Blake's first day of Pre-K

This Wednesday was Blake's first day of Pre-K. Blake picked a Transformers backpack and lunchbox for the occasion. He was so excited that I don't think he slept much on Tuesday night. We got up in the morning and Mommy and Daddy got him ready and took him in. Blake's teacher's name is Mrs. Berry and she couldn't be nicer. She was welcoming to Scott and I and very nice. Blake walked in and immediately felt at home. Scott and I watched him for a few minutes and spoke to Mrs. Berry. She told me to call her and she would call me and not to worry about a thing. She really was welcoming and inviting and it was very appreciated. I kept my tears in check the whole day on Wednesday. I felt at ease somehow. I even peaked in on him later that day. :-) He didn't seem to miss a beat. He was ready for school and his excitement was contagious.

I had my first experience of packing a lunch that I won't soon forget. I wanted to make sure everything that we needed to take his first day was all together so we wouldn't leave anything behind that morning. Blake and I put his name on everything and packed his lunch. I put his lunch inside his backpack and placed it by the backdoor so we wouldn't forget it the next morning. Then I went back to the paperwork to see where I needed to leave his lunch the next morning to be refrigerated at school. Here is the mishap... I made sure I knew where to leave the lunch in the morning to be refrigerated, but I actually didn't put it in there all night! I got it out of his backpack and school and realized my mistake. Scott giggled at me. I couldn't believe that I had actually looked up in the paperwork to find where to put it to keep it cold as school but I didn't do it myself that night. Must be pregnancy brain. hehehe I was able to take the lunch home to remake and Blake was still happy as a clam. Scott found the whole experience very funny.

Back to Blake's first day. He had so much fun! He got to play on the computer, read books, had circle time, and they went outside. Mrs. Berry said he loves to learn and tried to soak up everything they talked about. I saw evidence of this because he told me all about all of it when I picked him up. She said he wasn't sad until it was nap time. I believe its because he didn't want to stop playing. hehehe It might be the new place too. They went outside on the playground and Mrs. Berry was playing with Blake. She was trying to get him to chase her and he told her, "Mrs. Berry, its just too hot to do that. Maybe tomorrow." LOL I wonder where he heard that. hehehe Mrs. Berry said he made her laugh all day long and he was so sweet. He had a great day and couldn't wait to go back on Thursday. I picked him up early on Wednesday during nap time. It told him we needed to grab his backpack and he said, "Mommy, we can't forget my transformers lunchbox too." That choked me up a little. His is just so big! When did my son start worrying about his lunchbox! I knew the day would come, but he is till and always will be my baby. Scott took him Thursday morning because we are practicing for the real thing next week. He came home talking about all the things he did. I got a little bit more sad today so I broke down and called Mrs. Berry to check on him today. She told me all about what he had done and said that he was having a great time. They were eating lunch when she called me back and we got to have a great talk. She is so nice to talk to and I think she truly enjoys her job. She has the love of teaching that I wish all teachers had. She has put me at ease every time I spoke to her and I feel like we have a great communication going. She said that he listens to her directions and does everything the first time she asks. She said she wasn't used to this. I was shocked that she was talking about Blake of course because he doesn't do that for us. LOL I guess no kid does that for his parents though. :-) I think he is enjoying school. I am glad that Mrs. Berry has already noticed his love of learning. He wants to know about everything. I think he fits very well into her class. He told Mrs. Berry that he was going to get a pet frog and name him Max. He has been asking us for a few days and I am trying to talk Scott into it.... We will see.... :-0

Finally some good news!

