The Adventures of Dallas Bauer: School Bound

Dallas started school the 2nd week of September and all the transitioning has gone smoothly. A mini-van picks him up in the morning and a school bus brings him home. He does great with both modes of transportation and has now won the hearts of his drivers and aides.

We have heard so many wonderful things from all the great people working with Dallas so far this year. Some of my favorites:

"He is a total joy."

"We are so proud of him every single day."

"He truly has been amazing."

"Super happy and well engaged."

"Dallas is showing off and moving forward."

As you can imagine this type of feedback has really hit our hearts. We love that he is loving the program and that the program is loving him back. Here is a video clip that the school sent to me of Dallas "singing" along at circle time! (Just copy and paste into your browser)

http://youtu.be/DJQi2mbinDM

He did catch a cold the second week of school and was able to get through it on his own (meaning without a full course, full strength dose of antibiotics). He came down with another one this week and it has affected him a bit more respiratory-wise than the one before. We noticed very labored breathing overnight last night and into today, so I took him into the DR. He is on a steroid and doing nebs around the clock, if he doesn't kick it in 2 days, then he will start a course of antibiotics.

Dallas entertained a couple of fellow "Charge" friends in September. We had two families to our house and enjoyed spending some time with other parents who have a child with CHARGE. The kids enjoyed one another and we enjoyed seeing each other's kids interact.

As for me and Baby "D," we are hanging in there. The days get trickier as I become physically less able to do things around the house and just overall feeling more tired than usual. We have 7 weeks to go until due date and of course there are lots of things I want to get done before then. It'll never happen!

Big news for Dakota this Fall, Scott taught her to ride her bike on 2 wheels! So, Dakota and Dad have been taking as many bike rides as they can squeeze in before the snow flies.