So, whats been going on? Well lets go by months:
October= HALLOWEEN!
did we celebrate? Not really. My dear friend, Melissa, lent me a costume her son wore for Halloween when he was Noah's age, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR. All we did was go to a church Halloween party and came home. Noah doesn't grasp the idea of Halloween and it's not a favorite holiday of mine yet. Here are some pictures of the night ...
November=THANKSGIVING.
Nothing special here. My older sister couldn't come to Washington for the holiday so it was just Oma, Opa, Aaron, Noah, my sister, Cecelia and myself.
Noah did start his developmental therapy this month. He is meeting with OT therapist on Tuesdays and Thursdays at our house. He will start Speech therapy in January as well as going to some Autism classes. On this note, we actually have seen a HUGE difference in him since doing therapy. He has a sensory issue so all this pressure builds up and he has no way to release it except to act really really crazy. It was very frustrating and hard to keep him calm. Now he is starting to converse with us (somewhat) and interact with us instead of going a millin miles a minute. I can't wait until he finally says "I love you Mommy." I think that's what gets to me the most. I can't have the type of converstations with my son that my friends have with their 1 1/2 year olds ... and my son is almost 3! So I hope speech therapy with get him going even farther and then once he starts preschool for the therapy classes he'll be able to interact with children his age on a regular basis.
Now ... December=CHRISTMAS!
My favorite month and time of year. I bought most of Aaron's gifts online on ebay so I saved a lot of $$. I am a really thrifty shopper so I only spent $150 on Noah this year (not a lot since he's my only child) ... and half of that was on a slide! He still didn't really grasp the idea of how Christmas works but it was actually really fun. We were really worried that he would be too stimulated and not be able to retain calmness ... but he was actually so good and really just stuck to a few toys and I opened all his presents. I hope next year he will understand Santa and we can start talking about what Christmas is all about and so on. It will be fun to do those activities together.
So ... what about me? I have been just working a lot. I am also working out a lot too. I am disappointed that in 6 months I have only lost 12 pounds but everyone says I look a lot different. I don't have a before and after picture because I have always hated getting pictures taken of my whole body ... but I'll post some on here of what I look like now. I am doing a lot of ZUMBA. I can't tell you how much I love that fitness program. I think it's what helped me alot with my depression. If anyone can try it you will love it. It's not about being the best at it ... it's about having fun and dancing ... you can burn up to 1000 calories in one hour ... We tested those pedometer things one time and I burned 850!!
Aaron has done really well in school gotten 4.0s two quarters in a row! I only did that one semester in college ... lol he's really good at math and I am very proud of him. He's also doing such a great job being a stay at home dad and putting up with my grumpyness ...
Anyways ... my computer is not letting me download the pictures I have so I will put them on in a few days .. .if I remember. Happy Holidays! :)
Melissa
