It's been a long time since I've posted. Since my last post, Ronan has had autism ruled out, finished his first round of speech therapy, and is growing into the sweetest little boy. He loves school and can't wait to go back every other day! Keegan is walking, talking, and has developed quite the personality! (For example, right now he is pretending to bite my foot and then looking at me and laughing)
This weekend is thanksgiving and on Monday, I am having the family over for dinner. Ronan made a turkey to put on the front door and he is so proud of it! Both boys also made turkeys out of their hand and footprints
Keegan goes for his 18 month checkup on Tuesday. I can't believe how big he's gotten!
That means in a month, I'll have a 3 year old and a 1 year old! This year has gone so fast and the boys are getting bigger every day!
Ronan is doing great at school. He has so many more words and he is almost fully potty trained. We have seem the pediatrician regarding testing for autism but at this point, I don't think that's a concern at all. We are on the wait list and that could take months. We are also still on the wait list for speech therapy and that is definitely still needed. He is talking a lot more, but still not where he should be.
He also had his first real illness recently. It started out with an ear infection and two weeks later, when we thought he was all better, his fever spiked and we took him to the hospital to find out he had pneumonia. Not fun, but he was a trooper and is back to him cheery self!
Keegan is also making huge strides! He is communicating through different noises and pointing. He was obsessed with a balloon I got for my birthday and would constantly point at it and look for it. He is also sleeping through the night in his own bed! Still not walking, but he is cruising everywhere.
I can't wait for some warmer weather so we can get outside. Ronan is playing soccer this summer and we need to practice!
I'm pretty sure that in the last post I said I would be able to update more frequently because I could do it from my phone. Apparently not!
Anyways, we had a great Christmas and the boys got spoiled! Ronan got a digital camera and some new skates, and Keegan got a walking toy and a bunch of other little toys. I also got a new camera and have been busy taking lots of pictures.
In other news, the boys had doctors appointments this week. Ronan is 31lbs and Keegan is an even 20lbs. Keegan is now sleeping all the way through the night (9pm-8am) in his own bed and is cruising around the furniture like crazy. Ronan has come a long way in his speech but still nowhere near where he should be. He is on the wait list for speech therapy but that could be months. In the meantime, he is loving school and loving life!
Ronan had his appointment at Tyke Talk today. Other than his speech, he is right in track developmentally, even ahead in some areas! Unfortunately, there is a 6-8 month wait time for a therapist, so we are at a bit of a standstill. The woman we saw today said that it was great that he was in preschool and that in the meantime, we should work with him in different ways to encourage him to talk. Things like giving him choices and playing games where he has to speak. Luckily, he doesn't get frustrated when he can't get his point across so he doesn't have tantrums that often.
In other news, Keegan is getting so big! Him and Ronan are playing so well together and he just loves his big brother.
My big boy started preschool today. When I dropped him off, he said bye, gave me a kiss, and ran over to the train table without even looking back. When I picked him up, he was sitting in a circle with the class singing a song. He looked at me and smiled, then went back to his song. All in all, he had a good first day.
After we drop him off on Thursday, I'm going to take Keegan to story time at the library. When Ronan was a baby, we went every week, but I haven't taken Keegan before. It should be fun and it works out nicely that it starts right after school starts.
Tomorrow we are going shopping in the states with Vallerye. I'm almost done my Christmas shopping so I (probably) won't be buying much!
I have been meaning to update for a while now, but I haven't seemed to have any downtime since thanksgiving. Kevin and I got iPhones this week so now I can update from my phone. I'm nursing Keegan and writing a blog post right now!
We went up to the cottage for thanksgiving and it was great. We hadn't been up since Ronan was a baby so it had been far too long. It was such a gorgeous weekend so him and James spent most of the weekend playing outside and throwing rocks in the water.
Since then, we have signed Ronan up for preschool and he starts next week. He is also going to see the speech pathologist on November 21.
Keegan is up to 17lbs and is pretty quick getting around now. He seems to be so much bigger than Ronan was at this age but in actual fact they were the same size.
On Friday we are going skating with our playgroup. It has been a few years since I have been on skates so we will see how that goes. Keegan is going to hang out in the stroller in the penalty box with the other babies while we skate.
We have been part time potty training Ronan, meaning that we have been taking him to sit on the potty whenever he has a diaper change, but not really in between. On Friday, I noticed that he was dry in between diaper changes and consistently peeing every time I put him on the potty. We didn't have any plans for the weekend, so I figured it was as good a time as any to try and get him out of diapers. Saturday morning he woke up dry and immediately had a huge pee in the toilet. I put him in a pull up and we went from there. He did great! All day, he stayed dry and I was taking him approximately every hour to try and pee. He has yet to poop on the potty but we will get there in time. Also, he isn't saying he needs to go yet, but, baby steps!
Saturday night, it was really chilly but we decided to go for a walk to the park after dinner. When we got back, hot chocolate sounded like a really good idea. Ronan had never had it before, and boy, was he happy!
The other big thing that happened on Saturday, was that Keegan started pulling himself along the floor. He is officially on the move, and its only a matter of time before he is fully crawling.
Sunday, we had a lazy day, but kept up with the potty training, and Ronan helped me make some yummy cupcakes!
Monday, we had our friend Christine over and her 2 boys Jacob and Logan. They are the same ages as Ronan and Keegan so it works out perfectly for play dates.
It is now 5pm on Tuesday and Ronan is still dry and has had only 2 or 3 "accidents" all weekend. I got him some Thomas underwear in a size 2 but his little bum is too small!
Friday, we are off to the cottage for Thanksgiving. We haven't been since Ronan was a baby, so it should be fun!
