Updates

I have been slacking so we have lots of updates today!

Henry had his first week of full day daycare last week (Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM). So far he seems to be doing very well! He loves playing with the other kids, does art projects, sits nicely in his chair and eats snack and lunch, plays with Sadie the Golden Retriever, and generally wears himself out. The big news from last week is that he took a nap ON A MAT (as opposed to his Pack n' Play we have there - this was truly shocking. I don't know how they did it.) Also, he has a girlfriend. She is an "older woman" being 2 years old, but they are the talk of the daycare. She ran up and gave him a big kiss when I picked him up on Friday.

Henry also officially "graduated" from his Early Intervention program last week. He had another full evaluation and is now deemed at our above age level across the board. In fact, he is like a 2.5 year old in terms of gross motor skills! His expressive communication is now right where it should be - and he added the word "book" to his vocabulary today. His EI therapist was a great help to us, and while we are glad that he no longer needs EI we will miss her!

In other "expressive communication" skills, Henry's new passion is singing. He is quite adept at the "ABC" song - he follows the tune very well, and while most of what he sings is more babbling, he gets uncannily close every now and again (especially during the "now I know my ABC's" part...). We need to try and capture this on video (and learn to post video clips!)