Again, it's been WAY too long since my last post, but life's been a bit crazy! I'm still waiting for it to return to 'normal'! Colby turned 10 months old on Grandma's birthday, October 7th! We celebrated with her at Thanksgiving with cake and everything. Yum! Happy birthday, Grandma! Colby was not liking his medicine, so it was a struggle three times a day to get it into him. Poor guy! He still wasn't sleeping well and back into a normal routine yet and seemed to be stuck on hospital routine, which included being woken up several times per night due to IV troubles, beeping, taking vitals, and then eating a bottle to get back to sleep. We are slowly getting better, but he's definitely not a great sleeper again yet! Hopefully we'll get there! Colby is going for an ultrasound tomorrow (Oct. 24th), as there is still one little bubble left from his illness and infection and they want to investigate a little more. There's a possibility of surgery, so hopefully we'll know more tomorrow! I'll keep you posted. We went to Logan's (aka Colby's girlfriend!) first birthday party last Saturday afternoon/evening. It was a lot of fun... so hard to believe that the babies from our Mom's Group are all having birthdays!! My, how time flies!! Colby cut another tooth on Sunday, October 19th, so he now has 6! 4 on the top and 2 on the bottom. No wonder he's eating everything in sight now! :) He continues to surprise us with new 'firsts' all of the time! He began clapping his hands earlier this week, which is SO adorable!!! I love it! He's so happy... and he especially claps his hands during mealtime. My child does love food, that's for sure!! AND... another huge first... Colby took his first steps today!! I picked him up from the dayhome this afternoon and Laura told me that he took 7 steps today!! WOW!! We've been practicing, but hasn't shown us any previous to this. I was kind of sad that I didn't see the first ones (and have been meaning to tell her not to tell us when big milestones happen!) but he took about 3 to me when I got there! So I still was able to see some steps on his first day! I guess that's bound to happen when he spends so much time there. SO exciting, so hopefully he continues to gain confidence and keep trying! I LOVE watching him grow up and do new things... although I wish time could slow down a little bit!!! I'm sure every parent feels the same way!
Anyway, work is going alright, with the exception of all of our illness issues the past few weeks. It's definitely been a rough start to the school year, but I'm so thankful to be so close to home and only drive a few minutes to work instead of the long commute out to Entwistle. I'm able to go back to school in the evenings after Colby goes to bed if I need to, which is really convenient. My assignment is tough this year, teaching two curriculums, but I'm just so thankful to be right in Stony Plain that it seems ok! Definitely worth being close for my baby! Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
Love,
Gerry, Lesley and Colby
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Yay Colby!! Congratulations on your first steps :) You're on the road to discovering a whole new world!! We are so glad you are feeling better and hope the remainder of the infection clears up really fast. We're sorry we haven't seen you in such a long time - we'll have to work on that! You and Blake are just such busy boys!! Love ya' Uncle Cal, Aunty Tracy & Blake
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