Blake had his annual VCUG on the 6th. This was the first year that Scott couldn't go with me so I was very nervous. Since I am pregnant, I was not allowed to be in the room with him during the test so my Dad was nice enough to go with. I think Blake really loved have Papa there because he has such a calming effect on all of us. (When I start to freak out about something, I just call Dad and he sets me straight. :-)) The results were not what I had hoped when I spoke to the doctor on site at the hospital. She said that one of Blake's kidneys had not grown in the year and that his reflux had gone from a 1 to a 3 on the left side. The right side stayed a 3. I was very upset. I had thought since last year he got better that we would be able to continue that pattern and he would be growing out of it. I started hearing the alarming words the doctor had used about everything and might as well not even tried to sleep the next four days because it did no good! Well come to find out, all that on site doc did was make me have a few sleepless nights for nothing! On Tuesday, we had our visit to Blake's kidney doctor and I was set completely at ease. Blake's doc has been his doc since he was an infant and he is very well known and seasoned in this field. He came highly recommended by many doctors not just our pediatrician when this whole process started. He looked over the scans from the VCUG and told me that I had no reason to worry. Blake was doing great and his kidney was not small for his age. It was just the right size and there was no reason to be alarmed! He also told me that since Blake was not done potty training at the test last year, that he had expected the grade of reflux to increase because he is holding it longer now. Completely normal! He also told me that Blake has a great chance of growing out of it since he has had no infections at all. He took Blake of his medication and said that we will watch him from now on. We don't even have to repeat that stupid test anymore. (We have to put him under every year for that. Not fun.) He said as long as Blake doesn't start having infections that he won't even consider surgery. (I am so relieved. I had the surgery and it was very painful. I was 18 even not 4.) He also gave me more good news. I had a doctor tell me that the second child has a 95% chance of getting the condition since I had it and Blake had it. The doc said it is more like 60% and boys are much more likely to grow out of it. I know 60% isn't that good but its not that bad either. Much better the 95%! I am officially counting my blessings. I went into that office on Tuesday expecting to be scheduling surgery and I walked out being able to tell Blake he didn't have to take the yucky medicine anymore. YEAH!!!! Now let's just keep our fingers crossed that he stays healthy and has no infections. I have faith though. :-)

All good things come to an end...

I am so bummed to see this summer come to an end. There have been many exciting things happening and I have gotten used to being able to rest. Blake has been growing in front of my eyes. He actually came up to me this morning and spelled balloon and told me that we need to take a hot air balloon ride with Mommy, Daddy, Trixie, and him! I couldn't believe it. He can also spell jeep, cat, pig, pie, corn, cake, radio, and some other ones that escape me. He is so super smart. He starts preschool on Wednesday and we went to meet his teacher today. Mrs. Berry is her name and it took me a long time to convince him that it was Berry not Mary. LOL He loved going there today and didn't want to leave with me. That's a good sign I guess. He started karate a few weeks ago and he loves it! I think we will start the new baby on it as soon as he is old enough. It has taught him so much in such a short amount of time. We love watching him each time. We are about to get very busy because of all of Blake's activities. We have Karate on Monday and Wednesday nights, then blastball starts on Saturday's again in September, and swim lessons start again on Sundays at the end of August. He begged to do all of these things and we want to encourage him to try everything while he is interest but I may be living in my car soon! LOL I have a very sweet story to tell that happened this week too. Blake wanted to do potatoe heads so we were building them. He sometimes likes to build the family so we were building Mommy, Daddy, and Blake like usual. Then he realized he forgot a member. He wanted to add his baby brother too. So sweet! It melted my heart. He calls him Luke but we haven't decided on the name. Blake likes that name though and won't hear of any others. Scott and I are tossing around a few but no names have stuck yet. We will see but he may have the nickname of Luke from his big brother. hehehe We went to the circus yesterday and we had a blast! Blake loves the elephants! He was actually trying to talk me into letting him have a pet elephant at home. All I could think of is how much they must poop! I don't know how I convinced him but he finally gave up. Thank goodness! I don't know what I said but I should prolly try to remember so I can put it in my mental file for later. I am sure the subject will come up again because my child is nothing if not persistant. heheh I hope to take some pics Wednesday morning of his first day of Pre K and I will try to post them soon after. :-) Here is a couple of my kiddo at the circus. He kept telling Scott and I that this was the best day of his life. He also said we were the best too! So sweet that little boy of mine. Oh and a pic of him in his adorable karate uniform! He has already earned several stripes for his outstanding performance during class.