Long time, no write!

It's been a long time since I wrote so I guess this will be a long one!  My weight loss is slow but steady and I'm grateful for that. Mike says I'm about 20 pounds from being HIS weight!!  Wow...to weigh less than my husband.  My mind would be blown.
I'm going through my clothes like crazy - today two more bags went to Goodwill.......I can't really replenish with the current size, because then I'll need a smaller size - so I'm slowly buying smaller things to get into. Isn't it funny I used to buy things a bit small and think "I'll lose 5 pounds and get into that"..HA HA HA!! Well, I can wear all those clothes now! 
Here's the pros I've noticed this month -
    -My whole arm now fits comfortably in those drugstore blood pressure machines.
    - I can sit next to Erik on the kiddie roller coaster.
    -I'm no longer worried I'm going to break a fold-up chair in a staff meeting. (It's happened....and it's HORRIBLE)
    -Disneyland was hot as hell two weeks ago - but I imagine it would have been unbearable 80 pounds heavier.
    -I put on a belt yesterday to hold my pants up (the one and only belt I own) and I had to put it on the last hole AND I wore it all day and it was comfortable - who knew belts weren't horrible torture devices designed to cut me in half when I sat down? They sure were before!

And here's the cons
     - My pants won't stay up - and this makes it hard to get through the day.
     - The vitamins are HORRIBLE, even though I found some bearable ones....it's still all I can do to get them down.
     -My hair is still falling out like crazy.  I used to have REALLY thick hair, I could only get a rubber band around it twice...now I can get it around FOUR times.  I've lost half my hair.  I have to really hope that it stops falling out soon....sigh.

We had a great end to summer with a trip to the beach house to visit my family and that awesome great grandma of mine.  Erik spent lots of time with his older girl cousins flirting and being his charming self.  He had lots of attention!  There was some pseudo surf lessons, wave jumping and walks on the beach.

 We are looking forward to heading down again next week to hang out with my Dad. Erik is thrilled to spend some time with his Papa and Mimi. Mike looks like this at the beach house.

We also hit Disneyland again (I know....we have passes so it's easy), Erik finds something new he loves each time.   This time it was 105 both days we were there.....it wasn't great, but it was still Disneyland. On the way home on I-5 in that 105 heat the air conditioner on the car went out, and Erik threw up.  That's one trip home we'll never forget.
 We typically let Erik pick ONE toy each Disneyland visit.   He's into Lego's lately and it took him a long time at the Lego store but he kept going back to this Cinderella Lego set.  He loves it.  Mike could live without the pink Lego's, but I love that he chose it.

 

 

Erik's been very chatty lately, and silly.  He's working hard on running - but we still don't have it yet.  This week he has an appointment with Kaiser OT and the school district OT.  The school district Speech and Language therapist was here this week and decided maybe she could get him in for reciprocal language - but there's no way he'll get services based on his 8 year old (!) vocabulary.  Hopefully he will also qualify for OT via the school district.  Here's a recent video of Erik acting like he does every night.  Hope every one's doing well!

 

 

3rd Month Post Op

I'm now just 3 months out from surgery.  I just had my 3 month check up and aside from some very low blood pressure (99/44) all is well! I'm down 42 pounds! Yay! I'm just starting to feel like I'm thinner.  I even ventured out in an off the shoulder number for the first time ever.

Well, mostly all is well.  My hair is falling out by the handfuls.  It fell out when I had my C section - but not this bad.  I asked the Dr. why and his answer - "There are 2 things that cause rapid hair loss, major surgery and rapid weight loss" well, there you go.  I have been assured that it should start to grow back in about 6 months.  You know what other interesting thing I learned was a side effect from rapid weight loss? Pregnancy!! Who knew?  Seems like fat girls all over the world struggle with the hormone issues that  make you get pregnant ( yes I'll raise my hand here), and when you lose enough weight somehow it kicks your fertility not only back into line but back into CRAZY fertility.  They warned and warned us about it.  Interesting.
I'm struggling a bit with vitamins - I can't keep them down.  With food, without food they are awful.  So I have to figure that piece out.  The food is not an issue at all - I seem to be fine with most things (except bread, rice and pasta).  My brain is an issue.  My brain is still fat and still tells me all day long..."have a snack!, eat that!, go to the drive thru!" I'm working on combating my brain right now.  It's become my biggest challenge, to tell my brain (and eyeballs) to SHUT UP! 
My only other issue is my ass, it's killing me.  I thought it was from all the times I have landed on it in my clumsy life and broken the tailbone.  It hurts so bad to sit down!   I was thrilled to hear someone else say (in my weight loss group) that their ass hurt too!  We learned that it was because we have been sitting on our FAT asses for so long that now that we have lost weight so quickly we are now sitting on our tailbones and they have been cushioned for so long that now they are sore and we have to slowly "break them in". 
I'm breaking mine in like this because I just can't take the pain anymore.  Thanks goodness I didn't get rid of the boppy!  It works like a charm!

