7 months!

Nathan turned 7 months on the 5th! He's changed so much in less than a month, it's almost hard for even me to believe he's the same baby! He's getting more hair, his eyes are finally settling on a color (they're brown), he has 2 teeth (well, they're not all the way in yet), even his face is changing. Not to mention his mobility which is crazy! He loves to crawl, pull himself up on things and stand and has started trying to stand on his own a little. No real cruising yet though.

He's starting to get upset when he can't have something or you take something away from him. Last week he crawled into the kitchen while I was unloading the dishwasher and so I let him explore it a little bit. He grabbed onto the basket and it rolled back and forth and he thought that was great. I decided that wasn't too safe so we stopped doing that and he was fine but then today he wanted to play with it again while I was doing dishes and I wouldn't let him touch the basket and wow did he hate that. I even took a video which I might post to youtube later.

Then he crawled toward the front entry area which we usually have to block off (baby gates aren't wide enough) so he won't get a hold of dirty shoes or salt dragged in from outside and he didn't like that either. I put his car seat in the way and he decided to collapse half in and half out of that and cry. I took a video of that too, haha.

Speaking of car seats, I had to go out and buy a bigger seat for him yesterday. It's still an infant seat, but it converts to a toddler seat as well. His little seat just wasn't wide enough for his shoulders so it was hard for me to dress him up warmly because he wouldn't have enough room to sit comfortably. This new seat is much better though now it's harder for me because I can't just lift the whole seat out and take it with me into the store or the house. I actually have to take him out of it since the seat stays permanently in the car now.

I'm going to be attending another class at the Early Years Center (Our Place) on Wednesdays called Coffee Time.

"Come and join us for coffee and a light snack while we share the events of the day to day life as a parent/partner/friend. Each week we will discuss current events, parenting issues, relationships, finding time for yourself and whatever else is on your mind."

I'm looking forward to that! I've also talked to a lady that works at the center about me getting more involved with volunteer work there. So now I'm on the fundraiser committee for the center. I'm excited about that. Also I'm going to be going to another group on Thursday evenings that's at a local counselling center here. It's called Finding the Calm in the Storm and it's about how to deal with anxiety.

"Dealing with your anxiety can be a draining process. All of us have worries at some time or another. Some are quite helpful; but many worries are recurring and are inefficient thoughts that leave you feeling anxious or distressed. Finding the Calm in the Storm provides skills and techniques to help you gain control of symptoms of worry, anxiety and panic attacks."

One of the facilitators for my Monday morning group works at this counselling center and asked if any of us would be interested. Since my main concern is anxiety and not necessarily depression I told her I'd love to attend.

Also, my medicine seems to be working. There have been a few times that I've felt the anxiety and panic come on but I've been able to stop myself and just calm myself down. It happened just this morning as well and I'm pretty proud of myself for being able to stop the attack :)

I drove to London last week to visit my teen son. He seems to be doing pretty well. He's enrolled back in school which I'm very happy about. I'll be seeing him next week when I go to London for a doctor appointment. And yes, son, you left your candy in the car but I'll try really hard to save some of it till I see you next week ;) I love you!

I'll be posting pictures and videos soon to shutterfly and youtube.

I hope everyone is doing well.