Evan loves the drinking fountain at preschool. Jeremy says you can even hear him slurping up the water (background noise is too loud in the video).
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Drinking Fountain
Evan loves the drinking fountain at preschool. Jeremy says you can even hear him slurping up the water (background noise is too loud in the video).
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Great Grandma Wilkins
Evan's Great Grandmother Miriam Wilkins (Jeremy's mom's mom) passed away on Thursday. She was an active, very sharp 91 years old. The week before, she had fallen and broken her femur. She lost a lot of blood during the 6 hour surgical repair, and that caused her kidneys to fail. Thankfully, Jeremy got to visit with Grandma Wilkins on his trip down to the bay area earlier this month. This picture of her with Evan is from July 2007.
One of the things Grandma Wilkins was passionate about was roses. She had been President of the Rose Society and had organized many rose shows. There is even a Miriam Wilkins rose--this is the picture of it I found on the internet!
Grandma Wilkins, you will be missed! XOXO
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween
Hey there--it's your friendly neighborhood Bat Boy, Evan.
Whaaahahahaha... Look out all you baddies!
Let's get this thing started up.
And we're off on the Batmobile!
Daddy and I are off to collect some goodies. We decided "on foot" would be a more efficient form of transportation.
Whaaahahahaha... Look out all you baddies!
Let's get this thing started up.
And we're off on the Batmobile!
Daddy and I are off to collect some goodies. We decided "on foot" would be a more efficient form of transportation.
The Crud
So we've all been sick this past week. It started with Jeremy feeling the beginnings of a scratchy throat last Saturday night. He felt pretty crummy until Tuesday, at which point Evan started looking pretty sick. Sore throat, fever, aches, chills, coughing... Evan was not ever seen by his pediatrician (he'd been in the week before for suspected sinus infection, & was on antibiotics for that already), but because Swine flu is the only thing really going around right now, he got put on Tamiflu as a precaution. By Wednesday night, I was not feeling well at all. I stayed home from work on Thursday (which I never do, well almost never). I went to work Friday, but could barely talk. I had a previously scheduled doctor's appointment, so I got the once-over for my cold also. My physician's assistant doesn't think it's Swine flu, and recommended we all get the Swine flu vaccine as soon as it's available.
This is a little tangent but right now the vaccine in our area is only being given to certain health care providers. I called the health department to inquire, but because I'm just an optometrist and I don't have to see people who are sick, they wouldn't give it to me. I tried the "people are like 8 inches from my face all day" and the "if I refused to see everyone with cold symptoms, I would have no schedule" and even the "I have a son who has major respiratory issues," but no dice. I was mildly annoyed too, because it didn't sound like they were out of vaccine. I don't see why they couldn't give all the providers they were targeting first dibs, and then open it up to other providers. But that's not what they are doing. The parting advice was to make people wear masks (which is what we're already doing for people with symptoms). Gee, thanks.
This is a little tangent but right now the vaccine in our area is only being given to certain health care providers. I called the health department to inquire, but because I'm just an optometrist and I don't have to see people who are sick, they wouldn't give it to me. I tried the "people are like 8 inches from my face all day" and the "if I refused to see everyone with cold symptoms, I would have no schedule" and even the "I have a son who has major respiratory issues," but no dice. I was mildly annoyed too, because it didn't sound like they were out of vaccine. I don't see why they couldn't give all the providers they were targeting first dibs, and then open it up to other providers. But that's not what they are doing. The parting advice was to make people wear masks (which is what we're already doing for people with symptoms). Gee, thanks.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
School Days
Evan had adjusted well to this year's routine of two pre-schools. Every once in awhile, he'll have a rough day at one class or the other but usually he does great on the days he goes to both (Tuesday-Thursday).
Sherri continues to be Evan's one-on-one aide at the Developmental Preschool. This fall, she is taking an ASL class--the same class and teacher Jeremy and I took last spring. We know the additional signing Evan sees from Sherri will help his receptive and hopefully expressive communication.
Evan is becoming more and more of an active participant in art projects at school. He will now place stickers, scribble lines, and sprinkle glitter. I used to look at "his" projects and admire the aide's handi-work, but it's pretty obvious now Evan's involved. He brought home a pumpkin face on a piece of construction paper--Sherri said that there were "x"s drawn where the eyes, nose, and mouth were supposed to do but that Evan stuck the pieces in the right places himself. He further embellished the piece with some attractively arranged Halloween foam stickers.
