Weekend in Philadelphia

So I'm a little behind on my blog duties...so I'll play a little catch up and hopefully be consistent soon (HA!) I think the word "consistent" has left our vocabulary since Little Man was born!

Two weekends ago we went up to Philadelphia to spend time with Nana, Auntie D and Uncle Frankie. Then Saturday night we went over to Pappy and Rhonda's for a surprise 50th birthday party for Rhonda. Lots of fun! Although on the ride up, our little man has officially left his cocoon as the "quiet traveler" of the two. He use to love his carseat and be very content. Hmmm not so much on this trip. So mom and dad will have to devise some new "soothing tricks" before our next car ride that is for sure!

We visited a county fair and had loads of fun. We also learned that our princess has no fear of rides, like her mama! Little man enjoyed a few rides, but maybe next year he'll enjoy more.

Jimmo doesn't necessarily love this ride but doesn't hate it either I guess.

Mama and princess are in the 2nd car...by the end her hands were waving in the air like a roller coaster pro!

European bungee jumping - hysterical!

Nana and princess riding the copter, little man was too short for this ride...next year buddy!

Since we've been home, we've been immersed in the preschool diagnostics process for Child Find. I'll keep my bureaucratic system comments off-line for now....grrrrr. Jimmo's portion of the testing is finally complete and now we have our parent conference, the eligibility meeting and finally the IEP. I will be so relieved to have this completed and then ready to enjoy the summer!

One last comment, hubby and I are thinking and praying about putting Jimmo on the gluten free casein free diet (GFCF) for a few weeks this summer before he starts school. This is an entire family undertaking and no small task at that. We figured a 4 week trial period would be much easier in the summer when he is with us 24x7. We have heard a few families have tried this with their Fragile X boys and have seen improvement in attention, behavior and the autistic tendencies that tend to accompany Fragile X. We'll keep you posted.

Big hugs to everyone and happy summer!!!!!

And it's even PINK!

Isn't he just the best!

Breakfast in bed, chocolates from Georgia (she personally picked out the Whitman Sampler pack) and a PINK mixer! You might remember from What's a baker to do? the tragic loss in our household. Even though it rained all day, there were plenty of smiles in this house.

Hope all of you mom's had a wonderful day!

Quick Mother's Day shot after church in between the rain!