Can you believe our little Ammon is 5! The most exciting part about him is that he is not so little anymore. He is weighing in at 31 1/2lbs now! Our goal was to have him hit 30lbs by his birthday and he did it! The feeding tube has been a life saver. He has been a little more stable with his seizures. He still has them everyday, but they don't wipe him out as much and he hasn't had a convulsing one for about a month. He seems a lot happier and trying to do more things again. My newest nickname for him-which he laughs or smiles at- is Mr. Rolly Polly Pants. He does not want to lay still on his back. Usually within a few seconds of laying him down he rolls over. This is good, however he still has a lot of reflux, so we have to deal with that when he is on his stomach. But I am so glad he is trying to move around more.
He is going to pre-school Mon-Thurs in the afternoon. I was hoping he would be more active in the afternoon and limit having to take him out early in the cold for the bus. He has two very active girls that sit next too him which just love to give him hugs and kisses. The teachers usually have to make sure they don't smother him. There are two other boys in Ammon's class who don't just take it like Ammon does. I think it's good for him to have more interaction. He can always tell when someone is talking to him and paying attention to him. Brynn and I brought bubbles for everyone on his birthday. All the kids liked it and Brynn was so cute walking around blowing them. Ammon was doing a lot of shout outs. I could imagine him saying, "Hey everyone, my mom is here for my birthday!" Out of everything, he loves to walk around. Today at Primary I was kneeling behind him so he could stand up and stretch (after sitting in his wheelchair for over an hour) and he just wanted to take off. He was smiling and the other kids in his class noticed him smiling so much and were whispering to each other -look how happy Ammon is-. It made my day! Most of the time we go anywhere he is so quiet, or tired and I just wish more people could see him when he is at home, when it is quiet, he yells and laughs and rolls around.
Ammon laughing so hard he fell over.
So after school we threw a giant neighborhood play date/party for Ammon and a girl in our ward who has the same birthday. She was born without a leg, but that does not stop her at all from being a typical now 5 year old. She is so cute and just amazingly strong with her arms.
The weather has been very nice, so everyone just rode around and played in their cul-de-sac. Ammon walked around in his walker and enjoyed watching all the wonderful chaos. It was like a BBQ block party, but for kids. We invited about 10 5 year olds and their siblings. We had 5 dozen cupcakes, 50 cups, and tons of popcorn. We ran out. It was fun!
On Friday we had Ammon's Halloween family party. Actually it was a Happy Hallowepn party (if you can read the sign). I had planned to make a cute scrapbook paper banner, but then came across this cute one and thought it would save me a lot of time. Well that's what happens when you buy cheap stuff at walmart-no, it was not even from the dollar store. We played some traditional games like eating donuts off a string and bobbing for apples.
We then went to our city's pumpkin walk where Coleson and I entered pumpkins. However, after waiting an hour in line Ammon and Brynn fell asleep, so I came home. The rest of the guests endured the wait and saw the spectacular pumpkins after another hour.
Coleson's Tie-Fighter
Happy Birthday Ammon!
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