May 11

And we have made it to May!  Somehow, this amazing boy has finished his first year of Middle School (during a pandemic no less) and is only a month away from turning 12.  Sometimes I just can't fathom where the time goes and how it moves so quickly.  My babies are growing and up the bittersweet flavor of it is strong.

April ended with a bang (and May's been going strong with events all month).  Little Buddy had an amazing end to his Spring race season and enjoyed Easter!

It was a rainy, humid morning, but both kids did great at the Ironkids race!  Little Buddy had one of his best miles of the past season and we're so proud of him.  Here's hoping for another strong running season this fall!

     

My running kids!

We got to start our Easter break with one of our favorite family traditions, strawberry picking at the local farm.  It was crowded, but we managed to get two bucketfuls of ripe, delicious strawberries!

     

     

Love going to pick our own fruit!

We then made sure to complete the rest of our Easter traditions!

     

Egg coloring!

     

Matching Easter PJs!

Church with Uncle M, Aunt S, and L!

Happy Easter!

They found their baskets!

Enjoying hunting eggs!

     

Mimi and Pop-Pop even came over to celebrate!

     

Looking very dapper in his new shirt from the Easter Bunny!

We finished up April with some race cheering instead of running and have enjoyed our May so far!

Excited for the Amazing Grade Adaptive Mass at our Church!

Mother's Day with my greatest gifts!

Height and Weight

We went all in on trying to counteract Little Buddy's weight loss this month.  With the addition of eggs, avocado, protein powder, and whole milk to his diet, we're seeing stabilization at about 100 lbs. and hoping to see that number starting to go up again.  Now that we've found out about his loose tooth from the dentist, we're hoping that explains more of the chewing and swallowing issues we had been seeing, as opposed to a Sanfilippo change.

     

     

So many pictures of him at the table this month as we try to add on some weight!

Personality

Agitation is definitely down and he seems very happy and vocal.  Hoping to keep him that way!

A proud big brother at his sister's First Reconciliation!

Developmental Changes

Guys.  GUYS.  It has been another rough month, but we're hoping that we're coming out of it.  Sleep, chewing, swallowing, weight gain, and GI issues have taken over our lives this past month.  We were very concerned that, after we got Little Buddy's allergy issues handled, that a Sanfilippo change was happening.  We have been so concerned BUT a visit to the dentist may have given us some relief.  Turns out Little Buddy has 6 baby teeth left and one is loose.  We are hoping that the chewing and swallowing issues (which are contributing to the weight and sleeping and GI issues) can be explained by this.  He has been starting to sleep better, but we'd really like to see the eating improve in the next few weeks.  

All smiles for the dentist; zero cavities again!

     

Sleep.  Sleep is good.

Fun Tidbits

Little Sister's school was submitting entries to a local art contest and I noticed there was a special needs division. Her teacher very kindly allowed Little Buddy to submit an entry with them.  He's never been in an art contest before!

Little Buddy's Masterpiece!

By next month, school will be finished and we'll be starting all our summer camps and activities.  And Little Buddy will hit 12!!!  Life never slows down, but every minute with this boy matters.

Good night,

LBM