First Week Complete

Amy, Jacob and I have survived the first full week of work and "school". The week started out great and ended great, but the middle was a little stressful on mostly Amy. I think she handled things well, but I'm sure if you ask her she wouldn't think so. However, she is beginning to feel much better, especially after one of her phone calls to school on Friday. She was told that Jacob was in the gross motor room running all around and dancing, yes dancing to the music that was on. At that point, we knew that he must be enjoying himself and we both wished we could have been flies on the wall to see him dance. He definitely has his mom's rhythm and ability... ;)!

Amy was a little saddened when she went to pick Jacob up. There is a big room with winodws all around it that kids can be depending on the number of kids and teachers that are there. Amy saw Jacob in this room sitting at a table coloring with two other girls when she got there. She tried getting Jacob's attention, but then figured she could take this opportunity to gather his snow clothes, sipppy cup, etc. before picking him up. This is when she realized that he was having fun and didn't need to see him mommy... Well, this all changed when she called his name as he quickly turned to her and saw her and started pointing. Jacob couldn't get out of the chair fast enough and started running towards her with the biggest smile you could ever see! The other mothers that were there even made a comment on how cute Jacob was as he was running towards his mom.

Jacob was much happier tonight and actually played a little bit. He was a lot less tired as he took a longer nap during the day. So, he seems to be liking school a lot more now, but is still transitioning. The school thinks he is doing well and also told us that the transition is usually about three weeks. We are already seeing some changes in him which one of the biggest is that he is much more comfortable sleeping or at least attempting to sleep just about anywhere. He seems to be more at ease with just putting his head down on the floor and curling his legs under him with his butt way in the air (like he does in his crib) and just going to sleep or at least relaxing for a moment.

All in all, although it was rough at times, we are feeling pretty good about the progress Jacob has made with going to "school".