Run-on happy
January 10, 2008
I'm afraid if I try and do that thing where I put on my little serious writer's cap and try to write something eloquent and/or witty I will actually ruin this moment because I just can't wait to get the words out and tell everyone that Noah didn't cry at class today at all and I was in the next room the whole time supposedly getting taught how to teach my kid to talk but I really spent the whole time listening for his screams and when I didn't hear them I asked one of the veteran moms if the rooms were soundproof and she said no and I didn't believe her but when we went to join our babies for the goodbye song Noah was running around with a big smile on his face and then he ran to the teacher and sat on her lap while we all sang goodbye to him off-key and horribly and then he SAT ON A CHAIR NEXT TO HER and clapped along to the song and waved bye-bye to his friends and said "Again?" after each kid's turn and when we sang goodbye to a child named Kay Noah said "Kay!" and made the sign for the letter k and I was on the other side of the circle and burst into tears and the occupational therapist thought I was upset about something and rushed over to tell me how wonderful Noah was and how they worked extra-hard with him through the transitions and how he sat at circle time and snack time and talked so much and oh, what a smart smart smart little boy he is and I just stood there sobbing like a loon while Noah put his hands on my cheeks and said "Hi Mama" over and over and then he wouldn't let us leave until he gave all the teachers a hug and I haven't even learned their names yet but thank you thank you thank you.
My heart, it is soaring.



We totally knew this day was coming. Just sayin'. YAY NOAH!
Do you have any idea what it looks like to burst into tears with pizza in your mouth? I am so very thrilled for you and Noah...you've both been working so hard!! And he gets to have so much more FUN now! ::sniff:: Congratulations!
Oh Lord! That was awesome! I'm sitting here dabbing at my eyes with a tissue and confusing my cube mate. I can't help it. I'm so happy for you and Noah! Yay!
Well, if you call crying over this makes you a loon, then there are hundreds of loons out there today, all celebrating a truly wonderful moment. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.
I just cried along with you. Seriously awesome!
Woo and then Hoo!
Remember this moment for when you get to the next bump (sometimes it feels like a mountain) in the road. It will be a little easier because you will know you will be able to get over it. Best wishes.
Oh, this is beautiful and made me cry. Yay for Noah!
You have a great son and that really warmed my heart to hear those things. :-) Thanks for the lift on this rainy day.
I have never commented before (HI LURKING) but I read your blog every single day and feel a little sad when there is nothing new. This one literally brought tears to my eyes. At work. So now everyone things I'm having some sort of emotional crisis and because I work for the government they pretty much don't understand blogs or empathy. And that was too much maybe for a first comment so ok.
Great news. Lovely photo. So glad to hear it.
So wonderful. As hard as it can be... almost everything just takes a little bit of time. So glad Noah's having fun!
De-lurking to say, "Yay"!
I am so happy for you and Noah! That's wonderful!
Breathe woman breathe... I'm all teary and shit now....congrats
Ok, so I read every day, and every time you write about Noah's problems, I want to reach through the computer and hug you and tell you that someday, it WILL be better.
And today is the proof. Bit by bit, it WILL get better, and I'm so glad that you share the ups and the downs with people like me.
Congrats!!! Such a happy day in your house today!
You're totally making me cry at work, too, Amy. How wonderful it is to share you joy, for your whole family and especially that cute, ultra-smart little boy.
Yay Noah and Amy! I am so happy for you!
If there was a new way to say YAY! I would but I don't know how so...YAY!
Yea. Simply. yea.
What a wonderful day for both of you! (I am trying to delurk today to those I have not yet left comments. Thank you for all that you share!!)
Like someone wrote above, it's inspiring enough to make one delurk. Go Noah! And go Amy, too.
I'm so happy for you that I'm not even mentally inserting punctuation in your post. And let me tell you - for an almost compulsive proofreader and editor, it's got to be pretty exciting before my mental "edit" screen shuts off.
I've been lurking at your journal for a long time, and this is the first time I've posted because even though I've never met you or Noah, you just made me cry.
Congratulations to Noah. I'm so happy for both of you.
That's about as eloquent as anyone could be.
OK - so now I am sobbing too - with tears of joy for you and Noah. GO NOAH!!!! Savor the moment Amy, savor the moment -- you deserve it!!!!
You wrote that perfectly and I could feel all of your excitement. I am so happy for you both....Go Noah!
That was the perfect way to write that. I'm really happy for you all, what wonderful steps Noah is taking.
I am so happy for you!! Great news...thanks for sharing.
i'm not sure that there is a dry eye in the house.
thats so wonderful.
i'm so happy for you three.
Pass the Kleenex. Why you make me cry, Amy?
Go Noah!
hooray for noah. and to amy a fantastic mom.
fetching kleenex now.
I am just so happy for you. Enjoy his awesomeness.
Crying. At work.
I'm so happy for you!
What a terrific update! Yay! Noah! Yah! Amalah! Happy day :)
Oh my God. I know this feeling and it is awesome. Revel in it, there will be many many more days like this as he grows.
Beautiful. I welled up with tears while reading this. So wonderful and so much love. What a lucky little boy he is to have you as his Momma.
So happy he (and you) turned that corner! What a joy.
I love this post. I was already emotional and I read this and the tears! THE TEARS!
I'm so happy for you.
Okay, crying at work is no fun. Great post. I'm so happy for you and for Noah!
I am in tears for you. So happy.