...and he's 3

Erik is 3.  That went by SO fast! It feels like he was just born yesterday, well except for all those sleepless nights when he was born, oh....and all the diapers, and .... well I guess it has been three years, but they still went by fast!!

This is what I've learned about Erik.
    He loves Toy Story and Monster's Inc - especially Buzz Lightyear!
    He listens to everything I say to spout it back at me at the most inappropriate times
    He's loud - really really loud. But he hates loud things....interesting.
    He memorizes things very quickly - again, to spout them out loudly and inappropriate times
    He's super happy - most of the time
    He's learned to whine......ugh
   He's super funny - all the time!
    He's a morning person - no matter what time I put him to bed he's up at 6:00am, so he goes to bed at 7.  If I can't have my mornings I'm definitely taking the evenings!
   He's a super snugly boy
   I'm more in love with him today than I was yesterday.

He HATES the Happy Birthday song, But he does like chocolate cake...he wanted a "chocolate rainbow cake" so this is what I came up with.

He also enjoyed all his little gifts..

 So for his party we went very low key, no big party - but we did go to the fair, which was his choice. The cowboy hat was his father's choice ?!?!

He loves animals so off to the fair we went in search of farm animals. We found plenty!!  Erik walked through that barn like he owned the place calling "Hi Pigs!, Hi Sheep-ez!" He was in heaven.  Mike and I were in a stinky barn, but hey...

Here's a little video I made from pictures throughout the year to end the festivities!  The birthday week has officially closed and now we will work on not whining and sitting on the potty instead of yelling at.."Oh! I feel it! Here comes a big poop!!".........one of those inappropriate items I mentioned earlier.

43

I turned 43 today. I find it weird that I'm even in my forties, let alone 43!!  In my head I'm about 28, and that's about where I stay.  It freaks me out a bit when I'm hanging out with 20 somethings and I'm thinking...."OMG, I'm OLD!"
Had a great day hanging out in San Francisco with a great friend and Erik!

We had a lovely time and just goofed around!

I can't be 43....................I have an almost 3 year old.  I'm 43.
43???  Yes 43!
SIGH

Fun in the Sun

My sister and her family came to visit for 10 days last week and we had a fantastic time goofing around California.
Top ten list of things we did -
10. Visited Fisherman's Wharf where it was it's usual freezing, wind - blowing spectacular self.

9. Went to Henry Cowell State Park and walked around the redwood trees (which is really quite challenging with a 2 year old who doesn't walk well and an almost 2 year old who runs circles!) The 0.8 mile walk was very beautiful, and very long.

8. We went to the beach where we saw people swimming in burkas - I wish I had a picture (but that's disrespectful right?  I really really wanted to take one).
7. On our way to the beach we came to a light next to this in Santa Cruz.  As she passed one of her "Dominatrix for Dummies" cards into the car and invited us to the show I heard my brother in law say..."I love California". 

6. Cousins getting to know each other is awesome - and sometimes very very loud.  Getting to know you in 2 year old language is often filled with tears. But look at them, seriously, twins born a year apart.

5. Getting to hang out with my awesome 99 year old Grandma and listen to her stories about the "olden days" and how she's going to "snoopervise" my Uncle in her garden.  I love her made up words.

4. Visiting Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth really makes me happy.....It made me so happy this time that we are annual pass holders now....WOO HOO!

