Here are some of the things I have noticed...AS, thank you for the encouragement and the reminder! : )
* “Hug Homework”~~Daily hug before departing**AS PER MC * Having dinner and watching TV a few nights a week..not much talking * On Monday, Dec. 10th, H surprised S by working through his lunch so he could come home an hour earlier. * Ordering the cemetery blanket for our twin's grave for Christmas. * Asking about Christmas Day plans~~Dinner at my parents’ house…he was asked to make the mashed potatoes, as my dad loves his! * Reconnecting with his mother and sister and family in New Jersey. He has been talking to his mother more. *Decrease in cell/phone calls and emails during the workday, has given us things to talk about at night. *Offering bites of dinner *Brief snowball fight on Christmas Day *Arranging for my mother to bring S to the mall to pick out a bead for my bracelet. *Offering to build a ramp for my father's elderly dog. *Some unsolicited calls, texts and emails. *Playing more with S...somewhat including me *Fun while making the sauce for our lasagna. *Family game of SORRY *HavingS call me to apologize for being mean to me...20 minutes later. *Some eye contact while playing with S…felt a connection. *Washing S's wet sheets without being asked..before work. *Expressed concern and anger when I did not call him when car got stuck in the snow. *Making his pork loin a week after I mentioned it. *Even though he wanted to stop seeing MC as of 1/6/12…on 1/8/12, wanted to talk about us and mentioned he would try a different MC. * Suggesting we go bowling as a family *Hanging around upstairs to tell me about his cousin and the squirrel adventure…funny. *Upset/annoyed that I hadn't updated him about a job interview that I have today.