One weeks of blogging done in one sitting!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sahuaro Ranch Park
For those of you who don't know about this hidden gem of a park in the west valley...you need to go visit and do it soon before it gets too hot! http://www.photography.inkart.net/arizona/sahuaro_ranch/ I have been visiting this park for as long as I can remember, Chad and I used to hang out there when we were in high school, we enjoyed countless visits there with Gage and Katie when they were younger...and it was so awesome...yet surprising to me that here I was taking another kiddo to go visit the peacocks at Saguaro Ranch Park!
We were greeted by dozens of squawking roosters and the most beautiful aroma of orange blossoms when we pulled in the parking lot. The rose garden is in full bloom and we enjoyed looking at the huge variety of roses...they had every kind you could dream of, the roses alone are worth the visit! We meandered through the grounds to find all the peacocks hiding in the orange groves as well as a couple of very well fed bunnies! We were armed with a loaf of bread and had a ton of fun feeding all of the birds and rabbits.
The back side of the park is a more traditional park with playgrounds, soccer fields, and the "usual" stuff...just on a huge scale. This was the first time that Dane got to be on a swing...and he had a blast! He smiled and giggled the entire time, the higher we pushed him the better! Our little dare devil!
He took a three hour nap when we got home!
Getting so brave!
We have had a couple kitties visiting our back yard and Dane gets very excited when they show up.
New pictures!
We took Dane to church on Easter, he did great and fell fast asleep in Tracy's arms! (thanks Tracy!)
In case you haven't seen the way our boy sucks his fingers...Gage and Katie think its cool that he does the "rock on" sign!
It was nice to see our three kiddos huddled together on Easter night! Dane LOVES his big brother and sister!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Yes, we are still alive!
Bad, bad, bad blogger...I know! When I have had a couple of moments to be on the computer I have been working on a video montage for Dane to celebrate his first "adjusted" birthday. It really looks great, but still needs some work...but I will post it as soon as it is done.
Dane is doing great, he is working with a new speech therapist to help with his choking and his communication. She seems great and really knows her stuff. She wants us to have a swallow study done on Dane as well as another hearing test, so those are on my to do list. She was very impressed with his ability to feed himself and was glad to see that he doesn't have any feeding issues. When she did the speech eval, she said that Dane was all over the board...some things he was at a 3-6 month level and some things he was at a 12 month level. He showed off his very impressive pointing skills, which I guess is a pretty big deal developmental milestone. She was happy to hear him making noises but would really like him to be doing more mimicking. So we will continue to sing, talk, sign and read books to him to encourage his abilitly to communicate.
His new thing is shaking his fingure at us after we tell him "no" or "don't touch", we try not to laugh too hard...because he is very seriously scolding us for scolding him and this is no laughing matter to him! We think that he has a small touch of a stomach bug, resulting in what we have termed "man gas"! I am NOT kidding you either, we have all been shocked at the rumblings coming from his tiny bottom! We hope that he is on the mend because if we are in public and he starts in with the "man gas" there is no way that anyone would believe that is was him and they would be totally grossed out at the thought of Danes parents letting it rip in public...okay, I have gone too far...enough about the man gas.
I will be sure to take lots of pictures tomorrow, we are going to church then to my Mom's...we are thankful that the weather is so warm so we can soon say "bub bye" to RSV season!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
I need a new look!
For my blog that is...and I am not fancy enough to figure out how to make it more orginal...so I need someone to help me do a "extreme blog makeover"! And when I say "someone" I mean you, Tracy!!! (Cuz, I know that's how you roll)