On the move

January went by so fast. Now that Tim is walking he had to return to light duty at the Boise office until he is fully recovered. Creighton and I have attended story/play times 4 days a week and on Fridays Tim and Creighton attend bilingual story time. In addition to story times Creighton enjoyed another x-derby girl play date. It was a blast!

Also, as you probably could tell from our last post, our family has been able to enjoy skiing together 2-3 times a week. We attended Dereck and Lisa’s wedding in McCall at the Shore Lodge; which gave us the opportunity to spend a long weekend in McCall and ski Bear Basin and Jug Mountain as well as catch up with friends.

Creighton has become a little explorer this month. We have been encouraging him to crawl, which looks more like he is doing the worm, but at least he’s going forward. However that only lasts until he can find something to pull himself up on. It appears he rather just walk, and once he’s up he’s cruising, holding on to whatever he can, furniture, toys or us. Bailey has been able to avoid him so far but it won’t be long till even he is a means of travel for Creighton. Creightons vocabulary is also growing saying the Baa and P sounds in addition to all the babbling and Tim is sure he has said dad of few times. His physical development is on the move as well, with more hair on the top of his head and three more teeth, the uppers this time, which enables him to make a new clicking/ grinding sound. As of his 9 month birthday (Jan 28^th) he weighs 18 pounds and is 27 ¼ inches tall.

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Here is a video of some of Creighton's activities this month like dancing to his favorite song Caterpillar, waving hello, twisting on his stomach to turn around and many more

Breaking Cabin Fever

Last week Tim was cleared by his physical therapist to cross country ski. It was a surprise to the both of us so soon after he just started walking again after 12 weeks of non weight bearing on his left leg, but we were thrilled with the news and didn't wait long to pack up the car and head up to Bogus Basin Ski Resort to try it out as a family. We were sure to carefully plan our day trips up the mountain around Creighton's eating and nap schedule. To our relief it worked out great. The whole time we were skiing he would babble and really seemed to enjoy the views. One time while we were in the lodge, there was a class of 5th graders on a field trip and Creighton received so much attention. It was so neat to see him interact with all of them. We went up to Bogus on Sunday and Friday of this week and we hope to go to Garden Valley tomorrow and try some new trails.