May, Mothers Day, and Movement

May brought me my second Mothers Day as a young Mum! Just another little reminder of how LUCKY I am to have wee Nate in my life - he is of course pure joy! And he splashed out and got me some slippers as a pressy - with winter coming, mostly wooden floors, and an unfinished house, it's not the warmest at our place so they will come in very handy - and with diamantés on the top to boot :-)

And on Mothers Day, the grandparents toodle-ed off for their latest overseas jaunt - cue ten weeks of jetsetting about.....(insert any or all of the following)......

• sightseeing like drunken teenagers,
• drinking fine wine/beer/whiskey (likely on the same occasion(s)),
• living large (definition of exactly how large is unknown),
• dining at some multiple Danish and English pubs and eateries,
• indulging rarely seen and highly precious grandchildren (perhaps even their own children :-)),
• visiting old treasured friends,
• ....and generally behaving like a couple of students on their OE (who've either won lotto or are maxing their student loans out), eating at said fine eateries, and choosing single malts over blends. So be warned...a couple of 70year olds (rounding) are out on the town world!
• Here are some shots before they flew out...

Walking Granny around the house :-)

So ten weeks without the gramps, but with Skype we'll stay in close touch, so Nate can get his weekly dose. And we'll post lots of Nate video on the blog, so they can get theirs! While Granny is away, Aunty Helen (the girls Mum) is kindly helping us out, and Nate has taken to her hugely! Always keen to show off his latest tricks to anyone, he is especially keen on Helen for many reasons - her animal sounds when reading his animal books, hugs, and mat time. Helen's first day solo was also my first time away from Nate - two and a half nights away in Australia for work - but we all survived brilliantly! We're very lucky Nate has such great caregivers - Team Nate rock!

Developmentally, Nate continues to make progress. At 14months of age (non-corrected) he now weighs in at 10.2kg, and 77cms long - both on the 50% percentile. His head continues to track just under the 91st percentile, at 48cm. After the last month, where he has been unwell, we're pleased he hasn't dropped off the growth too much. He has a few more appointments coming up soon - more hearing tests pre his hearing aid fitting, respiratory sleep study to come, and few jabs (flu jab, 15month jabs, and also meningococcal). He is also continuing with all of his different therapies, although with his recent illness we had to cancel a few, but he isn't letting it slow him down too much, and is still up to all his inspiring tricks!

And speaking of inspiring, here's another story of such, not a T9M'er, but another example of how anything is possible! Click to see another inspiring story :-)

Here is our Nate cruising the furniture....

And crawling in the tunnel that Sylvie made him...

And - rather grumpily - pushing his bunny walker down the hallway (when really he just wants his lunch!).....

Crawling the hallway, and helping Daddy to vacuum....

And afterwards, exhausted, chilling out and watching some Wiggles on his sofa......

And what's coming up? Well next weekend two other wee kiddies with very rare chromo conditions, Lily and Louie (who is also a fellow super power baby and featured on the Sunday TV programme) are coming round for a play date! Part of me feels I should launch into scone/cake baking for the occasion......but knowing how little time we seem to have these days, it's unlikely!

Last, but by no means least, click on this link..... Check out how cool my Grandad Ryan is!

Modelling my monster jeans - check out the knees! :-)

 

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