The BIG Day!!

Harrison started the 2 day preschool program that we were going to start in January today! If you remember, we had to wait a few months (per doctors orders) because of his frequent bouts of respiratory distress and the concern of him catching everything during the biggest "sick season." We have since gotten a handle on his breathing with daily morning/night doses of Pulmacort through the nebulizer.

The only thing that is different with preschool now is that he lost the spot in the class with kids closer to his age. We are looking at this as a plus because he is now the youngest kid in the class rather than one of the oldest!! & this Mommy, Daddy, and baby do not mind a challenge! We think it will do wonders for his development AND we know our boy. Harrison is so go-with-the-flow that we do not see him being overwhelmed by it. All of his play buddies are twice his size and are walking and talking anyhow!! This picture really does show what Harrison thinks of "big kids." He is just in awe of them and somehow finds a way to play with them even without walking and talking just yet!! It is too funny to watch!

I went in with him for about 30-45 minutes this morning. He took off right away crawling, checking out, and pulling up on all of the goodies in the room. A friend of his from church is in the same class so she has her eye on him. She loves Harrison and has a baby doll named Harrison that was even there today! You can see her standing behind Harrison with a naked baby Harrison here... I talked with the teacher explaining that he never cries so if he does...something is the matter!! Sleep, Paci/Blanky & Food are you first resources 4thly, it would be mommy :o) Got my cell right on his diaper bag tag! I will pick him up early today and then we'll try the full day on Thursday. As I was leaving I took a picture of him with one of his teachers, Mrs.Angela! He just smiled so big.
As I was leaving I could hear them singing, Deep & Wide and Clap,Clap,Clap Your Hands!!! It made my heart smile! Just what our boy needs!

Up until this point, we have been making arrangements with my parents and occasionally our good friends to keep Harrison while I work. We are looking at hiring someone (that we know) to come to our house on Monday or Wednesday to watch him and then my Dad will come the other day and watch him at our house! This will keep him on a more consistent schedule. We are wanting to try to smooth things out. Without the option of a childcare we have had to just juggle what we could between my work and his care and it will be good to have more permanent and convenient care for the baby boy! Speaking of my parents...they have really taking a loving to our little guy! My dad calls and checks on him several times a day. Today he is having surgery for a kidney stone and he even called a few minutes before going back to check and see how Harrison's transition to preschool was this morning. Harrison loves his Papa... They also took Harrison to Target and Cracker Barrel by THEMSELVES this weekend and I know it was an adventure but it was so fun. It is great to have SOOOO many people that love our baby boy so much!! There is NEVER a lack of people willing to help out and spend time with Harrison!