So the other day was Derek's birthday and it was a great day! We dropped off the boys by 1pm and we did some running around, looking for a kitchen pantry, we looked at elliots Liquidation which had awesome stuff there for really cheap, we found a bathroom sink vanity, that we are going to pick up, its so nice! But after all the searching the only pantry's we could find were at Canadian Tire and Sears, I think we will be going with CT since it is cheaper there. We also picked up a Large Stuffed Crust Pizza and something Derek always wanted to do was fold it over and make it like a giant Panzerotti, we had to ask that they not cut the pizza lol, they thought Derek was crazy lol , it ended up being totally awesome! LOL, we split it and it rocked.

We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing before we headed to the movies to see Rango, which ended up being horrible and boring, we walked out close to the end..it was not good at all, and unfortunately that was a movie Derek was really looking forward to. So we headed to Paddy O'Neils for a late supper and it was really nice, Jacki a waitress sent out Derek a hot brownie with ice cream for his birthday, Derek used to work there for years and all the ladies loved him there like a little brother! We came home and sad to say, I went to bed lol, it was 10pm.

Yesturday Kai got dropped off from my parents at 10am and we watched a bit of Tangled then we headed to Oma's to pick up Reiko, who had a great night for Oma! AND NO BREAKS!! WOOHOO!! We spent most of the day there, both boys were sleeping when we got there, Kai fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep on the couch for a good 2 hours, as well as Reiko was already asleep, so we watched movies and relaxed there. It was a really nice day! We came home around 5ish and Derek made some burgers for supper.

I am so excited for Reiko, we are finally able to put weight on his ribs! We have never been able to as it is really easy to break the ribs, but finally he can take the holding and I had a blast doing it last night!

Reiko and Kai have a cold right now, but the amazing thing about this chair is it is keeping the fluids running out of Reiko, so I think for this reason alone he is not getting very sick, so thankgoodness for this chair! Reiko actually slept through the night last night, 8-3am then slept til 6:40am then slept til almost 9! That is awesome!! I could do that every single night! We are talking about getting rid of our respite care, its a wonderful thing, but I think we are good at this point and getting used to his sleep patterns. Plus as much as I love our respite care, I feel like they are maybe keeping him awake more than we do, they pick him up and stuff during the night, and we never do with him, we leave him in his crib, give him his bottle and he goes right back to sleep. Reiko has also been eating wonderfully! He has cherrios everyday, some fruit, meat and baby cereals, he doesn't eat alot, but he eats and that is the main thing, his gag reflex is almost gone I think.

Kai had a good time at his Grandma's and Grandpa's, they even went out to supper at a fish and chips place and he was really good. Grandma tried to get him to sleep in his underwear, but he did pee his bed, but he is still learning and its been along process. The night before his Oma had him for the night after the birthday supper, which was a nice surprise. It was nice to not have to fight with Kai for bedtime 2 nights in a row. But last night he made up for it, he fought for 2 hours, and he finally went to bed when I did close to 10..it was fun...

Today we are watching movies and relaxing, Reiko is getting annoyed in his chair so it is time to pick him up lol he is talking like crazy right now soo cute. Hard to believe there is 18 days until his first birthday! WOW!! This year has been quite crazy and remarkable! But he has made our family complete so it has been the best year of my life as well. Ok Take Care everyone.

Jess