Last weekend we went to Portland for the innagural Portland Rock n Roll marathon. It was Portland's first time hosting the Rock N Roll and only only offered a half marathon, 13.1 miles. And for those of you who may not know me well, it was Albert that did the run, not me, I don't run...EVER. Albert did GREAT. He ran the whole thing for the first time! Which was even more amazing since he had been having some lower leg problems! I was/am so proud of him. The weather wasn't the best for the race and it started rainy about half way through but you can't expect to much in the PNW I guess. He does the Seattle RnR in a few weeks and we are hoping for better, well dry, weather!
We also were able to spend a day with one of my best friends, Erin, and her family! She has an awesome little boy, Jack, who is 3.5 so he and Antonio had fun together. Well as much fun as boys that age do when they only see each other twice a year. :) We met them at the Zoo that morning and of course Antonio LOVED the Zoo! The Oregon Zoo has a train that goes through it on actual train tracks and is about a 20m ride. Antonio was in absolute heaven! Happily it was long enough so there was no melt down when getting off! We were there from 9:30 to about 1:30 and Antonio made it through the whole time. I really wish we could have seen more of Erin and her family but between the marathon, the boys and their naps it was hard.
We were a bit worried about how Antonio would do on the car ride but he did great both ways. He never complained, not even a whine! We were so proud of him! He was awake the whole way down but slept about half way on the way back. He also did really well in the hotels and wasn't loud or obnoxious; again very proud! He loved having his very own big bed and waking up in the morning with us right there! The last day (we were there Friday-Monday) he was ready to go home, the resticted space of the room and toys were starting to bother him. It was a nice trial run for California!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Mothers Day!
Today was a perfect day! Antonio slept in until 7am and then Albert got up and made waffles for breakfast! It was his first time ever making them and they were so good!!! Then we all went to the Mukilteo beach for the rest of the morning! It was beautiful and warm by 9:30 when we got there! Antonio ran all over and we even watched a boat pull right up to the dock in front of us to get loaded onto its trailer! Antonio was SO impressed! We saw more trains than I can remember, watched the ferry come and go many times and even heard it "toot" a few times! We saw lots of people flying kits and bbqing! When we first got there there weren't to may people there but by the time we left the place was packed! There were lines of cars driving in circles looking for parking spots! We had an Ivar's picnic on the grass before we left! We were all tired and ready to go! Antonio fell asleep in the car before we got hime and then continued to nap for another 2 hours!!
Albert asked what I wanted for dinner and that he would take care of it. We had some pretty yummy leftovers so I said I would be fine with that if he made salsa and got an ice cream cake. He agreed! YUM! We even got to Skype with my Mom, who has been traveling all over the midwest and east coast for the past few weeks! It was good to see her! Antonio had made me a Mothers Day card at daycare friday too! It is so sweet and creative! I am so lucky to be a Mom to Antonio; he is such a good boy and so much like his Papa! I am sad to see the day end; it has been both relaxing and fun! Until next year!
Albert asked what I wanted for dinner and that he would take care of it. We had some pretty yummy leftovers so I said I would be fine with that if he made salsa and got an ice cream cake. He agreed! YUM! We even got to Skype with my Mom, who has been traveling all over the midwest and east coast for the past few weeks! It was good to see her! Antonio had made me a Mothers Day card at daycare friday too! It is so sweet and creative! I am so lucky to be a Mom to Antonio; he is such a good boy and so much like his Papa! I am sad to see the day end; it has been both relaxing and fun! Until next year!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
So smart!
As I had mentioned in the previous post, Antonio LOVES his current daycare. We see everyday new things that he is learning or has learned. The other night after changing into his jammies he sat with me and just out of the blue counted to 30! ON. HIS. OWN. I was shocked so together, following his lead, we did it again. WOW! Then a day later he did it again and another day! So he must really know it! He also randomly, while staring out the window watching for the garbage man, rambled off, in order, the months from April to September! Clear as day too! I had no idea he knew them let alone was learning them! Amazing! He may not still have a lot of words but he does know his numbers, colors and is beginning to know his months! Rosemary is fantastic with him and I can tell he loves being there too!
