January 1, 2013

I've seen a few interesting quotes in the last day or two.  One was something like, "My only resolution is to remember to write 2013 instead of 2012."  That's a resolution I can get on board with.  Another one had to do with today being the first blank page in a 365 page book.  Write a good one.  Now, while I think these are wise words, and they came from someone who is a good writer herself - I can't really get on board with this.  Lately I feel like someone else has been writing my book, and I'm just trying to get to the next page.  Seeing that quote made me more aware of this.  All I can do lately is just try to make the best out of what we're dealt.  Even that is a struggle.  It's not like we're that bad off - I mean, our boy is home, he's healthy, he's actually making more progress than we thought he would.  So what's our problem!?  There is still a lot of stress, a lot of unknown, a lot of appointments, a lot of pressure to keep him healthy, to keep Sadie healthy... and numerous other people in our lives who need us.  Oh, and I still try to fit 'us' in there somewhere... usually down at the bottom of the list.  Everyone says good-riddance to 2012 because it was a tough year.  I agree.  However, I'm not putting much hope into 2013 being the year.  I think it will have it's fair share of struggles and setbacks.  My hopes are more lying in 2014.  That sounds fairly pessimistic of me, and I'm ok with that. I choose to call it realistic.
Ryan is currently 8 months old, 4 months 3 weeks corrected, weighs 7.27 kg
In other news - we're ending our New Years day on a happy note.  This happened at 5 pm.... We have been torturing working with Ryan on tummy time FOREVER and he has HATED every second.  Until today.

We have lift off! (it's hard to see, but his zebra's name is Ryan)

A developmental milestone! Head raised in prone (that means on his tummy), and hand to mouth.  Way to go big man!