Shane and I are getting ready for Christmas next week and I think our shopping is done. Yesterday my mom and I took Grayson to see Santa. We took him to the same Santa as last year. He is a really great Santa so I have a feeling we will make the trek to Fairview/Allen every year. It appeared as though Grayson was going to have a meltdown once he got up in Santa's lap, but alittle reassurance from me and a squeaky toy by the photographer made him perk up and provide us with his signature grin. Grayson is definitely on Santa's nice list this year!
This visit to see Santa came immediately after our visit with an ENT. Grayson is on his 7th ear infection since April so our pediatrician thought it was time to seek further medical advice. As soon as the ENT looked in his ears, he said they looked really bad and recommended he get tubes for both ears. So Grayson will be getting tubes next Thursday, the day after Christmas. Merry Christmas to Grayson! We are hopeful they will make him feel so much better and not be living with pain anymore. It breaks my heart to think how tolerant he has been to the pain for all this time and yet he still keeps a smile on his face and appears to be just as happy as ever. I told Shane I can't imagine how much happier this kid could be so we may be in for happiness overload after he gets these tubes. :)
Aside from the ear infection, Grayson has been doing really well. Over the last couple of weeks we have noticed so many great developments in him. The one we are most proud of is that he knows the signs for "please" and "thank you". It means so much to us that we can raise our son to be respectful and courteous to others. We have been trying to teach him the different signs in order to reiterate what they are teaching him at school, but we were not sure he was picking up on them. Out of the blue we started to notice he would make the signs during dinner and realized what he was trying to say. "Thank you" is very similar to his way of blowing kisses so it's always a tough one to catch, but either way it still makes you appreciate his effort.
We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend at the lake with my parents this weekend and then next week Shane and I will be off work together. Monday will be filled getting some errands run and things done around the house before the holidays. I really love this time of year and I'm excited to be able to start our own family traditions each Christmas as Grayson gets older.
I'll end this post with a couple of pictures from the weekend we were iced in the house. We had to find interesting ways to pass the time...
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| Mom builds Lego towers... |
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| And Grayzilla tears them down. |
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| Gotta love some playdoh! |
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| There is an advantage and disadvantage to a large, sloped driveway when it ices over. Getting your car out: Disadvantage Entertaining child with laundry basket: Advantage |
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| Always having fun! |
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| Aspen loves the cold weather and enjoyed lying on the patio surveying his kingdom. |
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