Day 31-33 Update

Merry Christmas once again!

You probably noticed that there were no updates on Christmas or boxing day and as they say, sometimes no news is good news. Nathan has been progressing and it's great to see. His laugh and smile are back, his teasing nature is going strong and sleep, glorious sleep, is getting back to normal. Nathan has still been getting up often to use the washroom but we no longer need a 4am snack to get back to bed. Meal times are also more manageable. Nathan can actually wait until the food is made to start eating and the volumes, though high, are no longer astronomical. On our scale Nathan has gone from 57 pounds down to 51 pounds and his cheeks aren't bursting out of his face anymore. For comparison, his 'big' brother Carter is 47 pounds and about 4 inches taller. One of the things that is still missing is "running around". Nathan was always in constant motion before and he is still quite sedentary now. He is moving around more and doing it mostly on his own but he still has quite a rocking gait and there is no thoughts of running just yet.

Christmas was very nice and the boys all received too many presents! I say that every year but perhaps I am right this year. :-) Justin was the first one up, and Carter was up second so that means that yup, Nathan was the late riser on Christmas. We lasted until 8 am and then let the other two boys start yelling "ho, ho, ho - Merry Christmas" and then Nathan woke up. Initially he wasn't very happy about being awake but the presents made it ok. Shelley's family came over in the afternoon and we had a lovely supper with them. And then the kids had to open even more presents - boy that was a tough day.

Boxing day was filled with playing and testing out the new toys so that was an extremely busy day as well. This morning, after a late evening of playing Mariokart with Auntie Lorrie, everyone slept in. Nathan was still the early riser but it was shortly after 8:30 - that was a nice change. And food was not needed right away, but it was still needed. There were only 3.5 eggs for breakfast and one toast - see I told you it was coming down! We are hoping to get Nathan outside today or tomorrow if the weather cooperates just a little bit more. He has been house bound together with his family so a change of scenery we thought would be nice even if only for 10 mins.

We sincerely hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful Christmas as we did. We were really shown the spirit of the season with all the wonderful thoughts and actions that people did for us. We may sound like a broken record, but thanks again!

-Arron