This past Tuesday was the class trip to the pumpkin patch. Sherri was sick that day, so Jeremy accompanied Evan. This was the first time Evan got to ride sitting in the regular bench seat (before he's always been strapped into one of those fold out child car seats). He loved it! He was belted in, but he just sat there looking out the window and having a great time. He was not as much of a fan of the actual pumpkin patch, but at least there was something redeeming on the field trip for him.
At Head Start, Jeremy has been Evan's "acting aide" while they've been looking. They just hired someone this past week, and she will be shadowing Jeremy and Evan next week. Her son had both a g-tube and trach, so she is very well-prepared to handle Evan's medical needs at school. We have met her before--this is one of those "it's a really small world" stories that requires some background explanation.
When Evan was an inpatient at Children's, the volunteers gave us several beautiful blankets. After he came home, I wanted to give back so I made some fleece quilts and donated them to Children's. A couple of years ago, we were at March for Babies in Yakima--and I saw one of my blankets on a child at the event. I went up to the family and asked them about the blanket. Sure enough, their son had spent a lot of time in and out of Children's and they were given the blanket by the hospital volunteers. As it turned out, this family was also from Ellensburg. And--you've probably figured out by now--this mom is going to be Evan's new aide at Head Start. Coincidence???
Sherri continues to be Evan's one-on-one aide at the Developmental Preschool. This fall, she is taking an ASL class--the same class and teacher Jeremy and I took last spring. We know the additional signing Evan sees from Sherri will help his receptive and hopefully expressive communication.
Evan is becoming more and more of an active participant in art projects at school. He will now place stickers, scribble lines, and sprinkle glitter. I used to look at "his" projects and admire the aide's handi-work, but it's pretty obvious now Evan's involved. He brought home a pumpkin face on a piece of construction paper--Sherri said that there were "x"s drawn where the eyes, nose, and mouth were supposed to do but that Evan stuck the pieces in the right places himself. He further embellished the piece with some attractively arranged Halloween foam stickers.
This past Tuesday was the class trip to the pumpkin patch. Sherri was sick that day, so Jeremy accompanied Evan. This was the first time Evan got to ride sitting in the regular bench seat (before he's always been strapped into one of those fold out child car seats). He loved it! He was belted in, but he just sat there looking out the window and having a great time. He was not as much of a fan of the actual pumpkin patch, but at least there was something redeeming on the field trip for him.
At Head Start, Jeremy has been Evan's "acting aide" while they've been looking. They just hired someone this past week, and she will be shadowing Jeremy and Evan next week. Her son had both a g-tube and trach, so she is very well-prepared to handle Evan's medical needs at school. We have met her before--this is one of those "it's a really small world" stories that requires some background explanation.
When Evan was an inpatient at Children's, the volunteers gave us several beautiful blankets. After he came home, I wanted to give back so I made some fleece quilts and donated them to Children's. A couple of years ago, we were at March for Babies in Yakima--and I saw one of my blankets on a child at the event. I went up to the family and asked them about the blanket. Sure enough, their son had spent a lot of time in and out of Children's and they were given the blanket by the hospital volunteers. As it turned out, this family was also from Ellensburg. And--you've probably figured out by now--this mom is going to be Evan's new aide at Head Start. Coincidence???
Short Cut
I know I've posted before about our hair-cutting technique: Jeremy does it at home, while Evan's asleep. Usually this works great. We lay him on a towel, roll him on his side, cut and clipper that half of his head, then flip him over and do the other. The next day Jeremy makes any necessary touch-ups.
This did not work for Evan's last hair cut--at the half-way point he woke up! So for a day, Evan looked pretty scraggly with one side basically finished but the other just had a few random clips. Thankfully, the next night he slept soundly through the remainder of the procedure.
This did not work for Evan's last hair cut--at the half-way point he woke up! So for a day, Evan looked pretty scraggly with one side basically finished but the other just had a few random clips. Thankfully, the next night he slept soundly through the remainder of the procedure.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Down by the river.
These are from out drive down to Vantage this afternoon.
Soccer may be in my future...
Time for my afternoon siesta.
Soccer may be in my future...
Time for my afternoon siesta.
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