, TN is planned for the middle of March. We have found Max a great preschool and he will start April 2nd. We have not told him yet, but he will get to ride the bus everyday to school. He is going to be so excited. I can’t wait for the first day that the bus pulls up to take him to school. This could be better than Christmas!

April 8, 2007... Well, we got settled in Oak Ridge on March 23rd.  We love our new house and neighborhood.  Max started his preschool and the Bus ride was everything we expected it to be (check out his videos on the front page to see pure joy!).  We are still adjusting to everything.  We have to find new doctors and new therapists and new babysitters...AAAAGHHH!  Moving is hard.  Max is doing pretty good.  He has asked to go "Home" a few times.  He still doesn't quite understand that we are here to stay.  Today was Easter and Max got more chocolate than he needed.  We met some of the neighbors today and they came over to jump in Max's Bouncy House.  We have a big trip coming up at the end of April to Hawaii and we are going to take Max to his Nanny's house (Gramdmommy Bright) for a week.  We are looking forward to this summer and trying to take some short trips to local places around here.