hee, hee.....

Hee, hee.... that's all I can say! Brian fashioned Sammy a funny Play-Doh nose tonight just to be silly and Sam thought it was too funny! :) I HAD to get a blackmail picture for when he's older! (I have found those types of pics come in handy now with Luke being older! LOL) ;)

And I also had to add the pic of Luke and Sammy watching TV "together". (That's about as close as Luke will let it get to "together", although he is definitely getting better! The other day I walked back in Sammy's room from getting something in the other room, and I caught Luke in there actually TALKING to him and trying to get him to laugh by doing the Austin Powers fake "elevator" trick next to the bed! Too cute! I almost cried! ) :)

Sammy loves his baby.....

Sammy loves his baby boy...used to be Luke's when he was a baby...boy, I'm old! :P

And I had to take a pic of the tree out back this afternoon with the snow...it was just too pretty! :) (Even though I have had ENOUGH of the snow already! ) :(

oh, them comments.......

Just wanted to share some of the comments I encountered in ONE day, yesterday while out getting errands run.....had to vent them...

We had to go to the eye doc for Sammy's 4 month check-up...the bee-otch assistant, after annoying me with her judging comments and LAME explanation of why Sam has to wear his glasses, and after us waiting for 45 minutes already, comes over to us and says, "there is a boy ahead of Sam, so you can bring him out to the toys and he can play." I just said, "well, he CAN'T, so i guess we'll just wait here." Now, this woman knows how severe Sam is... UGH! Rub it in, lady!

Then we were at the Registry, waiting to get Sam's picture done for his Handicapped Parking placard, and after ANOTHER 45 minute wait and being annoyed the whole time by a well-meaning old lady sitting next to me peppering me with questions about Sam, we FINALLY got up to the desk. I told the woman why were there and she can SEE that Sam is HANGING off of me, not able to hold himself up, even, and she says, "Ok, just sit him on the chair there." DUH, lady! :( I said, "Well, he can't sit by himself, I'll have to sit him on my lap. " You should have seen the irritated look I got! So I said, "That's kind of why we're here getting this!" She says, "oh, yeah." So she finally gets a picture of mostly just Sam and then we are leaving, and she gives Sam a pity look and says to me, "God bless you." I know she meant well, but what the hell??? It just sounds so patronizing when people say it that way! I guess the tone in her voice was what made it sound negative....I mean, I'll say it to people that have chosen to have a lot of kids, or that have twins, like in a joking way...but pity just annoys me, i guess....sorry...


And on top of all of that.... I MISS MY LUKE-A-LICIOUS! Off having fun without me in Florida! ;) "almost" catching big bass, and swimming all day! :) Lucky dog! I'll share his pics when he gets back...

Evaluations SUCK

Ok, so that title pretty much says it all! Sam had his eval with the new PT at Berkshire Therapy Works today at 2:00. She's nice enough, but not much little kid enthusiasm or personality. Hopefully she knows what she's talking about and doing, and that will make up for it! Sammy was ready for his nap when she was trying to work with him, so he pretty much just fussed almost the whole time! UGH! The reason evals SUCK is because they are pretty much a stranger trying to get your kid to do what he can't and then pointing out EXACTLY what those things are. Ok, now I'm in tears... this just bites more than ANYONE can understand! It is SO hard to watch Sammy just lie there and TRY to roll over while she keeps saying, let's see if he'll do it...he's got the start and the motivation. I kept telling her he CAN'T roll over by himself and she basically told me SHE thought he could...HELLO....I see him EVERY day, woman! I KNOW he CAN'T! Of course, he just ended up crying and didn't roll over. Imagine someone testing you on EVERYthing that you SUCK at doing and then listing all of those things back to you that you can't do. That's what an eval feels like. She did say that he had GREAT range of motion and flexibility in is arms and that it shows how hard we've been pushing him with stretches, etc. That is wrong that that is the HIGH point of my day! :(

I'm sorry to bi--- on here, but I have to vent....it is just SO depressing. I am VERY interested in seeing what kind of therapy she will do with him. She did say that they have cool swings, etc. which of course, he will LOVE! So we are going through them for PT from now on....His first session is next Wed. I'll update after that...

Luke is a WEBELO 2 now

So Luke had his Blue and Gold ceremony yesterday for Cub Scouts. He got all of his awards he's been working towards and he had probably the most out of ALL of the kids there. It was an especially big deal because he just started this year and still is AHEAD of most of the other Webelo 2's. He went beyond and now has an extra award called the Compass Badge, for which he can continue to earn pins. He only has one badge left to earn (I'm pretty sure) to get the Arrow of Light, which is the highest you can go in Cub Scouts and he will be crossing over into Boy Scouts in April! My big "little man" ! :) He LOVES the scouts..it's good socializing for him...he really wants to go to the week long camp in the summer, I'm not sure how it works since he'll be in between packs...i guess we'll figure it out as we go...

Enjoy the pics...sorry some are dark, not sure why...he was asked to lead the pledge for the flag ceremony in the beginning....

Sammy-lo-Lammy's Thomas birthday party

Sammy had his Thomas birthday party on Saturday at Patty's house. We got there a little early so Sammy could take a little nap before the festivities. He did and was in a pretty good mood for the whole party. He LOVED the decorations as we all did...Mary did an awesome job! It was Tidmouth Station galore! :)

He got some AWESOME presents from everybody, our family really takes the time to pick out things that Sammy can actually "play" with. He LOVED everything and can't wait to dive into all of it! Thanks everybody again! :)

I did a very simple cake but I think it came out cute anyway. (Thanks for the extra idea, John!) Sammy loved it, anyway! :)

Here are some pics from the party.