3. My child getting to know his Uncle Gregg and loving him so much that he has to hold his hand at all times, even through meals.....awesome

2. Getting to hang out with my niece and nephew and making some awesome memories.

1. This is my take away memory from my whole trip.....too bad there is no picture.
As we stopped for lunch in the quaint little town of Solvang we chose a sweet little Danish restaurant for some Abel skivers.  Halfway through our meal Erik vomited all over the table.  Which, is mortifying enough.  However, that was not enough for the Universe to give me.  When I pulled him out of the booster I realized there was runny poop EVERYWHERE.  It was going down both legs, (he had on shorts) and into his socks and shoes.  We couldn't carry him to bathroom since then WE would be covered with poop.  We had to get him to walk (while he was screaming) and try not to call too much attention to ourselves.  Well, as he walked poop fell in little cow pies behind him with every step.  Which caused a waitress to run after me and hand me a rag to wipe up the piles.  We then took over the woman's bathroom for operation clean up.  Woman were surprised to walk in and see Mike wrangling a poop covered child.........ah, the life of parents.
All in all it was a super fun trip and so very nice to have my sister and her family here.   Wish we lived closer so we could all hang out more. 

Now, onto diet progress.  I'm down 30 pounds in 6 weeks. I should be, because I barely eat anything.  Disneyland on a diet was a challenge, and I can imagine it would be a HUGE challenge to someone just dieting but not actually forced into how much to eat based on their stomach.  I carried a lot of my food in, and shared lots of bites with my mom and Mike. Ive' learned to look for high protein appetizers and just order those. At least I'm not thinking about eating, that would make it REALLY hard. I took little steals of my sister's Diet Dr. Pepper while she was here, then I got brave and poured myself one........I took 4 sips and was over it. 
It's tough to get all the vitamins down, the food doesn't make me sick, but the vitamins do - terribly.  I hate them, but if I don't take them my hair falls out.
I'm starting to fit into the "skinny" clothes in my closet - awesome.  I now weigh less than I did when I got married. Double awesome!
I live on chicken - so please send your chicken recipes!
I dreamed last night that I was SQUATTING down to talk to a child.  Like knees bent, and not out of breath or in pain!  I hope to be there soon. 
Oh, and I didn't have any anxiety about the rides at Disneyland because I knew I was thinner than the last time I was there!
The children at school don't have any idea about my surgery but I don't hide it.  Here's the conversation I had with a 3 year old yesterday.

Child: Teacher Becky how come you're not eating bread?

                             Me: Because I had special work done on my tummy and now I can't eat bread.
Child: Is the specialness your Uterus?

Me: (????????????????????) Um, no something else in my tummy.

Child: Oh, my mom told me "uteruseses" are special, I hope you have a special Uterus.

 My special stomach and uterus hope you are all doing well! And really people, chicken recipes, please.

Life

Life's been throwing us some curve balls lately, but we are determined to throw them back!
The good news is I've been doing mostly great at my diet, except I tried to eat a sandwich (ok really it was an Egg Mcmuffin minus the meat) the other day and it came back up before it had been down ten minutes. Not ready for bread yet!!! It's o hard to break those old habits. I want a Diet Coke so bad I'm dreaming about them, but I haven't had one. Rumor is it hurts REAL bad going down.
I'm down close to 25 pounds. I find myself comparing weights to life events.
" that's what I weighed the day I got pregnant"
" that's what I weighed the day I got married"......I'm waiting to say "now I weigh what my drivers license says I do!"
In other news Erik's been through evaluation after evaluation to give him a diagnosis beyond " low muscle tone". He's has assessments from the Regional Center, as well as the school district that are very clear that he has gross motor delays but nothing cognitive or social. Kaiser on the other hand is convinced that he's very high functioning, yet on the spectrum. I disagree- am I allowed to disagree with Dr's who are assessing him on a couple hours in a clinic, and he's excited and showing off? Or do I go on the assessments of the PT and OT who've been working with him or months?
I refuse to give him a label. So I'm not going to. I'm going to wipe up the tears I shed after that appointment today, put on my big girl panties and give him the support he needs to not only function but to thrive and excel in his life. He's the same little boy today that he was yesterday before any "expert" got his hands on him, so I will continue to treat him the same.
He's my sweet little boy who likes to help Daddy wash the car......we'll take it all, every hard, joyful, tearful day, because we are better for having Erik in our lives.

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2 Weeks

Well, I'm 2 weeks post op and down 17 pounds.  I'm thrilled and terrified that as soon as I feel better I'll just eat too much and gain my weight back!
It dawned on me that we didn't take a "Before" picture before the surgery so I made Mike snap one yesterday.

Yikes........frumpy and looking pregnant in that last one!  I have five laproscopic slits in my belly now....hopefully my belly will deflate.

2 weeks of liquid left me wanting nothing but something to chew.  Now I can chew....but am full after 4 bites....which is a good thing!
Progress reports every couple of weeks!

