Monday - A Busy Day

Gracie awoke at 6:00 a.m. this morning after another restless night. She ate a good breakfast and was ready to start the day with mommy and daddy. Both of us were off work with her today.

Gracie stopped by to see honorary Grandma Gina, while daddy got his haircut and then she went home with daddy, while mommy stayed to get her hair done. By the time I got home, Gracie had eaten lunch and was dressed for an outing. We headed to the clinic where they had a folk-type singer. Gracie enjoyed the music, but I think the artist talked a little too much for her liking and she got bored at times. Gracie also got to meet daddy's friend and colleague Sarah, who gave Gracie a beautiful green teddy bear. Gracie didn't seem to be appreciative at the time, but carried him around and around and around the island in the kitchen tonight. They are becoming fast friends.

Then we headed home for a nap. Gracie fell right to sleep and woke up just before 3:00 p.m., which was when Emily, her ECSE teacher came to work with her. Emily was happy to see how much progress Gracie has made since her last visit. Gracie was in a very social and happy mood. At 4:00 p.m., Emily was joined by Sandy the PT and their supervisor Mary. These three women are great women to have on our team. Their love of children and helping them to succeed is so evident. We met to talk about goals for Gracie for the next year. She has pretty much hit the majority of the goals that were put forth for her a year ago, although purposeful release is still a hard one for her. We'll work on self-help skills, feeding herself with a spoon, working on her drooling, and really concentrate on her communication skills. I'm very optimistic that Gracie is up to the challenge.

I could tell that today was a big day for Gracie, she was very tired tonight and had a few meltdowns when she didn't get her way. She fell asleep about 7:45 p.m., although is restless again.

I'm back to work tomorrow, but daddy will be hanging out with Gracie...so you may hear from him tomorrow night.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie