Jamison's 4th Birthday & Halloween!

Jamison had a wonderful 4th Birthday! He had friends and family all come together to celebrate his big day. He didn't much enjoy the opening of the presents, just what was inside of them. Especially when it was a car! He received over 20 new cars to add to his collection, so as you can imagine, he found this to be a VERY good day!


He also had a great Halloween. He was a lion this year and had a blast running around in his costume. He went to visit family and friends around town to show off how cute he looked. Here are a couple pictures of my cute little lion!

Jamison loves to camp!

This year we got a new camper so that Jamison could enjoy going camping with us. He has is own big boy bed as well as all of his movies to make camping fun for our little guy. This year was his first time camping and he loved it! We went to Farragut State Park for a couple of nights and took him out for smores and hiking on the trails! Here are some pictures of him on his first camping adventure!

Itsey Bitsy Spider makes J-Man shout!

I hope you like this picture of Jamison taken a few days ago. This is Jamison's favorite spot on the playground. And I have to admit, he looks mighty cool in there too.

Jamison just loves to sing along to the "Itsey Bitsy Spider" song. Well... it's not really singing, just his version. He especially loves the "...wipes the spider out!" part. Jamison has been doing so great in school. He's getting potty time every day so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he will start to understand the potty!

Jamison is just loving being outside and has started wearing his sunglasses this year. It's been a long time coming, but now he never wants to take them off, even when it's dark out!

His 4th birthday is coming up the end of October and I just can't believe the progress he's made in the last year. I never would have imagined that he would have picked up the signing as well as he has. Infact, just today his therapist and I were commenting on how precise he is about his signs once he learns them. I have so many hopes for Jamison being able to talk, I know it's got to be coming. And when he does I'm sure he has so many funny things bottled up in there he'll keep us laughing for years ;).

Keep an eye out for Jamison's Birthday/Halloween pictures!! ROAR - He's a lion this year!

Jamison and his Godmother

Jamison and Teri got to meet for the first time this week. It was so wonderful to see her, and even more wonderful to see Jamison having such a wonderful time with her. Jamison doesn't usually take to anyone right away, sometimes he just never really does.

Jamison has become more and more willing to accept people, maybe not if they want to hold him but just toleration of new people has been increasing so much. But when Teri came to town, she wasn't going to let a little crying stop her! She grabbed Jamison and packed him around for our whole walk, and he LOVED IT!

Here's the pictures to prove it ;)

Jamison's Food Choices

Jamison has always had problems with eating, unless it is chocolate of course! Here are the new foods that he is choosing to eat:

• Peanut Butter & Jelly (YAY!)
• Jello
• Yogurt
• Pudding
• Blackberries
• Cheese Burger (once so far!)
• Oranges
• Oatmeal Cookies
• Applesauce

I'm so proud of my little man and so happy that he has such wonderful support when it comes to eating. I know this list is just going to get bigger and bigger!! YAY FOR JAMISON!

Jamison Signs, Sorts and other stuff!

Jamison still might not talk, but his signing has blown me away. Just this morning I got his progress report from school and some of his signs have been reported as "mastered"... WHAT?! I NEVER in a million years could have though he would MASTER any signs!! His progress has been nothing short of amazing!

When Jamison started school, just a few short months ago we were signing to him but he was not signing back. Now, I am pleased to report Jamison currently signs:

• More (mastered!)
• Please (mastered!)
• Milk
• Help
• Shoes
• All Done
• Diaper (imitates)
• Fruit

Jamison also has been working on sorting colors with his therapists at school. So far he has "mastered" sorting Red, Yellow and Blue and also has been doing well with Green and Orange! YAY

Jamison's imitation skills have improved SO much recently. He will copy you when you tell him to touch your head, nose and mouth. He also does that with me at home and will touch his leg and foot!

To anyone that says developmentally delayed children will do well with or without therapy, I say you haven't met Jamison yet! I could never have imagined he would be where he is today, and know without a doubt it is all because of his amazing therapists!!

Missing the Sunny California Weather!

We've just gotten home to our chilly North Idaho weather! It's been raining and a high of 48 degrees today! Nothing like the warm sun we just got back from! We're missing our family already, but Jamison was so excited to get to school today. He had a pretty good day but it took him a little bit to get back into the swing of things.

Here are a couple more pictures from the trip. ENJOY!
Jamison and I at the San Diego Zoo



Justin with his two beautiful cousins!

Giraffes as tall as daddy!

Justin and I got the chance to take Jamison down to visit his Great-Grandparents in California. He had so much fun with them and made so much more eye contact than he used to. They were having a blast watching Jamison organize EVERYTHING in the house also!

We also got to spend a day at the San Diego Zoo and took Jamison to see all of the animals. I think he had a lot more fun than expected. Most of the animals were lazy because it was so hot out, but the Elephants and the Giraffes especially caught Jamison's eye! He loved to watch the giraffes eat and run around. They even had a baby Giraffe only 11 weeks old that he liked to watch stumble around!

It's our last day here, but we'll be taking pictures on the way home, so keep a look out! LOVE SHELLY.

Jamison's Dental Appointment

To anyone interested, Jamison had a great appointment and everything went well today. Luckily, the nurse had "goofy-juice" for him to drink so he was very happy today! Grandma, Grandpa, Mom & Dad all got to go with him to his appointment and he really liked that. He even let Grandpa hold him without crying!!


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PB & J-Man

FINALLY! Jamison has started eating something others would consider food and not junk or candy for meals! He's eating PB&J sandwiches and I'm loving it!! I have bought all different types of jam and he seems to not really mind the couple that I have given him so far! YAY!


Unfortunately, I did not include a picture of Jamison because my hard drive is no longer working. I basically have lost every picture I've ever taken of Jamison besides my favorite ones that I had already printed out :(. So please enjoy this cool picture I found of Jamison's favorite meal!

Love you all and keep checking back. I'll be posting pictures from our upcoming trip to California and the S.D. Zoo.

Imitating Mommy!

Jamison is starting to understand simple commands! Today I said "Come on let's go!" and he ran to follow me to the door to go to Therapy!! It's amazing how wonderful these therapists are doing with him. I never would have thought last year that he would be where he's at today.

Also, tonight Jamison and I did so much imitating! He imitated me touching his head, arm and leg. I still can't get him to do nose, but he will touch his head instead!


I'm so blessed to have such wonderful Therapists to work with him. His progress is nothing short of amazing, so make sure you keep checking in on his blog!

Jamison & Therapy

Jamison has been doing so wonderful at school lately! His therapists have been working on imitation play where he has to "touch his head" and other things, and he has been making so much progress with that.


I also recently took him to the doctor and he now weighs 30lbs!! He's in the 25th percentile for weight!! YAY! He's never been above the 7th percentile, so it is pretty awesome that he's doing well in that area now.

Christmas was so much fun. He got so many toys (mostly cars) and really cute clothes. He had so much fun opening his presents and even played cars with Grandpa!

I know it's been a while since I've written about him, but I'll try to stay more on top of it now, it was just a really busy holiday season! LOVE YOU ALL.