Lots to say

There are so many things I would like to talk about...so bear with me as I get through all of them please.

1st - I apologize for not following through with the 31 for 21 challenge. I am incredibly disappointed in myself, but somewhere along the line this week, something had to give. I've been through a lot of things in my life, but this time period is THE most difficult thing I have ever done with student teaching full-time, working full-time and being a mommy and wife full-time. I'm not going to get into exact details, but the stress associated with all of that has been pretty hard to handle. Fortunately, I have one adorable little boy and a very supportive husband to help me get through all of this.

2nd - We had a little bit of a scare this week (and I'm sure there are lots more to come with being parents) because one of the children in Colin's class has swine flu. The student was in class earlier this week and coincidentally, Colin wasn't in school on Thursday because his Aunt Kimmy was spending time with him. We kept him home with his Gammy and Grandpa on Friday just so we could keep an eye on him and so far so good. I've been in touch with the pediatrician (who is wonderful) so we know what to look for, but Colin hasn't shown ANY symptoms and has been one happy little boy. After finding out about the student in the class, Aunt Kimmy sent us these pictures...I felt much better after seeing this!

This 1st 1 was after Aunt Kimmy and Colin's walk...

...and this one is after Colin woke up from his nap...

3rd - LOTS to update you on with all of the wonderful things Colin is doing! My heart has been swelling because the past week it feels like Colin is attempting and successfully completing new skills left and right!

He is really working hard on trying to hold the bottle himself! He is trying really hard to get something out of it, but hasn't quite connected lifting it up.

We noticed lately in response to our waving, Colin is starting to wave back to us! We have especially noticed it when Colin sees us for the 1st time in awhile (like when we get home from work). It's so much fun! This is the best picture we have of this right now...

Another skill that we are SO happy about is Colin's new ability to lift his legs up, grab onto his feet, and sometimes pull his socks off all by himself! Miss K had us working on Colin pulling his socks off as a self-help skill, but these days, he is starting to get that on his own! This picture is a little hard to see, but I took it with my phone and further away because Colin is very aware when we take pictures now...

Colin is splashing in the tub! I have started to look into swim lessons for Colin because he really enjoys his bath time. He kicks and laughs at himself when he realizes that he made the water splash! I can't wait until he can sit up in the tub and really be able to play!

Lots of great things going on these days!