Saturday afternoon, Miss Jennifer, Jacob and I took a trip to the mall. Jen was looking for some sandals for her vacation and Jacob needed new shoes as the Reebok (they look a lot like these) tennis shoes I bought him do not meet his approval. I have tried several times to put these shoes on Jacob and every time he cries, he fits, takes them off, and throws them. We have shoe issues every time the seasons change as it is but this is much different. I think they hurt his feets. Of course, we were without a nap and my son had a few lovely meltdowns in the shoe store. I love it when a kid throws himself on the floor in public! I finally got him to try on a shoe for me without a freak and we bought them. We're getting to a point where Jacob wants to choose what he wears. I should have known - Jacob has had Nike shoes almost since day one, I shouldn't have deviated - knowing how routine he is. Lucky for me, they had a pair in the next size up on sale. We bought those too! Same color, same style - one size bigger. Hopefully it makes for one less fight in the shoe store - somehow, I doubt it!
Sunday afternoon we took a picnic lunch and went to the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery. Jacob had a great time running around...and feeding the fish. My hands, still smell like fish food. They have a show pond right out front and you put tokens/quarters in the little machine to get the food and feed the fish (steelhead trout, chinook salmon, lake sturgeon, walleye, northern pike, channel catfish and northern muskellunge). They jump and flop all over each other for the food. Jacob thoroughly enjoyed himself. We took a walk around the ponds and just enjoyed the day. They also had some ugly fish (the lake sturgeon) in a tank inside, along with a bunch of 'stuffed' fish, birds, turtles, and snakes. We'll post some pics later tonight.
Jacob has picked up a few new words. Don't worry - they're clean. He has added kew-key (cookie), pup-py (JJ told Big Da he wants one), mom-mie, dad-dy (though Jeremy prefers 'Big Da'), choo-choo, and I need. He will tell you what the firetruck/ambulance/police car says - which is 'wooo-wooo'. He also will repeat the letters of the alphabet when you say them (there are some he'll skip one time and attempt another - except W...he won't even try it!). The occupational therapist (Miss Carrie) comes in once a week now that school has started again. She works with Jacob on his gross motor delays. The new speech therapist hasn't come yet, nor has he called. They need to re-test Jacob, both on his motor and his speech, before December to find out where we'll go next as once Jacob turns 3, Early On can't work with him. We've been told, based on Jacob's degree of delay, he could either do a 'drop-in' for therapy at the ISD (Intermediate School District) or if his delay remains severe (6 months or more), they schedule regular sessions - 3 times a week at the ISD. They had told us some time back that Jacob would make his greatest improvements once he starts school. We keep reading to him, talking to him, and explaining to him. It's all we can do.
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