The next big thing...

School!  

Griffin started his first day of school almost two Wednesdays ago!  He is attending The Goddard School.  It is located at the entrance of our neighborhood, which I love.  He goes Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 - 1.  So he eats snack with the other kids and lunch, which I hope will benefit him.  I love his teacher Ms. Ally.  She has a younger sister who has Down's syndrome.  So far the things he has loved the most is playing outside, watching the other kids, and playing with the hula hoop at the gym ( he kept putting it over this little girls head and she would get mad).  When I went to pick him up on his second day he actually scooted away from me!  They had all just awoken from their nap time and most of the kids were sitting on their mats still, but Griffin had crawled over to a nearby girls matt and was making eyes with her and talking to her.  It has been kind of emotional but I think this is going to be really good for him.  I have been told by so many professionals how well Down's kids do being around their peers. 

 

And very current news:  Griffin pulled up to stand all by himself for his second time ever today!  Matt was in the bath and I had carried Griffin in so I could talk to Matt before he left for work.  Griffin was trying so hard to dive out of my arms into the bath so I went into our bedroom with him so he could crawl on the floor in there and I could still talk to Matt, but to do this I had to leave the bathroom door into our bedroom open.  Well it didn't work, because Griffin took off crawling in to the bathroom.  I don't usually let him crawl on our bathroom floor because I don't keep it as clean as I would like, but I glanced at it and it seemed to be alright just this once :)  And then, it was too funny, Griffin crawled over to the edge of our bathtub ( we have a pretty tall tub) and pulled straight up to stand from sitting on his bottom.  It was hilarious, because all Matt saw was Griffin's little head pop over the edge and my mouth drop and eyes widen.  Griffin then proceeded to stand for the next ten minutes because if he reached really really hard and stood on his tippy toes he could splash in Matt's bath water!  It looked like he was trying to climb in at times!  

And one more...Griffin is holding his bottle on his own sometimes when I have him do it!  

My heart just swells with every accomplishment of his.