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| Team Santa all the way! |
We went to see Santa Claus in Canandaigua:
Afterwards, we went to Aunt Denise and Aunt Amanda's house for a Gingerbread House Party. Good times!
Jackson also got to "test drive" a mobile stander for a week, which he loved! Here's a pic, but go check out the post I wrote about it here:
We made Jackson's therapists a Christmas gift. More details can be found here.
We baked some cookies:
Jackson has finally outgrown his first pair of AFOs so we are in the process of getting him some new ones. First step was a fitting. It was right around the end of January last year that he got fitted for his first pair and this time the only difference for the fitting was that we went to Hanger Orthotics to get it done instead of coming to the house. So go check out this post if you want a little reminder of how it's done. We go back to Hanger and this Friday to pick up the new AFOs. We decided to stick with the same color and style that he has now - black with flames!
We also ordered some new lenses for his glasses. He had been using them as teethers and they were scratched to all get out. Luckily our insurance covers unlimited replacements for lenses and glasses - good to know! Jackson also had an appointment with his ophthalmologist, Dr. Markowitz, this month. It was just a follow-up to monitor his eyesight and make sure the glasses were doing their job. There have been no changes in his prescription since his last appointment but Dr. Markowitz did stress the importance of getting him to wear them all the time. Right, getting a toddler to wear his glasses all the time - good luck with that! He had actually gotten better about wearing them up until these past couple of weeks which was right around the time we picked up the new lenses. He also got some new nose pads for his frames so he might just need to re-adjust to them again. But, we'll keep trying. I know he can see the difference between wearing them and not wearing them so one of these days it will just click that life will be better if he just leaves them on. At least that's what I keep telling myself. :)
What else did we do in December? Hmmmm, oh yeah....we ate lots of graham crackers and watched lots of Christmas movies.
And then there's Christmas, which deserves it's own post. So go check out more details, here.
Christmas Day also marked the first time that Jackson really got to play outside in the snow - ever! I think that deserves it's own post too because there are a ton of cute pictures and videos to look at. So in the meantime, enjoy the pic below and go here to see more.
We hung out at home during the big snow storm of December. Well, Jackson and I did. Jason was out plowing ;)
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| Lots of snow out on our deck! |
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| There's a picnic table under there somewhere! |
So, as you can see it was a crazy, busy but awesome month!
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