Monday - Busy Day

For having gone to bed late, Gracie forgot to sleep a little later. She was up bright and early at 5:30 a.m. This morning her occupational therapist, physical therapist, and early intervention teacher from the Birth-to-Three program all came for their last visit of the year. Gracie worked on her ability to step up on higher objects (such as a curb) without using hands and is doing really well. She has the motor ability, but is lacking the confidence, so we will continue to work on that. They also brought three tubs along, one with beans, one with rice, and the other we filled with water. There were little toys in each and she was supposed to dig through each item to get them. She would have nothing to do with the beans. She did go digging in the rice but was cautious. The water was her favorite by far and she was splashing in it and having fun. Gracie was sad to see her friends leave.

Then it was time for daycare. At this point, I could tell Gracie was low on sleep. She had a meltdown when I put her coat on, a meltdown when I put her in her car seat, and a meltdown when we got to daycare. She was a much happier girl when daddy picked her up. They had a good time together and she was happy to see me when I got home. She had a very good evening and was a pretty happy girl all night.

Our big accomplishment of the day was that she did her business in her diaper, then went over to Jeff and signed "potty". Now it was more than potty, but this was a good first step.

She is now asleep and snuggled under her Winnie the Pooh fleece blanket.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie