He's Normal

Well this past Monday we had Connor's doctor appointment in Red Deer. The doctor started asking various questions and then paused, looked at Tim, then at me, then at Connor playing on the floor and said it is just genetics. Which we figured but it is nice to hear it from a doctor. He did order blood tests, due to my families diabetes history and a urine analysis. Do you know how hard it is to get a urine sample delivered to the lab within 2 hours of collection? Yesterday the doctor himself called to let us know everything was normal but his iron was low. The normal range is between 50 - 150. Connor is at 10. This doesn't surprise me cuz it is really hard to get him to eat meat. Anyhow we have to give him 1 mL 3 times a day of iron drops. But the catch is that Connor can't have it with cereal or milk. This is going to be challenging as I am still nursing 3 times a day and the stuff tastes terrible. The doctor said we should notice an increase in appetite in about a week.

BALL, BALL, BALL

Connor LOVES BALLS and constantly chasing them around the house.
It is fun watching him figure out how to get the ball out of a "stuck" position.

If we have time before we head out for chores he loves to eat toast and jam. Last night we were eating corn chowder and toast. But he wouldn't eat his toast without jam. This is the face we were greeted with afterwards.

And meet BOB. Before he could say ball all he wanted to do was play with bob. When he woke up from his naps he had to see bob. We were tagging calves and sorting cows the other day and he kept calling them bob.

Yesterday Tim took Connor to Nursery and we didn't get paged!!! We didn't even pick up a crying child. One of the nursery workers took him away from the other kids and played with the pool balls. As long as he has a ball he is happy. His vocabulary now includes: mom, dad, bob, and ball. He is constantly pulling himself up on things now and standing on his own very well. While standing if he wants to sit he will just squat down rather than fall.

Crazy, Busy, and Sick

Well the pictures are out of order. After our big cook day of making about 75 dinners I took Connor up to the farm. I wanted to get pictures of Connor in the barn with the calves but he was totally freaking out so this is the only one I got.

I took care of Carmen and Charlotte the other day for a few hours. We walked up to the farm cuz the guys were away and I had to check a heifer that started calving. They took turns riding in the wagon and walking.

They loved playing with the babies and Charlotte kept asking to see more.

Friday night we headed down to my parents for a long overdue visit. Saturday I was able to meet my bridesmaid Reanne's little Blaine. He was content to just snuggle with anyone.

Connor got to help Reanne open some presents. As you can see he loves to make a mess.

As for the sick part of the title. Greg shared his 24 hour flu with me. Yesterday I was on the couch most of the day. I am very grateful that Connor can entertain himself for long periods of time. Tim was absolutely wonderful in the evening and took 100% care of Connor. I just had to nurse him before bed and that was it. It is a lot different being sick now that I have a kid. Thank goodness it was only 24 hours.

I wanted to get some chore pictures. Connor loves riding on Tims' knee and helping him drive. The barn is full of heifer calves now so I took Connor in there yesterday (no camera) and he LOVED the calves.
We board the YMCA horses and keep the skinny ones up at the farm. We have to feed them grain and oil. So Connor has his little spot that he watches us from. He loves being outside.

We were given these cowboy boots as a baby gift. They are way too big but I thought he looked cute!!

Spring Fever

Last night Tim came home early from hockey and looked really upset. After putting Connor to bed I discovered he broke his front tooth. Today we headed into Cochrane to take Tim to the dentist. Figuring it would only be a 10 minute check-up to find out the cost, Connor & I went along for the ride. The dentist was able to do some of the work right away and it wouldn't cost us too much. Thank goodness for benefits. Connor and I had to kill some time so we headed over to the greenhouse. There was a fountain with fish in it and I think we spent about 15 minutes standing there watching it. It is always refreshing to go to a green house in the middle of winter. But, they also had all their garden seed out. I had a sudden urge to buy all my seed and imagine it growing in the garden. I got super cool gourds that grow in the shape of snakes for Connors' garden!! I got a few flower seeds to start next month to help me get thru the remainder of winter.