Father Day : D

What a gorgeous day for celebrating amazing fathers. Jason is definitely under the title amazing father, incredible dad, brilliant dad, caring papa, marvelous father, wonderful dad, ......i could go on and on and on. That man has diligantly stood by our side through all the knowns and unknowns. There is nothing more touching than seeing a father pick up your son with care, love, and belief that the best is yet to come. There is no doubt I loved Jason before but now our relationship has been taken to a whole new level......I can't imagine anything stronger than the love a family interchanges. It can almost make your heart ache and smile at the same time. Anyhow.....Jason is one amazing father and I feel so fortunate that Alistair can call Jason his DAD. So today we are celebrating Father's Day although i really believe all the celebrating shouldn't be held thru until that one titled day a year ...but hey WE ARE CELEBRATING! I pondered away about what I could get for Jason and truthfully there is nothing that makes a bigger impact on him than food. So last night I baked up some strawberry topped brownie torte http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Brownie-Torte/Detail.aspx and Rugelach with Cream Cheese Filling ( a type of cookie type thingy) http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rugelach-with-Cream-Cheese-Filling/Detail.aspx Then this morning we started off with some nice cards, hand delivered coffee, a banana pancake breakfast with real maple syrup, smiles and giggles from Alistair, and a HUGE LOBSTER.

Yes tonight we had our own lobster feast! I found Jason a 3lb+ lobster for him to consume. There was enough left over for lobster sandwiches for lunch tomorrow. Yes thats a true maritimer thing..... So today we can say we were truly bulging with joy...cheers to all those special dads! Love Julie

Milestone Craze!

Alistair's Amazing Physiotherapist~ Lynn Bergman

She's getting him to put pressure through his feet and

touch the musical touch activated toy

He did so well last visit!

Mom getting Alistair to do something similar

Its astounding really. We went to Alberta on a road trip and truly it was a holiday in more ways than one. I mentally decided to take a break and chill out from all the physiotheraphy, speech theraphy, and calorie pushing that I tend to do on a daily basis. I wondered if I'd regret it in the long run as I was concerned he may back track a tad from the lack of consistancy. But it seems to have done the complete opposite! On the trip he decided it was time to feed himself a mum mum cracker (a quickly disolvable cracker) which is huge as he basically has only put a spoon in his mouth. He also decided he'd start grabbing his feet which has been an endless daily routine in trying to make him aware that they exisit. Now he has decided he can grab them with both hands! Anyhow after we got home he suddenly starts rolling over three times before we even get out of bed...........mind you its starting at 4 in the morning....but who's complaing? We can't believe it really...its just wonderful that he's at this stage. He seems so determined to no longer lie soley on his back. So thats making this mama and papa pretty proud. Its not limited to just the above though. He is also starting to eagerly drink from a glass, do some weight bearing through his feet, and interact with musical cause and effect toys. So just as I was coming to terms with a lack of progression my little man decides to surprise his ma prior to his first birthday. Needless to say this is quite the treat.

We have also started to wean him off his old anti-seizure med as the otherone is up to its max dose. So fingers crossed that is uneventfull. So far so good. Some nights he has a lot of extra movement but that was even prior to reducing his meds. It'll be so nice to be down to two rather than three meds. But whenever I think of complaining about having to give him anything I remember this mom and her 10 month old babe in the x-ray department at Children's. A month prior to that meeting she had been informed her daughter had Cystic Fibrosis and she was having to give her 31 yes THIRTY ONE meds A DAY! So if you ever get on the poor me band wagon ...think of that little darling having to scoof down all those meds EACH DAY.

Cheers Dears! Jules!

Success!

Well I definitely wasn't sure how this past week was going to go. Alistair and I have mainly just toodled off into town and he may have sat in the car seat for a max of 2 hrs at a time. So when I made the big decision that Alistair and I would jump in the car with Grandma and head to Chris and Sarah's wedding off in Calgary I was definitely curious how we were all going to make out. To be honest it really couldn't have been any easier for any of us! We just shoved the front seat right up to the glove box and one of us sat back and hung out with Alistair. Whenever we stopped for a pit stop we just pulled him out of the car seat and let him stretch out and roll around. It was perfect. So ya for us. Its actually really nice for me to know that he is transportable as it increases all the possibilites for us. I'm thinking I need to make a road trip sometime this summer back up to good ol' Ft St John and this just confirms that its dooable. Anyhow the wedding was lovely even though it decided to SNOW! Yeppers we were driving in slushy stuff with summer tires. Ahh yes not what we like to do but at least everyone seemed to be driving appropriately. The wedding was gorgeous and as usual when the Hedges Clan gets together we have a blast and really rip up the dance floor. I brought along Alistair's little tent and just snuck him over to the side and he slept soundly while the music was blarring, people were chatting, and kids were giggling. So yessiery there is a benefit to having a bambino with hearing loss! He did decide to wake about 11pm and hung out with all of us for 3 hrs. Alistair and I even got in a couple of dances!!! We didn't only get in a wedding though. I got to see my buddy Colleen for a short but sweet visit and then I hung out with my long lost sister Candace for a couple of days. She's very prego so we had a good time chinwaggin about all that mama stuff. I also got to wallow in her beautiful home and throw around some ideas for paint colors. We finished off with a nice night with my bro and then headed back home. Just for me to get on the road and see some mountains was incredibly therapeutic. It all must of did me some good as I came home and played my second soccer game ever and got a GOAL! I have to admitt it got me a tad excited last night! .......Well the world is gorgeously green here in PG. Its funny how we have to leave our home to return and appreciate how gorgeous the place really is. ........hey just a note for those of you that reply to my blog can you just put your name down as well as I get these lovely replies and don't have a clue who wrote them! Have a super duper day! : D