I completely missed 26 months, we were on vacation in Oklahoma and honestly I have not taken that long of a vacation in years and I am just now (almost a month later) getting back to my normal life.
Erik is doing SO much better! He is beginning to stand alone and voila.....walk!!!!!! Well, not really walking, but pushing a toy, alone, and standing on his legs. Of course he did this for the first time on the day I met with his case working from Early Start to get the PT going. Isn't that how it always works? See? He gets a couple steps in!
Erik is a two year old, in every sense of the word. He goes from joy to screaming in a second. From loving to hitting in the next second, and from eating everything one day to eating nothing the next, like every other 2 year old on the planet. I get weary of explaining to my mother (don't worry she's not online she can't ready this) when she complains to me EVERYDAY about how many times he did something over and over, that this is how 2 year olds process information and learn. But the complaints don't end...I have to remind myself that she's old and tired and he can be loud and whiney - but I do get tired of defending his normal 2 year old behavior.
Our Oklahoma vacation was LOVELY and it was so good to see all those great cousins, siblings and parents! How I wish we lived closer....but man oh man do I love the California weather. I was also concerned that while in Oklahoma veggies and fruit were scarce...I love you California. While there my stepbrother Mark took this nice picture of our family. Lucky I had JUST had my hair done! ;)
And then he took this one, that melts my heart.....because Erik looks much older than I want him to be.
Driving to OK was everything I imagined it to be, we did our best to throw some fun things in each day so Erik wouldn't go crazy and so the grown ups wouldn't kill each other. The first night (or maybe the second I really don't remember at this point). We stopped in Laughlin Nevada. I'd never been there - I had no idea it was a very very tiny Vegas wanna be with a bit of scary Reno vibe. Erik loved the suite we were given (so did we it was huge!)
It had really awesome windows. The doorman however was not thrilled with our luggage (Aunt Vera I took this picture specifically for you....this was for 4 people and included all our food!) it was LOTS!
We found things to do all along the way! But the best was seeing family we hadn't seen in years. This is my Mom and her Aunt Bernie....she looks just like my Grandma Carole, they have the same voice...It was nice to see her and made me miss my grandma.
Erik being able to spend time with his cousins was the best thing of all.....although a couple times he did say "too many tousins!"
and there's two missing! It's impossible to get everyone together at the same time, but we tried our best.
All in all it was a fabulous time...coming home I was scared to go to my weigh in - remember I had 10 pounds to lose before my next meeting with my surgeon (on the 2nd of November). I knew going into that meeting I hadn't lost it, I was just praying I hadn't gained any sitting on my ass driving for days and loving life at every Cracker Barrel along the way. Cracker Barrel PLEASE come to California!
I lost 1 pound....and I was pretty proud for not gaining weight, so I now have until the 16th of December to lose 10 pounds........I'm back to my normal routine now....hello vegetables. I miss you Sonic, Taco Bueno, Chelinos and Ted's...I am grateful you are in Oklahoma and can't tempt me here!
Now, if I can just get rid of the Halloween Candy!
Married almost seven years, and after several years of infertility we finally have our amazing, wonderful little Erik - and here we chronical his growth, our mishaps and life along the way.
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