The Giosas' had a great Thanksgiving. As always (or at least in the last 9 yrs) Keith and I hosted his family and my parents. This year we also had the added gift of celebrating with our neighbors/Alison's cousins- Amanda and Henry, who welcomed their first baby, Logan, the Monday before, as well as Alison's Aunt and Uncle who always have been an amazing positive force in her life. (We missed you Maffei Family, but loved hanging out at Bounce U!)
Happy Birth Day Logan- 11/25/13
As always, Thanksgiving is crazy, but a fun day. Aiden loves spending the time with his cousins and we noticed this year Marc (who's 3 yrs older) and him are connecting and playing closer then before. JP and Matthew, who are 8 weeks apart, are a work in progress. Then again JP isn't good sharing…he rather growl at kids-LOL. Matty did love all the new toys and had so much fun at Aunt Ali & Uncle Keith's that he didn't even want to eat. Aunt Ali loved seeing him play with all the "new" toys.
After dinner, as we have done in the last 5 years, we switch to Aiden's Birthday Celebration. He got to open some more gifts from his grandparents, but also gifts from his aunts, uncles and cousins (Aunt Stacey and Bob showed up for dessert to help celebrate) as well. At the end of the present opening, I felt like we could cancel Christmas- lol. I was so excited to see how happy my Aiden was for all his gifts and feel all the love from his family for him and they were all happy to celebrate him.
And as is my tradition- I barricade myself in the house on Black Friday and decorated for Christmas. This year the decorating seemed to go quickly (maybe because my kids are a little older??). JP is enamored with the tree, to the point he's driving me a little crazy and now Aiden, who never bothered with the tree as a toddler, is touching all the time too. I hope the tree, Mommy & Daddy, and the boys all survive to Christmas- lol
Lastly, a quick JP update. He is now in his 4th week of Physical Therapy and doing well. He is starting to get a hang of what will happen/what to expect. Some of the PTs have learned to adjust to what JP wants to do and make it therapeutic, which makes it so much easier. He's good for about 30 mins and then we have to "try" really hard to keep him engaged and on task.
I'm so impressed on how well he has done with the stairs…so well he attempts them at home, which makes Mommy nervous. The PTs are so impressed with his range of motion and progress which makes us so happy. Mommy only has a few concerns, which could be just common to his condition for FH. But I hope he'll walk barefoot (AFO free) again soon and that his leg (the FH/effected leg) will turn in more. But all in all, I'm so happy how well he's progressing and slowly building up my courage for the next surgery- lengthening, which could be in another year or so.
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