And so it begins

This last week has sure been a roller coaster ride through crazy for me!  I spent my last activity before my surgery at a Grease Sing Along with some great friends.  Getting all dressed up 50's style.  I even got to go on stage and start the drag race!  It was a super fun time.

Right before the show we grabbed dinner at Red Robin - a place we can't go with Erik because they sing too loud and it send hims over the edge.  But man those french fries!!  I LOVE them, dipping them in that highly caloric ranch dressing, it was my last solid meal.  And I enjoyed every last bite.

Monday morning I looked like this

 and now I am trying to deal with the 5 incisions in my belly, and a toddler who wants to crawl on me.  Hopefully each day will get better and better.  Right now I am SUPER sore, and just want to crawl into a bed until I heal.  But I know I will heal faster up and moving around....but man, that's not easy!!

Torani and Chobani

I was told by the Dr. to stock up on Torani syrup and Chobani Yogurt since they are great for meals after my surgery. I bought one of every sugar free flavor. Mom and I had a taste test tonight.
Coconut awful by itself, but combined with strawberry it makes a lovely daiquiri yogurt!! I feel like a bar tender, a yogurt bar.




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Redneck Swimming Hole

    I love a pool....I do not love getting in a bathing suit in public, but I sure love to swim so I usually bring the pool to me.  Those easy set pools that you blow up and fill are AWESOME. Most of the time.  We've had one for the past three years.  I now know that two years is the limit for one of these pools.
     As we pulled out our pool this year we had to deal with NINE small holes in the inflatable ring on top.  SIGH - NINE! I swear there were none when we put it away!  After talking we changed the location in the backyard and put it where we thought it would be more private (i.e. away from the little girl next door who pops up over the fence like Jack in the box yelling "whatcha doin?" over and over and over), and get more sun.  We didn't realize it was also more uneven.
     After filling the pool and setting it up we quickly realized it was sloping like crazy and had to drain it, lay down sand, and start over.  It looks pretty good now!

If you don't look too close.  We got it MOSTLY even except for this side that we are holding up with chairs.....

I know......how very redneck of us. Don't you love the wood in the chairs weighting them down?  I have to credit my mother for this idea....because after if fell over for the third time I was ready to scrap it....but she figured this out.

oh......and if you don't count all the patches.  All NINE of them.  My mother also tried to put those little stickers that you put on the bottom of your shower to stop you from slipping on top of the patches to distract.....but that just made things worse.

We haven't gotten in yet, it's warming up.....if we can keep it from caving in on one side.  I have some friends coming over this weekend.....I hope we all don't wash away over the side!

Next year.....buying the hard sided pool......because seriously if it springs one more leak in the air ring I'm going to fill it full of "fix a flat" and call it summer!

Goal!!

I lost 30 pounds!! It took 8 LOOOOONG months. I had to lose 30 pounds to prove I could lose weight.  Seriously, who asks fat gastric bypass patients to lose weight?  IF I could lose it I wouldn't need bariatric surgery, no wonder so many people fail in the pre-op phase because I almost gave up several times.

Finally I decided to just knuckle down and lose it the good old fashion way with a super crash fasting cleanse. I only drank lemon water mixed with cayenne pepper and agave for three days, no solid food at all.  Good Times. I don't care, it qualified me for surgery and that's all that matters.
I am scheduled for surgery on June 11th!  Yay!  Here's a refresher of what I'm having done, the gastric sleeve.

Now, all I have to do is make it to June 11th without gaining weight...............maybe I'll do the cleanse thing each week.  I may not have fingers left if I try that too much more because I will gnaw them off. 
Oh, and it would be awesome to get Erik potty trained before then.

But since he thinks the potty is just a reading chair, I don't see that happening anytime soon.  Especially when I find the potty on his head.

CP.......NAH!!!

Erik's had a SLEW of doctor's appointments over the last month.  In his last IEP they requested LOTS of work ups to "validate" his receiving services.  I guess the fact that he DIDN'T WALK until was 2 and a half was no big deal. Sheez!

He's been to the dentist....which was awesome when he saw the TV on the ceiling.  He was not so thrilled with Raj the hygienist.

