Crawling?

As of March 4th I have officially been home for 2 years.  Naturally, as I am wise beyond my years, I have figured out how to teach my lil sister to crawl (without being able to crawl myself).  Yes people, I am that good!  Actually, it may have had something to do with my sis seeing her friend crawling around the other day when we visited them, and that my mom and dad work on it all the time.  But I can still take credit since I'm her big brother.  Here's a lil video clip my dad took this morning...

What a Busy Busy Day

Today was my dad's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! WE LOVE YOU! 

Me and Maggie helped mom make a brownie/ice cream cake thingy for him - I didn't get to eat any of it but I heard it was AWESOME! 

On top of getting ready for dad, we also went to visit some of our friends.  Maggie was out numbered 3 to 1 but she held her own pretty well.  When we were done hangin out there, we headed into La Crosse - back to UWL..... This time it was for Maggie.  A few weeks back I got to be a patient professor for the UWL PT class.  Well, today Maggie got to help out some of the PT students and their professor with some research.  She had to wear a hat and a onesie and they put all these funny looking ball/reflector things on her.  Boy she was not happy about it.  Actually, I think she was just tired and hungry, but she cried/screamed at those students the whole time (which is unusual for Maggie, she usually eats up attention).  They video tapped and computer recorded some 2D and 3D movements of Maggie turning her head and twisting her body and stuff.  When we were done, she was pretty much asleep before mom even got the car started.  I was tired too, but I waited until we got home and mom was holding me to fall asleep - I think she likes when I do that.  My mom took a pic of Maggie in her research get up but couldn't get it to load.  You guys will just have to visualize it (that is what my mom always tells me to do when we are working on standing, sitting, and walking.... just visualize).   So here is a pic of me and Maggie hangin out instead.

Hard

Why does everything have to be so hard......

My mom says our smiling faces make it all worth it!

Plus we are givin a lil shout out to the Brew Crew, can't wait for the season to start.

Valentine's Day n Stuff

We are a little late getting our Valentine's Day picture out.... you may notice that I am not in the picture.  I decided I didn't wanna wear red, so after my mom got us all dressed up and ready to go, I puked all over myself.  It worked, I got outta getting my picture taken and just got to watch Maggie. Lil did mom know, I was chuckling inside.  So here is one of the pics of Maggie.  Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.  My dad got my mom some pretty flowers and I over heard them talking about taking a vacation for the first time in 2 and a half years

 

 

Now its time for me to toot my own horn a bit.  I had a really good visit with the OT that is working on feeding with me.  She let me try eating my pureed food by drinking it out of this weird looking adaptive cup.  But, the key words here are "I drank out of a cup" and...... I didn't throw up.  That's right.  My mom was pretty excited and even got a little video of it.  I still don't like to eat or drink using my mouth, but who knows, maybe someday I'll give in and do it. 

 

And, something I am really excited about - today is Dr. Suess's birthday, which means his iPad apps are on sale, which means my mom got me some new books to listen too!!!!  Maybe I will let her post a video of me listening to one of my books.  Stay tuned...

 

I also want to give a shout out to my lil sis, one for putting up with all the pictures my mom takes of us, and two for being a pretty cool 7 month old.  That's right, my lil sis is now 7 months old!  Look out people.

 

The Last Couple Weeks

Boy oh boy, does time fly.  For starters, last week my mom took me and Maggie to UWL to visit with the PT Students.  We did this last year (well I did it last year, Maggie wasn't around just yet).  It was pretty neat.  There were supposed to be 4 kids there.  The other 3 cancelled at the last min, so I got the spotlight the whole time - except for when Maggie stole it for a lil bit.  It was a lot of fun and I get to show off for all the students.  Plus, I don't mind them playing around with me.  Its a win-win for us all.  When we were getting ready to leave my mom snapped a quick pic of me and the awesome ladies that babysit me and Maggie.  Sam, Kelsey, and Maria help us out this year.  They took over for Lindsay and Molly, the students from last year.  I am sure lucky that there are some great people who are willing to drive all the way to Cale to watch and play with us. 

