Alot of Going Ons!

I know I know its been a month or so since I've blogged but life has been hectic, unbalanced, and just well craziness....So the balance has begun. I have this one month left as a President of the Northern BC Children & Families Hearing Society and then someone else can have the opportunity to take it on! So if your out there and interested come on down! LOL Actually we just had our AGM and I'm pleased to say we had a couple more people join as board members. Whoop whoop. : D

I've actually sat down many a times to blog and been stopped by the silly computer. I want to so desperately show you all many of the videos I have of Alistair playing with the ball, standing in his stander, and just be super cute but unfortunately I seem to be cut off these days from adding videos. So pictures you shall get.

Mid March I celebrated my 36th birthday and got spoilt rotten. It all, of course, revolved around food.......Mom made me a gorgeous cake

......and fed us all a scrummy meal!

.....and my buddy Lise made me some incredible looking cupcakes!

We got an unreal amount of snow after Christmas and my cupcake making friend got a tad snowed in on her farm. So i trudged in with a propane torch and a few other goodies to help kick start her unhappy tractor. So yes if you can believe it I'm standing on her driveway. Actually more like 4-5 feet above her driveway.

The dogs all found it good times....definitely a winter wonderland. (Good exercise too!)

One day in the last month or so Alistair decided that he actually would put his feet on the ground thank you very much. You may remember that up till then I had forced him to stand by standing on his feet and holding him up under the arm pitts. Actually something similar to this picture here. Well then all of a sudden he decided he'd put some weight baring through his feet. Now he's not doing it the right way by any means. But again this mama is just happy he's trying. Sometimes he gets it right and puts weight into his heals and other times he attempts to be a ballarina and curls right up on his toes or even onto the tops of his feet. Anyhow he keeps progressing to the point he needs less support to hold him up and more to just hold him straight. We just brought home the stander today. SO now we are going to attempt to get him in it two times a day for 10 min a time. He wasn't keen at first but food and music get him doing a lot of things he doesn't like! LOLWe got a surprize in the mail the other day from Aunt Beverly and Uncle Larry. They sent Alistair this nifty little outfit and some Nat King Cole and Lionel Richie DVD's. He just loves them. Male singers and instrumental stuff seems to be his thing. Nana also sent him a Mozart CD for babies and he just loves it. So great pics in music you guys! If only I could up load videos you could see his enjoyment he gets from them.....hopefully in the near future!

Jason is always trying to do something different with Alistair to change things up and this is only one of many!

Here's Lynn (Alistair incredibly talented physiotherapist). It always amazes me what she can get Alistair to do compared to us. It sure gives me incentive to keep trying new positions and different techniques to keep Alistair on the right track. Yay Lynn!

LOL Here's my stylish little man again! We use the babylegs all the time as pants can be quite restrictive for him. So this way his legs stay warm but we don't have to worry about the pants being too stiff, having buttons or bulky pockets in the wrong places, or being too slippery.

Uncle George came home for a surprise visit here not too long ago and he's back again sooner than later. Its nice to have George close enough that he can enjoy seeing Alistairs progress and get walloped in all the board games by me on a regular basis! LOL I am the PowerGrid champion! (Well actually mom kicked all of our butts the last time) Its a great game if you like those long drawn out startedy games.

Anyhow, Spring has Sprung! The ball is definitely starting to roll in regards to Jason's business ...... J.R.MacMillan Construction He's already got a couple of fences lined up for when the frost gets out of the ground as well as lots of great ideas and plans for the big home show at the end of the month. Last year Jason built a 20X30 deck for the show and he basically didn't have to advertise again for the summer. So were hoping for the same type of response this year. I'll be sure to add pictures of the deck he builds as it looks like its going to be pretty niffty.

So yes that means my working in Emergency is going to slow down. I have big plans for the spring/summer as well. I'm going to join outdoor soccer again as it was so good for my brain last year. Plus I'm going to make a significant effort to get outside daily with Alistair and get him exposed to alot of different environments, people, and experiences. I'm really looking forward to it!

Well I'm going to be blogging much sooner than later. I know I say this every time BUT I just had something given to me yesterday which holds a really special story and touched me greatly. AND I JUST LOVE IT! However, I wanted to blog about it separtely AND I need to take some pictures first with a few strategic people!

K Till then~ Cherrio Peps! ~Julie