Monday - PT & ECSE

Gracie awoke at 6:00 a.m. and was ready to start the day. After a brief snuggle with mom and dad, it was time to get moving. Gracie was a very good girl this morning and was a little card once we arrived at daycare. She was hamming it up good. When I left she waved "bye, bye" and blew me kisses.

Gracie had a good day at daycare and when Jeff picked her up, the kids were enjoying the nice day and were playing outside. When I arrived home, they had just pulled in the driveway and Gracie looked very tired and really grumpy. I thought her session with the physical therapist and early education teacher would not be a good session. Thankfully, after some snuggling with mom and a couple of bunny crackers, her mood changed.

Sandy, Gracie's PT, brought a trampoline with a bar on it for Gracie to jump on. Gracie was a little tentative at first, but really started to enjoy it. Sandy would get the bounce going for her and Gracie would give us a big smile and sign more...that is until it went really fast and she would lose her control, then suddenly it would be time to sit down. Gracie's ECSE teacher brought some new simple books for Gracie that assist with speech. So we'll work on those and Gracie loves them. These versions even had cheat sheets for mom and dad with examples of how to sign some of the words. Gracie really enjoyed Sandy and Emily's visit.

After they left we played outside for awhile. She ran and ran and ran down the sidewalk while holding onto Jeff and my hands. She thought that was great fun. She didn't want much for supper, but was very thirsty.

After supper it was bathtime. She was a wild girl in the tub. The splashes were sky high and after she was done splashing, she would but her head in the water and blow bubbles. She is such a little entertainer. The first time she did it, I laughed. Then everytime after she would do it and then look at me to see if I was laughing. If I laughed (which how could I not) she would smile and do it again. (Definitely her father's daughter!)

All the running and splashing made Gracie a very tired girl and she was in bed by 8:00 p.m.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie