Boys Weekend Part 1

Finally after 23 months your mother has finally felt comfortable and had the opportunity to be away from you for more than a few hours. Your mommy has gone on daddy's women's football team end of season trip. I am sure there will be many end of season trips for you in the future. So pay no attention to your parents when they tell you to behave on the footy trip. Today Gram ma came into town form Guelph and we went to the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair. Your Gram ma had never been so it was a grand adventure for both of you. You fell asleep shortly after we got there. Just as we got to the sheep pens. Fortunately a short nap and some lunch was all you needed and you were then ready to pet some farm animals. Too bad their were no piggies in the petting farm as I am sure you would have loved them. But you did get to pet a few goats and sheep. You also saw a few horses and cows. Next year I expect that you will be much more excited about the Fair. Tomorrow you get to go to your first Argos game.

Halloween

It would appear that a whole month has past since since the last update so dad is going to try and have a go at this blog. Robbie had a wonderful Halloween starting with the Bloorview Monster March. It is a great fundraiser for the hospital and it was great to see all the kids out enjoying a really great event. Unfortunately the day was pouring rain and cold so the staff at Bloorview spent the morning setting up through out the main floor of the hospital so that the March could go ahead. Trrick or treat stations were setup and lots of toys and treats were distributed to the kids. Robbie was put in his walker and he quite enthusiastically toddled around the hallways in his monkey costume. I would say that he walked at least 80% of the way need a little push here and there. At the end each participant received a finishers medal seen in the below picture.

Robbie continues to visit Bloorview for therapy to help him overcome the effects of the stroke. His balance is ever improving and the use of the right hand and arm while still very limited shows signs of improved usage. He is our little trooper and I am truly blessed by his smile even when his dad is not saving him from his therapist. Only one months to his second birthday and lots of excitement and things for him to do in the coming weeks.

Super Munchkin

A little while back I got our Munchkin a superhero onesie. It's a little unfortunate that he's not going to get huge wear out of it as he's such a skinny guy overalls seem to be the only way to go. But we had him in it a few weeks ago and I thought I would post them here. He seemed to be having fun being a superhero. And you will all be very happy to hear that he's just getting stronger and more active every day. He desperately wants to walk and will try to get you to take him walking every chance he gets. He's also getting around rooms in some magical wiggle, squiggle manner as well. Now on to the pictures.

What a cute little goofball

Tonight I thought I might have accidentally locked the cat in Munchkin's room with him, so I went up to check and make sure I didn't. The sight I saw when I opened the door was just too funny. There was Munchkin folded over on himself. It looks like he fell asleep sitting upright and then slumped forward. It looked super awkward and probably uncomfortable. But funny too. So I very carefully repositioned him so that he would be a little more comfy. What a little goof.

Up and Down and Up and Down

Today is a bit of a banner day. Our wee Munchkin can now get himself up form lying down to sitting all on his own. He's been doing it a little bit over the past week by pulling himself up on the side rail of the change table. Today however he did it all on his own with no pulling on the side rails. And he did it several times. We are so proud of him.

Growing, Growing, Growing

Well it seems that a certain little Munchkin is growing again. I just made a pile of jammies that no longer fit our little guy because he's too long for them. I think it will have to be off to the store to get the next size up in some jammies. It's funny, have piles of hand me downs for our little man, but for some weirdo reason we don't have jammies.

Getting closer to Running!

Our little Munchkin has been "walking" with our help and seems to really want to try and take off on his own. So we thought that tonight we would give the walker a try. He needs a little extra support for learning to walk. So after dinner tonight we got out the walker we got in anticipation of this moment and took it outside (there is no way we can use this thing inside our house). Click here to see how he did. He went up and down our street several times all happy as can be. We're in so much trouble when he really learns how to walk. He already wants to take off in the walker. We are so proud of him and can't wait until he really gets the hang of it.