A bit of this & that!

We got out and about the last two days. He loves it as long as he doesn't have a whole lot of wind in his face. So this is making mama happy as we can perhaps do some mini hikes this summer if we keep this up!

Alistair peekin out into the large beautiful world
Mama and Alistair doing a bit of posing

Ah yes I celebrated my 21st birthday (he he) on the 20th of March and started it out with some fresh raspberries and nutella on toast! Mmmm you gotta try it people!

Mom built a scrummy vanilla pineapple pudding pie topped with strawberries. It was to die for! Prior to the pie Jason put together one of my favorites. Homemade spanakopita which I washed down with a nice Shriaz

Alistair giving you a side profile. He had the hearing test hear in PG the other day. He has small ear canals which we already knew but it does make it hard to do some test. So what we did find out was that his inner ear on his right side is not full of fluid or infection. The left couldn't be determined as they weren't able to do the test. Then they checked the cilia (small ear hairs that transmit sound) in the ears and he seems to hear low

frequencies but the high ones are questionable. We are heading down to Vancouver tomorrow for four days and we were super lucky to have audiology include a brain stem hearing test in which he'll be put to sleep for. So that will be interesting to see what they come up with! We also get to see endocrinology, the neonatology team, plastic surgeon (for his hands) and the OT for new splints. Quite incredilbe really. I still feel humble with all the amazing access we have to health care. Anyhooo Alistair remains sparkly and is showing progress once again which is lovely. You'll see in the video below that he is make a significant attempt to sit up with head control. He was starting to get a bit tired of it by the time we pulled out the camera but it sure is rewarding to see him progress. He worked on it for a good 15 minutes before he let his ma know he'd had enough.... Well folks it actually floors me how many of your are on a challenging road at the moment. Some times life just seems to deal us a hand to see what we can take. I hope you feel supported, have someones shoulder to cry on, and that you can just let yourself shed those tears and feel those emotions you need to feel in order make sense of the challenges you face. As several wise ladies said to me "try not to focus on what you can't change but on what you CAN change and channel your energy in this direction" It sounds so simple but holds so true. It helped me when times were a tad too overwhelming so hopefully it does the same for you......

Lots of Love Julie