Sunday, September 21, 2008

Calm down blankie

Because of Gabe's sensory issues / autism, he sometimes likes to have "weight" on him. So one of the items that I researched was a weighted blanket. Boy are these expensive! They run about $80 + for 1 blanket. Well I gave a pattern to my mom and wouldn't you know it, in a couple weeks she had one made for half the price! It's a beautiful blanket, made from cute fleece with weighted pellets inside (about 6 lbs. worth). And Gabriel LOVES its. He calls it his calm down blanket because it helps him rest and sleep. What we do without Grandma? Thank you!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/gabesmom1003/CalmDownBlanket#

Gabe's new room

I can't remember if I posted pics or not but one morning in July/August, the ceiling let loose in Gabriel's bedroom. A huge chunk of the plaster fell from the ceiling. Luckily Gabriel wasn't in there. But he couldn't stay in his room for fear that the ceiling would continue to fall. Guess that's what you get with an old house like ours. So we moved Gabe out of his room and temporaily in ours (since the girls were visiting and there were already 3 of them in that room). Then after the girls left, we moved him into their room until we could do something with his room.

***hear the sounds of superhero music***

Next came my mom, dad, brother Brian, nephew Tyler and dog Remy to help!!! Brian tore down the whole ceiling and put up drywall. Now we all helped, by staying out of his way!!! LOL The transformation in the room is amazing. I can't thank Brian enough, what awesome talent he has! Did I mention that he also fixed a bunch of my light fixtures and taught me how to replace light switches and outlets. What an amazing guy! And my mom and dad helped with everything and pulled my weeds. What more could I ask for??

We finally decided on colors and are taking some time getting it all painted. Sports theme, lighter blue on top, dark blue on bottom, white stripe in the middle. Check out all the pics to see our progress.

Thank you again to my mom, dad, Brian and Tyler!! We love you guys! xoxo

http://picasaweb.google.com/gabesmom1003/GabeSRoom#