Wordless Wednesday

She got what she wanted

So yeah, we still have to rock Payton to sleep at night, or at least stay in her room until she is pretty much asleep. That is pretty much getting old ... fast. Tonight I laid her in her crib and tried to leave the room after a few minutes. She cried. And cried and cried. So I went in to tell her to calm down and she had pooped from crying. It breaks my heart but seriously ... the child needs to learn how to go to sleep on her own. I got her a clean diaper and the entire time I can tell she was disgusted with me because the lower lip stayed out. She can pout with the best of them. So feeling guilty {and creating even more sleep issues}, I brought her into my room and laid her in my bed. She immediately flashed me a huge grin and rolled over to go to sleep. Like, "Ha ... I got what I wanted!" She is so dang cute, but such a little stinker!

Homework Assignment #1: Check!

Payton's first homework assignment at her preschool for special needs kids was learning how to twist or turn things ... twist the top off a jar, turn a door knob, etc. All I have to say is she is so dang smart and she catches on so easily! She pretty much mastered twisting the top off the jar right away.

That is one thing that is so interesting to me as the parent of a child with special needs. You learn to break down the learning process in ways that you never do with a typical child, ways that you would never think to do. So ... that is my thought for the day! LOL

My baby will soon be even more famous!

Remember that Public Service Announcement that I posted about a few weeks ago that had Payton's picture in it ... the one where her picture was the first picture shown? The PSA that was created in response to the movie Tropic Thunder to promote awareness for individuals with Down syndrome. Well, I found out a couple days ago that Paramount has licensed the PSA and it will soon be in in the following places:

The PSA will be on all of the Tropic Thunder DVDs.

The PSA will be shown in Walmart stores nationwide during the month of October, to help promote Down syndrome awareness month.

The PSA will be shown on the jumbotron during football games at a big name college.

The PSA is being shown at disability workshops.

The PSA is being shown in schools.

The PSA is being shown at lots of other events around the United States.

Isn't that awesome?! That means my baby's face is going to be seen by millions of people, and the words that appear on the video when they see her face ... "When you call me beautiful" ... I love it!

Here is the PSA again, in case you missed it the first time ...

Mason's First Baseball Game

Today was Mason's first t-ball game and it was very entertaining, to say the least. He looked so cute out there in his little uniform, acting like a major league star.
There is one thing we need to work on though, and that is positional territory. Mason seems to think the whole field is his territory. While playing short stop, he saw an opportunity in right field, so he took off running ...

... and he ran ...

"Here I come guys!"

"I'm almost there!"

"I'm here! Was there a ball over here?"

The aforementioned territorial issue was hysterical ... I think he did that from every position he played, about three times. Stop laughing, it was his first game after all.

Moving on to hitting ...

... and base running ...

After the game, the team gathered at the snack bar so the kids could get their free hot dogs. At that point, Mason's coach said ...

At the end of each game we are going to give the game ball to the player with the most hustle for that game. The game ball for this game goes to ...

MASON!!!!!