Family, Mobility, and other Wonders!

The last couple of weeks have been very busy.  Nana recently arrived from Montana to spend time with us.  It’s nice when she can actually visit in person, since her weekly visits are done via Skype (which is not as great as having her here).  She also brought along her furry family member Alex, so we had built-in floor cleaning, which became especially helpful around Corwin’s perimeter during meal times. 

Sydney and Corwin had a great time with Nana.  Sydney had a Nana-granddaughter day, where they got to experience the local sea-life touch tank, eat lunch, and just spend the day together.  Corwin also got the great benefit of another person willing to play with him, as well as be entertained by him.  And his big smile and laugh are so much better in person.

         In other news, Corwin is motoring around the house with a speedy crawl.  He does walk with his little push wagon (very quick in doing so now), so it’s probably just a matter of time before he takes off running.  Unfortunately, with his increased skills in the mobility realm, it has also resulted in the ability to efficiently climb stairs.  He can make it all the way up the stairs on his own, but the problem is that he does not understand the true gravity of…well, gravity, very well.  On a couple of supervised occasions, he has had the odd slip where he would fall backwards (fortunately into waiting hands).  This has resulted in barricading the bottom of the stairs as well as the top of the stairs to ensure he does not partially scale and rapidly descend the elevation he conquered.  With all of the fences and containment apparatus, it really has begun to look like a concentration camp or a prison cell block.  Maybe we can start calling him inmate 5258 instead of Corwin…haha!

       We also recently celebrated Sydney’s Great Grandpa’s (Harry) 87^th birthday.  It was a special occasion and get-together from the family.  We wish him many more birthdays to come!!!

Grandpa and his kids!