Yup, today was John’s 42nd birthday. He dosen’t get very into the whole birthday thing but he had tickets to the Mets game and took the whole crew with him (the big boys, Timmy, Uncle Nelson, Grandpa Jack & Hakka- a real boys day out). It was Timmy’s first Mets game and he was REALLY excited. I think everyone was really excited that he was going.

I sent the big boys with their cameras (and the first thing they said when they came home was "mommy, wanna see my pictures??!!"- see, they’re getting the photobug too. Honestly, I think they are just happy to be on the other side of the camera for once). They did a great job and got some cute shots. Mostly of Timmy.See, I’m not the only one who takes so many pix of Timmy! They made it to the 6th inning (which is really good for a first game, I think) when Timmy’s lips started turning blue cause it was pretty cold out (especially in the upper deck). He skipped his nap today and did pretty well, all things considered. John was even super brave and took him to Shea in underwear- and he was all dry!  

Had some Carvel cake tonight for dessert. With LOTS of candles. Then John went all psycho on the cake. (Marianne, my friend, these pictures are for you!) Really, he was just cutting it, but you know his fascination with the cleaver…

The boys started soccer this past weekend. And although they have been doing well in practices, they are SO out of shape. It’s not just them either– all the kids playing were totally done in by the second half of the game. It’s going to be tough cause they have baseball and soccer games on the same day so thats hours of hard playing. I’m not sure how it’s going to work out. I’m not sure they’re gonna make it!

Some shots from this weekends game, including some of their friends. And Timmy too, of course!

And in the "stuff" portion of this post:

• Had my meeting for Timmy  and he was approved thru CPSE for OT (occupational therapy for small muscles like writing) and PT (physical therapy for large muscles like jumping) twice a week for 30 min each time. So here we go back to the "school bus place" for therapy. It’s like yesterday I was there with the big boys for the same things. I thought I would have one kid without low muscle tone. Apparently not.
• The problem now is that they have no appointments that are close together. So now I have to bring him from 12:30-1 for PT and then OT from 2-2:30. This is a problem not only cause we have an hour to kill between appointments, but because that 2pm start is going to be ugly as it’s right smack in the middle of nap time. I don’t know if the lack of nap is going to cause him to not do well in OT. I am hoping that a new slot opens up for September that works better, but it looks like I’m stuck til then. Unless he gets approved for summer services.
• He’s still so delicious, even with low muscle tone.
• Speech is still up in the air. The fact that he scored in the 97th percentile for vocabulary kinda screwed up the scores. They want him retested again with a different test, but I am waiting to see when that may happen. It’s all articulation and it’s also cause of the low tone.
• The potty training is going great and he is in underwear full time now, even at school. I’m quickly running low on new Planet Heroes (only 1 left) so we have to come up with a new reward soon. We discussed the possibility of a sticker each time he goes poop on the potty and when he has 5, we can take a trip to the bookstore for a new book. That might work.
• Timmy rode his tricycle the whole way around the block today! Awesome! (and he really shouldn’t be able to with the whole low tone).
• We all walked home from school today. So, so happy to see some nice weather at last. Tommorrow is supposed to be even better.
• I read in Patrick’s class this morning and Timmy came along. He was the usual hit of the classroom and Patrick loved, loved having him there. We stayed for almost an hour just hanging out there and I think Timmy would’ve loved to stay the whole day if he could have.
• The big boys went with John, Grandpa Jack, and Uncle George to opening day at Shea yesterday- they got pulled out of school early and everything! And even though the Mets lost they told me they had a great time. They are going again on Sunday- weather permitting- and that will be Timmy’s very first Mets game. He’s soooooo excited.