Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving, Sitting up and Fun

Another milestone met - Tim is officially sitting up! He can go for almost 3 minutes without taking a tumble.

Bobby is counting down to Hanukkah. Tonight we made homemade applesauce - yum! Ready to put on latkes tomorrow! I also baked honey cake which Bobby declared "delish" and said he was proud of me. Love it. He also bragged to his class about his Dad's transformers that he played with over Thanksgiving and how he slept until 8 this weekend. Pretty funny story!

Thanksgiving in Tucson flew by! Tim's first flight which went well. Good food and good time seeing family and friends. Posting pictures tomorrow. For now - bed and hoping Tim gets back to sleeping through the night! Not that I don't love seeing him but maybe just closer to 7:00 a.m.


Thursday, November 11, 2010

Glasses and Growing

Yesterday Bobby had a rite of passage of some sort - his first pair of glasses. Last week, Rob and I began to notice that Bobby's left eye was starting to cross when he would try to focus on things. Not wanting to let it linger on, I -with Rob's help -set forth to find and make an appointment with a good pediatric opthamologist. After some persistency, we were finally able to got an appointment yesterday - a cancellation and his last appointment before leaving for a month. Whew! Long story short - Bobby now has glasses for at least 6 weeks and then hopefully this condition will be getting better. Will keep you posted! Until then - we are getting used to his new look that I think he pulls off very well! His first day at school with glasses went really well - lots of compliments and he proudly showed off his "Iron Man" glasses. Glasses have always seemed to be something that children dread. I was not upset when I got mine - I thought they were cool and seems to feel that way too. Like I told him - many a super hero has glasses. He shows me that it really is all about your attitude about things that makes them good or bad.

Tim gets bigger and bigger every time I look at him. He is so long now that his feet are dangling slightly off his cradle swing. I will post some pictures tomorrow. The days seem to go by so much more quickly with him than with Bobby - probably because things are busier now keeping up with big brother. I am trying to enjoy every second with his sweet smile and kissable cheeks.

Good night and sweet dreams!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Happy 5 months Birthday!

Happy 5 months to Tim! I am belated by one day. He had a very rough night last night - almost every hour teething. Not a great way to spend your 5 moth birthday evening!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Bobby's teacher meeting and Tim's Post Op

This week, Rob and I had a very early meeting with Bobby's teacher to find out how he is doing at school and Tim's post op appointment. Toward the end of each semester, da Vinci teachers hold parent/teacher conferences. I like it because it is VERY thorough evaluation so you get a very good idea of exactly where he is in meeting skills, learning new ones and what he does all day - since he doesn't tell me much. It went very well - the way you would want any teacher conference to go! Tim's post op also went really well - he has gained a pound since surgery and everything looks great. No more visits! So Dr. Biavati - it was nice meeting you but I hope we do not have to go back to your office :)

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Our Sensitive Soul

Bobby's teacher describes him as a sensitive soul and I agree. At the Arboretum, he wanted to go sit by himself on a hill overlooking the lake because he didn't want the lake to be alone. Yesterday and today, he has been asking constant questions about where the meat we eat comes from. I have tried to be honest about the whole process on a sensitive 5-year-old level but it has been tough - he said today that he may want to be like "one of the dinosaurs that doesn't eat meat" :) I'm not too worried - he likes hamburgers too much!

Halloween 2010






The day started with a trip to the Arboretum to have fun with Carrie, Bryan and "baby" Davis. Then back home for the neighborhood party and on to trick-or-treating! Bobby then came home to greet the crowds of trick-or-treaters coming by. Tim - the cowardly lion -was awake for pictures with Dorothy and the Scarecrow and then slept as we trick-or-treated. It was a very fun day!