July 21, 2009

  • Gymnastics pictures...

    Today was gymnastics day..

    Last week, Nana&Papa surprised Austin by showing up at his gymnastics class.  He knew they were coming to visit, but he didn't know they would show up there.  So today at gymnastics he's doing the little stretches and all of the sudden stops and says, "(gasp), WHERE Nana&Papa??"  I guess he thinks they should show up every week now.

    He did really good with his stretches and had alot of improvement jumping on the trampoline today.  He loves that place..

    Here are just a few pics from last week,that Nana snapped of him doing his "mastics".

    ..the rock wall, actually they are colored letters.  He likes to say the letters as he climbs..

    july09-1

    ..doing his stretches before class starts..

    july09-2

    july09-3

    ..log rolls..

    july09-5

    ..forward rolls..

    july09-6

    ..don't know what this is called, something to climb on, in, etc...

    july09-9

     ..walking on the beam with Miss Jessica, his teacher..

    july09-8

    ..and playing in the fountain after we ate lunch at Rubio's..

    july09-12

    july09-13

    ..got so wet that we had to take his shirt off to dry him off with it, wring it out, and then put it back on him to keep him cool. 

    july09-14

    Yep, it's been in the hundreds here for several days.. ick. HOT.

    I'm so glad they came to visit.. it did great wonders for Austin's security post-losing the dog.  He acted sooo happy and even a little relieved to see them.  He kept hugging and hanging onto his Nana, and kissing her over and over.  I have never seen him so beside himself happy to see someone.  Then while they were here even, he would go into the other room and play by himself, or just play by himself talking to his toys while we were all visiting.  What a relief.  He was acting like his normal self.  So hopefully the worst of the loss is behind us.  They spent the night, and after they left the next day he says, "Nana and Papa gonna come baaaack?" And looked kind of sad.  I reassured him that they would be back and we would go and visit them too.  I think he just wanted to make sure that someone else wasn't going to disappear from his life.  It has been a real learning experience watching him and helping him go through this loss.  But like I said, hopefully the worst is behind us.  Having Nana&Papa visit really helped alot, too.  He will still talk about Duke and say things like, "Duke need a drink.. Duke need-a eat his dog food.."  But he doesn't look so sad or distressed anymore, and he always follows it up with a comment about a new dog and what he wants to name it.. which is always something random that's in his field of vision.  Like Stop-sign, or Corvette, or Pick-up truck. Other times he'll insist on naming it "like Duke." We shall see what is in store for us.