He is still in process of his testing for speech. Hopefully Monday we will finish them and have an idea then if we should continue through the school district or not. His comprehension area went awesome. He had to get 5 wrong in a row to have the therapist stop the test and move to the next one. He went all the way in to the 5 year old range! I couldn't believe it; I was so proud! He had been testing for about 30m and was starting to want to play with his toys; so he was done regardless. I am hoping we can be done with the therapy, for many reasons! He has so much more of a vocabulary than he did just 9 months ago. Sometimes I can tell he really does have to try hard to think of words to use when talking with him and other times it comes easily to him. It's just so amazing to watch him learn so much so fast!
He is still in process of his testing for speech. Hopefully Monday we will finish them and have an idea then if we should continue through the school district or not. His comprehension area went awesome. He had to get 5 wrong in a row to have the therapist stop the test and move to the next one. He went all the way in to the 5 year old range! I couldn't believe it; I was so proud! He had been testing for about 30m and was starting to want to play with his toys; so he was done regardless. I am hoping we can be done with the therapy, for many reasons! He has so much more of a vocabulary than he did just 9 months ago. Sometimes I can tell he really does have to try hard to think of words to use when talking with him and other times it comes easily to him. It's just so amazing to watch him learn so much so fast!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
It's only been a year....
It has been just over a year since the last post and boy have things changed! If you are reading this; thank you for not giving up on this blog. :) I will pick up where the last post left off; daycare. He, and I should say WE, love the new (well current) daycare. Miss Rose and Antonio so lovingly calls her (Rosemary is her name) is wonderful! She has four other little boys plus her own who recently turned 4. Antonio seems to love it there. She runs her daycare more like a school in a sense she keeps things very structured which Antonio seems to do well in. They go outside all the time and they go to parks frequently! She also takes them to the library everyone in awhile where they get to pick out a book to read at daycare. She is much more expensive than the previous place but most of the time we think she is worth all the money!
As far as speech goes, we started Antonio in private speech therapy just after his 2nd birthday and he is doing awesome! He talks frequently and often surprises me with the sentences that come out of his mouth with words I didn't even know he knew. They really are little sponges! The gal comes out to our house every other Monday for a 45 min session and she primarily works with me on how to encourage Antonio's speech. Starting this Monday, the 30th, she will start doing an evaluation on where Antonio is with his speech. The private therapy only goes until he is 3 then it goes through the school district. Her and I think there is a chance he will no longer need speech therapy since he is doing so well! We will see. If she thinks he does need to continue with the therapy then she will continue to come out until his birthday and then we will have nothing until school starts. Once school starts he will have to "go" to the elementary school for it. I am not sure how that will work; I guess we will see.
Antonio is growing up so fast! He just learned how to open doors last week. I found this out when I was changing clothes with the door shut and he walked right in. There goes bathroom privacy! He hasn't mastered it yet but is able to if he wants to bad enough. He also has his own big boy bed that we got him form Ikea that when he is old enough will be loft style bed. He loves it! :) He is 100% into cars, trains and the ferry boat, a.k.a the BIG boat! I will try to post some picture in time for "Wordless Wednesday"; hopefully sooner! Again, thanks for taking to time to cheek to see if I finally posted something! : )
As far as speech goes, we started Antonio in private speech therapy just after his 2nd birthday and he is doing awesome! He talks frequently and often surprises me with the sentences that come out of his mouth with words I didn't even know he knew. They really are little sponges! The gal comes out to our house every other Monday for a 45 min session and she primarily works with me on how to encourage Antonio's speech. Starting this Monday, the 30th, she will start doing an evaluation on where Antonio is with his speech. The private therapy only goes until he is 3 then it goes through the school district. Her and I think there is a chance he will no longer need speech therapy since he is doing so well! We will see. If she thinks he does need to continue with the therapy then she will continue to come out until his birthday and then we will have nothing until school starts. Once school starts he will have to "go" to the elementary school for it. I am not sure how that will work; I guess we will see.
Antonio is growing up so fast! He just learned how to open doors last week. I found this out when I was changing clothes with the door shut and he walked right in. There goes bathroom privacy! He hasn't mastered it yet but is able to if he wants to bad enough. He also has his own big boy bed that we got him form Ikea that when he is old enough will be loft style bed. He loves it! :) He is 100% into cars, trains and the ferry boat, a.k.a the BIG boat! I will try to post some picture in time for "Wordless Wednesday"; hopefully sooner! Again, thanks for taking to time to cheek to see if I finally posted something! : )
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