He had to see a neurologist today to check for CP and Autism....really?  OK whatever, we'll jump through the hoops to get the services.  After his dentist appointment yesterday he wasn't thrilled.  But when the Doctor walked in the door he said to her "You are smashing and have a nice ponytail, don't touch me."  She laughed for a good long while and finally convinced him to let her test all his reflexes.  He did OK.
 She completely ruled out CP and Autism (duh) but thought the original diagnosis of Benign Hypotonia was correct.  She ordered some blood tests to rule out Fragile X syndrome just to be sure....I haven't Googled it yet...I don't know what it is.  She did say it could have been the cause of my many previous miscarriages........that's interesting.
I got a big lecture about not coming in sooner, I told her I asked his pediatrician at 9 months, 12 months, 18 months and 2 years for a consult as well as a PT referral but she said he was fine....I also told her that the PT also stated he was "fine".  She was pretty shocked that his Dr didn't do anything way sooner.  I felt validated, but it's too late now.
Erik was happy to get back to his swing and now be done with Dr's appointments for a while.

To Pee or Not

We are beginning the potty process. Erik is showing some interest so we stopped at Buy Buy Baby to get all the stuff. 100 bucks later.....I know! We are stocked up. I walked away for a second as Erik and Mike we choosing the potty. Erik went straight for the Pink Dora potty and I heard Mike negotiating for Thomas or Buzz Lightyear instead. To a child who's blankie is already pink and who loves Dora I could see his point.....but Mike won.



We even got two potty books and an extra seat for away from the house excursions.
He certainly didn't want to sit on anything today.....we're still in the getting to know you phase. I bet it's a few months before he sits.



Snuffie can keep it warm for him. Is Snuffie a boy or girl? Anyone?

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Spinning

He's been walking about 3 weeks now, and yesterday he figured out how to spin.  He no longer sits down...he spins and paces all day long. He is ON THE MOVE!

March Madness

Well, March flew by!  It was a fun time with my sister and nieces here for a trip down south to the beach house and Disneyland!  As you can see we had a lovely time!

My sister is going to kill me for posting this picture

We are the scooter sisters!!  I twisted my knee doing jumping jacks (fat girls should NOT do jumping jacks!) the week before so I had to rent a scooter to get around Disneyland because my knee was killing me.  My mom has a scooter, and this was after the kids were in bed and Grandma was babysitting and the grownups went back for the big rides. Kerrie's feet were killing her from walking the whole day so she used my mom's scooter........we look like idiots,  but our bodies were happy with us!



OT versus PT

Erik had a visit from an OT, referred by the PT for the weakness in his arms and his pronated feet.  She was supposed to give a "sensory" test....but she forgot.  The PT is now mad at the OT because she needs the results of the test for the IFSP next month....I'm over all the abbreviations aren't you?  In a nut shell Erik is doing much better just because he is walking!!  He still has lots of weakness in his arms and hands, and his joints crack and pop at the slightest pressure. 

I think the PT will likely suggest a neuro workup for the next hurdle. I asked why she wants to do a neuro workup and it's because of this......she says the flapping is not normal, but I did it - and other kids in the family have done it......but it freaks her out. He's done it seriously since he was born when he's excited....he only does it when he's excited. I find it kind of cute....but now since SHE'S worried about it, it makes me worry about it!  She also said she was researching things and he has some Asperger's tendencies (this flapping thing, and the low tone and late walking).  I wanted to say "Lady, I'm low tone, and I fall a lot (and so does my father, and my sisters,,,we are a falling family), I think we're ALL a little Asperger's, it's what makes the world go round!"

Erik's been going to preschool for 2 days a week now for about a month.  He still struggles when the amount of children gets big and especially when we go outside.  When you have a child with such interesting special needs it's so hard to tell if it's a part of his special needs, or a part of just being 2!  dy

He is SO 2! Testing us ALL the time, and having some great temper tantrums.  I can certainly see where parents without a child development background would go a bit crazy (I can see Mike getting there occasionally) with the amount of NO that comes out of his mouth.

Surgery

I have another appointment on May 2 and have 6 more pounds to go.......this seems easy, but it's not because it's SO easy to say "ah I've got a month, I can cheat now and still lose it" and then before I know it it's the day of my appointment and I've only lost 2 pounds.  SO....I am working on it.

On to April!!





Finally!!!!!!

Today marks the day.....Erik is voluntarily walking through the house on his own!!! We aren't even bribing him with time on the iPad!
My child walks......at almost 31 months to the day of his birth!


