As a mother of 2 boys, who dont usually nap, one would wonder how i can say life is good... but it really is!! I am so proud of the day to day accomplishments the boys have!! We celebrated their birthdays about a month ago, Parker turned one, and Lincoln turned 3. They had a great "toy story" themed party, and got enough money to go towards a great swing set that we are looking for for outside! (as we dont need anymore toys, we thought money towards a playset would be best!) However, I did get the boys a few things myself. I was so lucky, while picking up party supplies at the local rexall (cause we live in haliburton, yup, i get my party supplies from a drug store lol) they had a 2 foot buzz light year! If you dont already know, Lincoln is obsessed with toy story, and mostly buzz lightyear! When Lincoln opened up his present (which also contained lotso huggin bear, and rex the dino) Lincoln pulled out buzz, with the biggest WOW of his life!!! (sometimes Lincoln is known as mr. WOW because ... well, i guess he thinks life is amazing ;) ) ran over to dad, and was grinning ear to ear! It was the reaction i was hoping for - but times 100000!!! He sat on dads lap, picked up buzz's hand, high fived him, stood back up, and started jumping with him! Followed by a kiss!! It was the best ever!! Lincoln is almost running, loves jumping, and will soon be able to ride his trike (thanks to physio and the alterations that are being made so the bike is perfect for Lincoln!!), and parker is a motorer!! He is self standing for a few seconds at a time, and has taken the odd step! Oh it shall be a fun summer! We are happy to welcome the beautiful weather (finally)!! Playing outside is so much better than being cooped up in the house all day! Things are going well for Lincoln in the rabbit room, and he has so much fun playing with the other kids his age! He is trying so hard to talk and is making all kinds of new sounds!! We finally got another speech session booked, and in a couple weeks, hopefully we will have new ideas on how to progress Lincolns vocabulary! I often wonder if I will skip the "why" stage, because Lincoln might know all the answers by the time he talks! When i get Lincoln from daycare, there is this one child, who is fascinated with Parker, (actually, all the children are fascinated with Parker - its like a swarm of bees that just attack you when we enter the room lol, but this one child in particular) asks soo many "why" questions... ie. why is there a hole in his pants, why does he crawl, why is he Lincolns YOUNGER brother, oh what fun !!! Lincolns eating is getting better too! (hope i didnt just jinx it...) He will now sit down and eat on his own, so dinner at the Holden's is no longer as exciting as being at a ball game constantly cheering and cheersing! So, as far as up coming appointments, Lincoln has speech in a couple weeks, an occupational therapy appointment in a couple of weeks, a pediatrician appointment as well, and physio was yesterday, and Lincoln will be discharged from physio once he can ride his bike! they usually discharge children after they can walk, but our therapist likes us i guess :) Lincoln also had the ages and stages questionnaire done again for the age of 3, and the results were pretty much the same as the 30 month ASQ - pretty much on par! yippee!! So hopefully we'll pick up some new ideas, keep on keeping on!! GO LINCOLN GO! (Lincoln is at school today, and Parker - well, i guess he's having a nap today - as i stated they dont nap, parker has been asleep this whole blog entry, which hasnt happened in weeks!! Thanks for reading!!!
~The Holden's
