Wordless Wednesday (a day late)

New toy

There's a new toy floating around our house. It was actually for me, but someday Nathan might have an appreciation for it as well (or at least it's lasting effects). I am having so much fun playing with it, although it is consuming quite a bit of my time.



Did I mention how much FUN I am having using it? However, I still have SO MUCH to learn to get it just right. Like, for example, I am slightly annoyed by the noise in these pictures. They don't look as sharp and crisp here as they do on my camera screen. Am I missing something?



I guess for now, these will have to do as is. If it were up to me, I'd stay here all night playing around with photos and looking things up online. But, alas, I must step away from the computer. Laundry calls!

Life as usual

The past month or so we have just been enjoying life as usual. Just hanging out, going about our daily routine. It wasn't until recently that I stopped and looked at our calendar for the next couple months and noticed that we have no specialist appointments. None. As in zero. Initally, I was relieved that we wouldn't have to be running around during this busy time of year. And then, the more I thought, the more I started asking myself questions. Shouldn't we be seeing someone? Shouldn't we, as parents, be doing something? Don't get me wrong, Nathan has therapy four times a week. Starting in December, it will be five. But out of all the specialists we see (neuro surgeon, neurologist, urologist, ophthamologist, gastro intestonal) shouldn't we be going to at least one? The answer is no. Nathan is progressing so well now and we have all areas under control. A trip to Shriner's for his hip and (?) scoliosis and a sleep study are on the horizon but not until the new year. For now it will be nice to just be. We'll keep working hard with his therapies (did you see the latest video?!?) and cross the specialist bridge in a couple of months.



There is, however, one small change to our lives as usual. Starting December 1st Ryan will be working 10 hour shifts. This comes with both positives and negatives. The positive is that he will be off for THREE WHOLE DAYS during the week! This is really exciting since our family time has been quite limited. He'll be home for dinner three nights out of the week-I guess I'll have to start cooking again! The negative is that he will now be working 4pm-2am Wednesday-Saturday. I'm a bit nervous about how little sleep he will be getting on the days I have to work, but overall we are very excited about this new schedule.

Hopefully I'll have lots of fun family posts in the very near future! My apologies for not blogging more recently. Time just seems to be getting away from me lately! Right now I am off to enjoy this doctor-less time with my very sweet little boy!

Gramma therapy

My mom is great company for Nate while he is in his stander. They find all kinds of fun, educational things to do together. Like this flash card lesson, for example. Funny stuff. Warning: the video is a bit long, though. Be sure to watch my mom's expression when he chooses the wrong cards. Who needs preschool when you've got a Gramma like this?

No explanation needed

A spooktacular day

Here are some long overdue pictures from Halloween. We went to my sister-in-law's for the day so the kids could hang out together. Although it was a but chilly, the sun was shining and it was a beautiful fall day. As you will see, we had a Wizard of Oz theme going but I failed to take a picture of those who participated together. I was supposed to be the "bad witch" and had a hat, but it was too windy to wear it. I think my mother-in-law did a fantastic job on her "Tin Woman" costume, though! Hailee was Dorothy (minus the braids) and of course Nate was the lion. Jake was a policeman, and wanted to use Ryan's real handcuffs! Ha! Ryan was able to join us for some early afternoon trick-or-treating but then had to head off to work. Nate was such a trooper the whole day!

Wordless Wednesday