Jerrett's SD case worker came down for his visit this week. It was sort of a joke. Don't get me wrong, TJ and I both totally love Tyler but it was a complete waste of SD tax dollars to send him here. He arrived on Tuesday afternoon. We did not see him. The first time we saw him was at 5:30 on Wednesday! He met us at the house and we hung around here for about 30 minutes and then we went to eat. Thursday he came over about 10:00 and met with our worker and us to go over a form. He was there for about 2 hours or so and then left. He did not fly out until this morning (Friday). Poor guy had to be bored to tears! There is not a ton of things to do around here. Anyway, the visit went pretty well other than totally upsetting Jerrett. In the past whenever Jerrett saw Tyler it meant that he was going to have to pick up and move again. So Jerrett was a total mess the last couple days. He is still a little young to express those type fears but you could tell that is what he was thinking. He needed lots of extra loves and cuddles. Not that we mind that. I love to snuggle with my little guy!
Today is our first attempt at big boy underwear. He has been doing really well with using the potty and so we are trying to move on to the big boy panties. We will see how it goes.
Jerrett is the funniest little man ever. He loves to sing and is so smart! Sometimes it is hard to remember that he literally just turned 3 a couple months ago. He has 3 years before he starts school and he already knows all his colors, shapes (even the weird ones like diamonds and ovals), he knows his abcs and can count to 25. But the kicker is that he can already identify lots of his letters. And the letters he knows are not just the ones in his name. One of the things that Jerrett had to do before we brought him home was take an aptitude test. This is an intelligence test for kids age 2-6. Its the closest thing to an IQ test that you can give to a young child. Our little guy scored off the charts! His intelligence was scored at a year and a half over his chronological age! That means that intelligence wise he would be ready to start kindergarten this next year even though he still has 3 more years! That is crazy. He also scored extremely high in his motor abilities. We can tell that he is going to be athletic and TJ and I are so excited! We were/are both still really active and am excited that our son loves to be as well. Jerrett is an extremely busy little boy. He rarely ever sits still. He also does not have a slow speed. He is full speed all the time. He doesn't walk. He jumps or runs. He doesn't watch tv. One we don't really allow him to watch tv and two he can't sit still that long. I am not complaining though. I hate that parents use a tv as a baby sitter. I mean I am a stay at home mom there are plenty of things to entertain him with. We build with blocks, play trucks, play outside even when it is cold. We do arts and crafts and just pretty much go from the time we get up until nap time and then we are off again. Staying home, I think I am more busy then when I went to work! There is more housework to do and less time to do it in. But I refuse to have a dirty house so Jerrett is learning how to do chores too. The tv is NEVER on during the day and this is the first time that I have sat down all morning! Jerrett is great for keeping me going too! Starting in March, our little guy is starting swim lessons as well as we are trying to bribe our way into the 4 year old karate class. Don't know if we will actually manage that yet or not. We want to try for tball but he still technically has 2 years to go and he will miss the fall deadline for soccer by a few months. I love that soccer starts at 4 instead of 5! So in the mean time TJ and I are doing our best to challenge Jerrett and to teach him new things to keep him interested. He is such a smart little boy and has tons of energy. I am ready for it to be warmer outside so that we can start doing even more outside and burning some more energy! We are so blessed with our little guy. we love him so much!
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