Oct 13

Touchdown!!

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Greyson was so excited today that his dad won his fantasy football matchup that we had to get the football out and play a little.  That’s when I got the idea to take a picture of him with it to compare to the one we took in January.  Once again it was a shocking reminder of how far he has come!!  I used the football as a reference and resized the pictures so the football was the same size in both pictures, then I combined the pictures to make the one on the right.  Isn’t photoshop fun?

Today we went for a drive and when we got back we had a present on our door.  Nurse Gloria (who no longer works for us, but we miss a lot!) left Greyson some really cool Curious George stuff.  He got shoes, a shirt, a bank, and a little stuffed George!  Greyson was having such a good time playing with the stuff George that he was rolling all around to wrestle with it.  Good stuff!  Right now he’s trying out some banana.  Don’t know how it’s working with getting it in the mouth and into his stomach, but he’s making a mess so all is well!!

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Oct 12

Apple’s new iphone case?

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It’s a bit heavy coming in at over 22 pounds, but this new iphone case has many special features such as smiles, giggles, and even help with your texting. 

Not much new today.  Greyson, Stacy, and I went for a drive and went and looked at pumpkins.  Greyson wasn’t that impressed but we had fun anyway.  Now it is off to eveng church.  Greyson is so well behaved during church that it is amazing.  He’s starting to talk a bit more when we are there, but he entertains himself and doesn’t get cranky even though he is sitting through a lot of talking.  He’s a good pastors son!

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Oct 12

Apple’s new iphone case?

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It’s a bit heavy coming in at over 22 pounds, but this new iphone case has many special features such as smiles, giggles, and even help with your texting. 

Not much new today.  Greyson, Stacy, and I went for a drive and went and looked at pumpkins.  Greyson wasn’t that impressed but we had fun anyway.  Now it is off to eveng church.  Greyson is so well behaved during church that it is amazing.  He’s starting to talk a bit more when we are there, but he entertains himself and doesn’t get cranky even though he is sitting through a lot of talking.  He’s a good pastors son!

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Oct 11

Grrrrr I’m a bear!

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Greyson has been very playful the last couple of days.  It is so fun to see him being so much more active and playful.  He has grabbed my nose on cue (right after I said “grab dad’s nose) 5 times.  Pretty good!  Now if we could just learn to not grab dad’s glasses, the vent or feeding tubes we’d really be getting somewhere! 

Greyson just woke up from a nap and we are off to the church where Greyson and Stacy are going to help me get the work done I didn’t get to do yesterday.  The good thing is with Stacy’s help I’ll be able to get the work done in 1/4 of the time it would have taken me by myself (you probably thought I’d say half right?  No way Stacy is WAY more effecient than that!). 

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Oct 11

Grrrrr I’m a bear!

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Greyson has been very playful the last couple of days.  It is so fun to see him being so much more active and playful.  He has grabbed my nose on cue (right after I said “grab dad’s nose) 5 times.  Pretty good!  Now if we could just learn to not grab dad’s glasses, the vent or feeding tubes we’d really be getting somewhere! 

Greyson just woke up from a nap and we are off to the church where Greyson and Stacy are going to help me get the work done I didn’t get to do yesterday.  The good thing is with Stacy’s help I’ll be able to get the work done in 1/4 of the time it would have taken me by myself (you probably thought I’d say half right?  No way Stacy is WAY more effecient than that!). 

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Oct 10

Funny Greyson clips

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Well I couldn’t really think of a funny story, and instead of taking a picture for you I decided if I got video of him being funny it would all work out.  This video highlights a couple things he likes to do these days.  One is to lay on his back and flap his arms real fast like he’s a bird.  The second (besides sitting without support which he is getting quite good at) is to smile so big it turns into an opened mouth growl.  A lot of times this is accompanied with sound and him shaking his head back and forth.  Finally he loves to play and laugh as you can see.

I got to spend all day with him today since we ended up without a nurse.  Not good for getting your job’s work done, but we sure had a great day.  Now I’ll have to find some time to get back to the church before Sunday to make sure we are set up.  Definately worth it though!

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Oct 09

Why not take advantage?

So today we are simply putting a link on here for you to go to someone elses blog.  Expand your horizons, learn new things….OK actually my sister has a blog and set up a couple nice slide shows that have pictures from Greyson’s birthday party last weekend.  I know this doesn’t make for a fun blog for the family, but for everyone else head over to http://www.rdjeryan.blogspot.com/ if you’d like to see more pictures from Greyson’s great party.  We’ll be back tomorrow with a new picture and funny story.  Well maybe we’ll have a funny story……..

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Oct 08

At least it’s not egg on my face!

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A couple nights ago I looked away while feeding Greyson and the in the next second he had pulled out his feeding tube and was shooting milk all over himself (and the bed!).  Crazy kid!  Then he started crying because he didn’t like having the milk on his face.  I told him to knock off the crying since it was his fault.  I’m not sure he understood.

He has been quite the pill the last couple of nights.  Once hooked up to the ventilator he likes to pull on the circuit and try to unhook himself.  It could be he is just looking at it, but whatever the case it’s not such a good thing since condensation can form in that tube and if he lifts it up that water can go straight down his trach into his lungs.  This hasn’t happened, but it worries me a little everytime I see him pull the tubing straight up.

Greyson is starting to take his neurologists advice and seems to be getting more demanding.  When he doesn’t like something he tells us about it.  Usually with a pathetic cry and puffed out lips. 

He is still learning about all his new toys, and will be for awhile.  He’s a bit spoiled although certainly not by his parents!! 

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Oct 08

At least it’s not egg on my face!

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A couple nights ago I looked away while feeding Greyson and the in the next second he had pulled out his feeding tube and was shooting milk all over himself (and the bed!).  Crazy kid!  Then he started crying because he didn’t like having the milk on his face.  I told him to knock off the crying since it was his fault.  I’m not sure he understood.

He has been quite the pill the last couple of nights.  Once hooked up to the ventilator he likes to pull on the circuit and try to unhook himself.  It could be he is just looking at it, but whatever the case it’s not such a good thing since condensation can form in that tube and if he lifts it up that water can go straight down his trach into his lungs.  This hasn’t happened, but it worries me a little everytime I see him pull the tubing straight up.

Greyson is starting to take his neurologists advice and seems to be getting more demanding.  When he doesn’t like something he tells us about it.  Usually with a pathetic cry and puffed out lips. 

He is still learning about all his new toys, and will be for awhile.  He’s a bit spoiled although certainly not by his parents!! 

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Oct 04

Hey bird, it’s my birthday party!! (again!)

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Well today was the big birthday party for Greyson with my side of the family.  We had some friends from church join us and it was quite the day.  Then tonight while Greyson was playing with his aunts and cousins he really got worked up.  He actually flipped himself from his back to stomach twice as well as did a bunch of talking, giggling, sitting, playing, and yes….learning!

It was so fun to watch him open up and talk and interact with my family.  Up until lately he has always been pretty reserved around groups of people he doesn’t know really well.  This is starting to change and boy was he letting loose tonight.  Of course that meant that by the time we got him home he was TIRED!!  We fed him, gave him a bath, did his trach care, and he was asleep in Stacy’s arms before she even got him back into bed!  Lord willing he will sleep very soundly tonight!

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