So happy to see this. Sometimes it's like a switch goes on somewhere and everything falls into place. Definitely file this one away so you can savor it.
Your Kid... is... Made. Of. AWESOME! And guess what? So are you!!!!
Oh yay! Except now I'm all weepy, damnit!
Hooray for all of you!
Good teachers? They make the grass greener. The sky bluer. The mommy happier.
YAY for finding these wonderific people. Not everyone is so lucky.
But we are. So YAY.
That's so great!!!
Damnit, Amy, something is wrong with your site. The screen is all blurry.
Yay Noah!
Hurray! I'm so happy for you.
So proud of Noah. So proud of you. So happy for your family.
That was perfect.
I guess I haven't reminded you in a while not to make me tear while I'm in public.
Congratulations! You and Noah earned this great day and experience through your hard work and determination (and you never gave up).
SO AWESOME. Thanks for sharing the great accomplishment.
that is beautiful Way to go Noah. And way to go Amalah.
Delurking to see that was the best sentence I've ever read. It made me tear up. Good for you both!
Um, OK, would somebody please give ME a hug now because I'm totally crying. Sooo happy for you!
Jules
House of Jules
So, so, so wonderful!!!! I thank God every day for my little boy's special ed teacher. She rocks and so do Noah's. Okay, time to go get some tissues, since you made me cry. And big huge YAYs for Noah.
So, so, so wonderful!!!! I thank God every day for my little boy's special ed teacher. She rocks and so do Noah's. Okay, time to go get some tissues, since you made me cry. And big huge YAYs for Noah.
So, so, so wonderful!!!! I thank God every day for my little boy's special ed teacher. She rocks and so do Noah's. Okay, time to go get some tissues, since you made me cry. And big huge YAYs for Noah.
Wonderful wonderful! I'm all teary-like, and SO SO happy for you!!!!
YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! :) :)
De lurking to say:
Go Noah Go! What an amazing entry. I am so happy for you Amy! Joining on the made-me-mush bandwagon.
You made a hundred and sixty-some-odd-plus people cry tears of happiness. I have absolutely no business being as mopey as I've been today. Thanks for the reminder. Go Noah!
You brought tears to me eyes! i would have cried if I were you too! That is so wonderful and just made me so happpy! I can only imagine how amazing you feel!
Tears. Yay. For Noah, and for you.
Thank you for the happy tears. I am sobbing with joy for you and your family!!
Yay Noah! You - and your mom, dad and teachers - rock!
just.
wow.
Maybe all he needed was to get over his fear of the slide. :)
De-lurking to say "Way to go Noah!" There ar SO many of us out here in the internets that care about you and your family, your success brings happiness to us all.
Wow! I've got chills. What a wonderful moment.
tears are in my eyes. hooray!!!! what a HUGE HAPPY day!!!!!
YAY!!! OMG! I totally was reading that super fast at the end -- you have such a way of expressing your emotions! I am so happy for all of you! First the chair, next the world!
Tears.
Yay Noah, and yay Mama!
Looks like you guys are doing great. First the slide, now sitting at lunch.
We're all so happy for you!!!
Soar, baby, soar!
I wanna cry happy tears for you and Noah!
That is wonderful, Amy. I am so glad for you.
SO, SO happy for you! I even think if I read it again, slower, I will cry as well. Good for you and GOOD FOR NOAH!
I knew he was special. I knew he was going to surprise you like this some day. And so many days. I just knew it. And Noah knows it. And I've never been this type of person, but...I told you so ;)
He is just the most amazing boy. I'm thrilled for you, Amy.
Little kids are amazingly adaptive creatures! He will keep doing amazing things! I will keep my fingers crossed...but I don't think you'll need it. I've seen kids turn around so fast with this therapy that it seems like a miracle. And it is! Go Noah!!
Oh! Goosebumps!! I'm crying!! So happy!
Everyone's said it all...but I'm going to say it again! Wonderful, amazing, I'm crying happy tears for y'all!!
That is so wonderful - I am so happy for you both. And now I'm a little teary.
delurking to say hooooooray!
That's FABULOUS news! You (and Noah) have made my day!
You made me cry - and I don't cry. But I'm very happy for you and for Noah.
Delurking to say: What a wonderful day! I am crying with happiness for you and Noah!
that is pure bliss! i can't wait to hear more.
I don't know what else to say that hasn't already been said. But congrats on the great progress! That is excellent news!
I understand about the crying, because I am crying right now, too. Yay for Noah!!!
I've been with you even before Noah was born and I've been praying for this post all the time. Great for Noah and best of all, it is a tremendous achievement for you. Dont ever think you are a failure, ever again!!
Amy - You made me cry with you.
tears! of happiness! for you and your amazing noah.
CRYING.
So so so happy for you! YAY!
I'm so happy for you.
wow. one of your best posts in the year i've been reading.
I am sitting here bawling like a big, fat baby. Tears of joy. I am so so happy for you! And also jealous tears as this day has not come for us yet... but it will! Congrats on the great day!
Oh Amy! My heart soars because your heart soars.
Noah needed time to adjust to the new setting, but man, when that little guy is ready, he shines.
Way to go Noah! I love your hair kid, especially when it's standing straight up!
*big smile*
I thought that thing that would make me happiest today would be Thai food- and it made me happy, but then I saw Liberace on a really old quiz show on GSN, so I thought it would be that.
But then I read this! I'm so happy for the both of you and just knowing how polite Noah is- hugging all of his teachers goodbye!- so yay.