 

Then a week before my patient professorship at UWL, we all traveled to my Grandma and Grandpa place in Mondovi to throw my Aunt Ashely a Baby Shower - not too long before we get to meet our new cousin.  We are excited!  Even though the par-tay wasn't for me or Maggie, we sure got a lot of attention.  My Great Aunt Rose loves to make me laugh - I am not sure if that is actually her "title" but that's what we call her, cause she is great :)  Then my second cousin Cassie kept both me and Maggie entertained when the adults were busy.  My mom is excited for her to get a lil older and then maybe come babysit us some.  When Aunt Ashley was opening up all her cool SWAG, Grandma put all the pretty bows and ribbons around her like a necklace - I think she really liked it. 

Anywho, I guess I better get going.  I am getting a lil tired and should probably, maybe, try to take a nap.  At least that is what my mom says...... but I get the last laugh - for some reason I have decided that every time she lays me down for a nap or to go to bed at night, I am going to leave her (or my dad) a suprise in my diaper.  Its pretty funny, I laugh when they come in to check on me.  HEHEHE

My lil sis

Well people, as of yesterday my lil sis is 6 months old.  I think she has learned a lot from me in the last 6 months, so I am doing a pretty good job as a big brother.  In fact, she is doing things that I can't even do - so I guess that means I get brother of the year award or something.  She is sitting up all by herself and playing.  She is rolling all over the place and at times looks like she wants to crawl - thank goodness she isn't doing that yet (My mom hasn't baby proofed the house yet).  At 6 months old she is already eating healthier that my ol' man - she likes carrots, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and sweet peas.  We get to work on eating together, so I get to try all these things too.  I have to admit, she has me beat big time on eating.  But my mom is working with a new OT who really knows what she is talking about when it comes to eating.  We took a few steps back and are starting from scratch.  This was tough for my parents at first cause it feels like we failed, but in the big scheme of things I think we are doing what's right.  I get to try to feed myself, so I like it.  I make such a big mess that my mom has resorted to just takin my shirt off during this time.  The bib didn't cut it any longer.  Anywho, now that I am 2 1/2 (as of 2 days ago) I have to admit..... time does fly.

Weekend Get Away

My mom had to work a lot over the holidays at the hospital, so me and Maggie spent a lot of time with dad.  He did a pretty good job.  So, after the hustle and bustle of the holidays wore off, me and the fam decided to pack up and head to the cities for a mini-vacation.  My dad says vacation is when you don't have to work, you get to sleep in, and you get to eat out.  Seeing I don't eat food, I sleep in whenever I want (which isn't too often cause I like to wake my folks up when I can), and I haven't had to work a day in my life... I guess I am on vacation all the time.  Anywho, I had an appointment with a new doctor to get a second opinion on my eyes early Friday morning at Children's Hospital in St. Paul - this is the main reason we went on vacation.  Good news, the new doc said she wouldn't do surgery right now, so my parents cancelled my appointment for eye surgery later this month for now.  That appointment took a good portion of the day on Friday.  Saturday we went swimming at the hotel and walked around the whole Mall of America.  I was a little nervous about this Mall trip - so nervous I decided to puke all over myself and my stroller the second we got there.  Turns out that didn't get me outta shopping, instead it got me 30 mins of strolling the mall looking for new pants (pantless while doing so).  Saturday night my folks got to watch the Packer game cause me and Maggie actually went to sleep easily.  The hotel room my dad booked us had 2 separate rooms and a living room - which was pretty sweet cause I got my own king size bed to sleep in.  It was awesome!  Maggie slept in a pack-n-play in the living room.  So we all had our own room and it worked pretty good.  However, me and Mags talked it over on the car ride home and decided we would not carry over the whole sleeping in our own room business when we got home.  Back to our vacation, on Sunday we went swimming again (I LOVE THE WATER)  and then hit up the iHop on our way outta town.  All in all we had a pretty good time.  In fact, Maggie had such a swell time she decided that she would get a couple new teeth - yup, the 2 bottom front teeth have made an appearance.