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Post by Jessie on Oct 15, 2013 11:35:14 GMT -5
Jessie here and Jessica Hawk Brannon on FB, so not a huge mystery to figure out!! While I was looking at my profile I saw that I had over 3000 posts here - I guess UnoMas was a pretty huge part of my life back in the day!
Jason is now 20, still in school and still gets annoyed by his younger siblings. He loves them, but he's just a grumpy old man! Ellie will be 8 here in a couple of weeks (what?!!) and Jake is 6. Many of you might remember Jake as just the itty bitty 3 month old at the Ds conference in KS 6 years ago (and also when we all stopped at Adrienne's house). Time flies!
I too have to limit what I discuss on FB about Jason as many of Brian's relatives are on there and may not understand where I am coming from with certain things.
Glad to see many are jumping back on here!
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Post by Jessie on Jun 3, 2010 13:55:46 GMT -5
Hey now, I want to go!!
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Post by Jessie on Jan 25, 2010 21:16:57 GMT -5
Awwww, what a cutie! I look forward to reading your posts about this puppy . . . labs are, wellllll, quite a handful when they are puppies - good luck with that!!!! hahaha
Chris will bond with her in time. It took Jason a little while to warm up to Dixie after having to put Toby down, but she's his pal now.
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Post by Jessie on Jan 25, 2010 21:13:45 GMT -5
WONDERFUL news!!!!!!
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Post by Jessie on Jan 25, 2010 21:12:16 GMT -5
ROTFL, Brian and I are having a great laugh at your story.
As soon as you said you fed the dog bean soup, I thought NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO she did no do that! Laura, Laura, Laura.
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Post by Jessie on Jan 15, 2010 12:21:42 GMT -5
Oh my gosh, I haven't been on here in so long I didn't realize what was going on with Chase! Poor guy, hopefully he'll be back to himself in no time.
Hugs to Robin and Chase!
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 18, 2009 14:18:53 GMT -5
So is he in tip-top shape for tomorrow? Hopefully he's feeling better and just sails right on through tomorrow's procedure.
I'll be thinking of him tomorrow morning.
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 18, 2009 14:17:40 GMT -5
Hmmm, Ashton sounds like the female version of my Jason! Fortunately, Jason prefers tickling people to the point of annoyance vs. to the point of pain like pinching would be. Sorry, I don't have any advice other than the obvious, "keep your hands to yourself" lecture that probably goes over like a lead balloon . . . Good luck - and if you figure out the cure, post up!! Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 16, 2009 12:28:55 GMT -5
Sounds like a great workshop!
A. said:
"16 is that magic *number* age where you have to start talking about transition to adulthood IEP stuff"
A. - can you please tell my husband that? I think he's still in denial his baby boy is growing up!! LOL
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 16, 2009 12:27:11 GMT -5
This also reminds me of a situation I witnessed first-hand at Jason's school a couple of years ago. Jason is very non-verbal. I was standing in his classroom watching him and another kid. The other kid, I'll call him John, was trying to give Jason a piece of candy . . . nice thing to do, right? Well, the problem was Jason didn't want it, made a face to indicate that, shook his head "no". John kept insisting that Jason take the candy, continuing to push it in Jason's face. Seeing that Jason was getting extremely irritated with this kid, I told John to please stop, thank you, but Jason doesn't want the piece of candy.
I left his classroom that day thinking, ok had I not been there the note in his daily folder that day would have read something like, "Jason pushes/shoves John while John was trying to share his candy". Although I know (oh trust me I know) that Jason is wrong in his physical actions MANY times, I also have to go back to that situation and bring out the advocate in me on his behalf. Nothing is 100% one person's fault - at least in my opinion!
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 14, 2009 11:18:49 GMT -5
That is sad Because of her age and speech issues, I would suggest really trying to investigate what exactly is happening when she acts like this. Are there too many instructions/expectations put on her, is it an activity/person that she really does not like, a certain time of day? I don't think it's all about changing HER behavior - she's trying to tell you guys that there's something going on that she's either frustrated with or doesn't like. Once you figure out what's triggering the behavior and can change the circumstances, her behavior will probably change. Is the teacher or aide too focused on Damara and analyzing her behavior because she has Down syndrome? Although she's making the connection that a sad face equals no ice cream and no Elmo, she really may not be making the connection as to WHAT caused the sad face, KWIM? She's 5, she can't possibly commit such a crime that she should have to be punished at school for the entire day and then again when she gets home. Now, when she's older and you know for sure that she's understanding what she's done wrong, then she should also have some consequences at home if that punishment fits the crime. Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 10, 2009 15:25:41 GMT -5
CC - why Kung Fu fighting of course!!! Didn't you know MB was a grand master?!!! LOL
Seriously, the topic was educating students that have Down syndrome. The seminar was geared toward both educators and parents.
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 10, 2009 15:23:07 GMT -5
Putting the "hot move" (as Bob so eloquently put it) on my husband did the trick both times for me!!
Good luck!!
Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Nov 7, 2009 9:06:38 GMT -5
Because I got to spend most of the day with Laurasnowbird while we attended a seminar with MB as the presenter. I feel like I had a full day of therapy for a really cheap price!!! LOL As you can probably imagine, MB had tons of great advice mixed with hilarious stories about Son's antics. Always insightful and inspiring that's for sure! It was nice seeing both of you Jessie
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Post by Jessie on Oct 14, 2009 9:46:14 GMT -5
Geez, don't you just want to stop taking him to the doctor and say ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Poor kid has gone through way more than he should have.
Must be the hernia isn't causing him any pain because you would have known, right? I say wait until after Disney if you can!!
Jessie
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