Busy November so far

6 Months Old

Eating his first solid food - bananas

Monkey costume for Halloween

We are a couple of weeks into November now and it has been pretty busy around here. It started out with Vince's first Halloween. He was dressed as a monkey and helped pass out candy at Grandma and Grandpa Santini's house.

The next week was Andrea's birthday (3rd), Vince's 6 month birthday (4th) and Nick's birthday (5th). It was a busy week for us, but all three of us enjoyed a great birthday week. We gave Vince his first solid food - bananas. He wasn't sure what to think of it, but we think it went well. He wasn't too excited for it but he didn't hate it either, so that was a good start. We gave him some avacado yesterday and he seemed to like that a little better but still isn't a big fan of eating real food yet. He'll get there, though and we'll keep trying new things and hopefully will find a winner.

This past week, Vince has been feeling under the weather. He's had a cold and his nose has been really stuffed up and having a hard time breathing. We went to the doctor on Friday for his 6 month checkup but decided not to get his shots because he was sick. I don't think Vince was complaining about not getting shots but we'll have to take him back soon to get them once he starts feeling better. Other than the cold, he's been doing really good lately. He is getting stronger and has been learning how to use his hands a lot more. We have to start being more careful about what we have within his reach - including the glasses on face. He is also being a lot more vocal and talking to us more.

Next week is going to be busy with appointments. He has his myelo clinic in Lansing on Tuesday which will be an all morning day of appointments with a neurologist, urologist, physical therapist, pediatrician, and nutritionist. Then on Friday, we have follow-up appointments in Kalamazoo with the GI specialist and the neurosurgeon. Those are on top of our physical therapy which is always on Mondays and Thursdays in Lansing.

Then the week after that, we are already at Thanksgiving. Hopefully we'll have a nice long weekend to relax.

Love,

Nick, Andrea and Vince