Busy Busy Busy!
It has been very busy this past week at home and for me at work. Each night I have gotten home I have been ready for bed at the same time as the boys! I haven’t done a good job keeping this updated, so I hope to do a better job.
This past week has been another “typical” week of late. Liam’s anxieties continue to be a battle every day. We continue to keep an eye him picking his teeth that he seems to have eased up on lately. Now that the days are getting longer with daylight, the boys are getting spring fever. They want to go out and play after dinner each night now, but we have to keep telling them it is still cold, only in the 30’s and 40’s lately. They insist, so we bundle them up and go out for a short time. As expected, they get cold quickly and want to come in.
Thursday Liam had another great day swimming. They continued to work on back floating and free style swimming. Liam continues to struggle with the coordination of all the muscles, but you can see he really works at it and is progressing. Liam continues to enjoy swimming with Marcus and even having a few minutes with Addy whose lesson is after Liam’s. Jill gave Addy’s mom some pictures I took of them a few weeks ago. She was very grateful for them. The value of these swimming lessons has been phenomenal. I think it has really helped his coordination as he walks and runs. Liam used to require braces on his feet to keep his heels flat on the ground and to keep his toes from pointing in so much. I now notice when he runs he does not trip anywhere near as often as he used to. His whole body just looks so much more in sync when he runs and walks.
Friday was the big day of the week, St. Patrick’s Day. Liam and his brother’s looked so forward to it all week. It was a nice day, just very cold, in the 30’s all day and windy. Seeing that Aidan and Brendan were just getting over being sick, we opted just to go to the Hibernian’s post parade party. Liam had been having some anxiety over the noise he remembered from last year. A marching band from Belfast played at the party and was extremely loud. The loud noise really bothered Liam and I had to take him out of the room to calm him down. We weren’t sure if they would be there this year, but we kept assuring Liam it would be ok. It turned out the band was not there and Liam even reminded us! What a memory he has. The party was another great time as always. It was everything St. Patrick’s Day should be, good friends, family, good Irish music, and of course, beer! Liam and his brothers had a great time playing with the other kids and dancing to the music. A great time was had by all!
The rest of the weekend the boys spent recovering from all their fun Friday. Liam continues to be up at 5:30 each day no matter what. We have been telling him to not get out of bed until mommy or daddy come and get him. Liam ends up waking the whole house up! Sunday Jill heard him up and took him back to his room. I told Jill to look at the bright side, in 3 weeks it will be daylight savings time. When Liam wakes up at 5:30, it is actually going to be 6:30! Instead of losing an hour of sleep, I think WE will be gaining one!
This past week has been another “typical” week of late. Liam’s anxieties continue to be a battle every day. We continue to keep an eye him picking his teeth that he seems to have eased up on lately. Now that the days are getting longer with daylight, the boys are getting spring fever. They want to go out and play after dinner each night now, but we have to keep telling them it is still cold, only in the 30’s and 40’s lately. They insist, so we bundle them up and go out for a short time. As expected, they get cold quickly and want to come in.
Thursday Liam had another great day swimming. They continued to work on back floating and free style swimming. Liam continues to struggle with the coordination of all the muscles, but you can see he really works at it and is progressing. Liam continues to enjoy swimming with Marcus and even having a few minutes with Addy whose lesson is after Liam’s. Jill gave Addy’s mom some pictures I took of them a few weeks ago. She was very grateful for them. The value of these swimming lessons has been phenomenal. I think it has really helped his coordination as he walks and runs. Liam used to require braces on his feet to keep his heels flat on the ground and to keep his toes from pointing in so much. I now notice when he runs he does not trip anywhere near as often as he used to. His whole body just looks so much more in sync when he runs and walks.
Friday was the big day of the week, St. Patrick’s Day. Liam and his brother’s looked so forward to it all week. It was a nice day, just very cold, in the 30’s all day and windy. Seeing that Aidan and Brendan were just getting over being sick, we opted just to go to the Hibernian’s post parade party. Liam had been having some anxiety over the noise he remembered from last year. A marching band from Belfast played at the party and was extremely loud. The loud noise really bothered Liam and I had to take him out of the room to calm him down. We weren’t sure if they would be there this year, but we kept assuring Liam it would be ok. It turned out the band was not there and Liam even reminded us! What a memory he has. The party was another great time as always. It was everything St. Patrick’s Day should be, good friends, family, good Irish music, and of course, beer! Liam and his brothers had a great time playing with the other kids and dancing to the music. A great time was had by all!
The rest of the weekend the boys spent recovering from all their fun Friday. Liam continues to be up at 5:30 each day no matter what. We have been telling him to not get out of bed until mommy or daddy come and get him. Liam ends up waking the whole house up! Sunday Jill heard him up and took him back to his room. I told Jill to look at the bright side, in 3 weeks it will be daylight savings time. When Liam wakes up at 5:30, it is actually going to be 6:30! Instead of losing an hour of sleep, I think WE will be gaining one!
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