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The Evolution of Walking

Erik is finally walking more and more....in the past two weeks he has gone from needing to hold something to walk around and taking a couple steps.  This week on Wednesday he began pushing toys without help and by Saturday at Grandpa and Grammie's he was taking several steps with no trouble!  He's still wobbly....but I am seeing great progress in the walking arena!



There is not so much progress on the school front.  He cried the entire time, and not just crying but that hysterical, "I will die without you" crying.  He cries from the beginning of outside time (10:00am) until we go home at 3:00.  He refuses to eat anything at all while at school so not only is he sad, he's starving.  He sleeps for about 20 minutes before waking up and upon not immediately seeing me begins to scream.  I then scoop him up and take him in the office so he doesn't wake up the other kids.  He happily reads books until it's time to go home.  However, if a teacher comes to talk to me he begins to freak out that she may take him away, so then he begins to cry all over, and then he looks like this.

We've been talking a LOT about school.  Tonight when we put him to bed we said "Go to sleep so you and Mommy can go to school tomorrow." to which he responded with..."OK, and I will cry there". 
At least he's making a plan to work through it.

School and tears

Erik is working very hard to get acclimated to life at Mommy's school. It's really hard since he only goes two days a week ( child care is expensive y'all, even with a 50% off discount!), so just when he begins to handle it he then has a bunch of days home. It's like starting over each week.
Today we had progress, he didn't crawl away during circle time or scream through lunch......he did however spend all of his time outside looking like this



yelling for "Teacher Mommy!"

He has turned a new corner, the corner of independence and NO! He's testing ALL the limits lately........oh, and he still doesn't walk!!!!! But, he's still the greatest thing we've ever done!


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String Walking

Isn't it crazy that he can't walk alone, but he can WITH A STRING! His therapist has long thought that he just isn't confident enough to let go.......she may be onto something since he will walk holding a string!!!
See for yourself........why won't he just let go??

First Day of Preschool!

Today was Erik's first day of preschool. He did well, if you don't count that he refused food all day, screamed through lunch, talked so much through circle time that other children were sssshhhhing him and woke up all the other children 1/2 hour early from nap by yelling....Hi! You my friends? Over and over.
Other than that..... Perfect first day of school.
Then we came home and I cut his hair, and now he can't go out in public.



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Walk Already!!

Erik starts preschool on Tuesday (seriously?  How the hell did that go by so quick?), yesterday he was just a baby and I was dropping him on his head! Time moves so quickly. This is a picture of him sitting at snack time on one of the days he visited, and actually ate snack since it consisted of foods he will allow to cross his lips. Perhaps someday he will eat a carb, until then he exists on sausage, chicken and cantaloupe.

He's still struggling with the walking thing.  He's more of a cruiser these days, we have said goodbye to the highchair and now he has a little table and chair, but honestly I fear the amount of food that will now be easily placed onto the floor.

He has physical therapy with Amy each Sunday, some days he makes progress.....once he took 12 steps without any help!  But then he has some kind of mental block and as soon as he realizes he's doing it by himself he sits down.  There is a lot of frustrated crying and whining over this in our house.  His first choice is always an activity he doesn't have to move around like books, building, cars etc.  He would never choose to climb on anything.  I know I know, people with climbing kids are all "count your blessings lady!" but seriously, I have a 2.5 year old who can't walk and there is no medical reason not too.
His therapist in convinced that because he is so smart it's harder for us to convince him that he will be OK if he will just let go!  He won't walk....but he'll happily go on a roller coaster!!  Can you believe he went on a roller coaster (albeit a teeny tiny one), with no problem.....he stood long enough for them to measure his height and then Daddy carried him on, perhaps we should have made him crawl on.
Crawling takes FOREVER!!
So, that's the latest update on the walking.
What's new with Mike and I?  Not much, Mike is still working at Kitchen Collections and he really enjoys this large company that has a Mom and Pop feel to it.  They give him a lot of autonomy to just manage his staff.
I'm of course still at PACCC, but I've begun to sing again and it feels SO good! I'd forgotten how much I love it.  I'm joining my old chorus (Bay Area Showcase Chorus) for their trip to the World Choir Games this year in July in Cincinnati.....kind of like the Olympics of chorus singing....should be tons of fun!  If you're anywhere near Cincinnati the first 2 weeks of July you should check it out!
I'm addicted to Pinterest....have you checked it out?  I think it's been called Fantasy Football for Girls, and it is totally addicting....if you need an invite let me know, I'm happy to introduce you to my obsession.