The "welcome" table. An add with Rhonald's picture will run all week in the local paper.
Rhonald, Cole and Rhonald's nurse, Marcy
Cole with Becky, the clinic manager
Most of "the gang" after the party Today Rhonald was honored with a "welcome" party at his new clinic. They closed the clinic early and invited all of the patients to come and meet Rhonald. We had no idea how many people would come and support us in this new journey. There were many, many patients there and all of them greeted us so warmly (Cole was the star of the show of course). There were also several doctors, pharmacists and other hospital employees that came to introduce themselves to us. We were so thrilled to meet so many wonderful people that will be part of our lives for a long, long time. 3 of the 5 doctors that Rhonald is now partners with were there with their spouses so it was also nice for me to meet them. Cole did great even though he was ready for a nap about half way through. He put on that million dollar smile and warmed up the room! Rhonald is working with some very wonderful and successful people that can teach him so much. They have made us feel so at home it is unbelievable. We are so very thankful that God has blessed us with this amazing opportunity.
Ben, Cole and Owen
Cole and Laney
Miss Mya enjoying her first taste of cake
Before
After
If you have talked to me in the past few days you know there has been one thing on my mind...should I let my son sleep on his tummy like he wants? Being a nurse, with a doctor for a husband, we teach (or taught in my case) people all of the time that "back is best" for sleep with babies. Well, that has worked well for us until now. Rhonald and I have been working very hard with Cole to get him to start putting himself to sleep and, most importantly, to stop waking up so much at night. We knew the wake ups were out of habit (like every hour wake ups) and it just didn't seem healthy for him or me. Cole is so smart and he caught on very quickly and is doing SO WELL with the sleep thing, however, he has found that sleeping on his tummy is the way to go. I think I have asked every mom I have run into their opinion and even went so far as to call our pedi about it (thank goodness she is a friend). The answer that each and every person gave me...if he rolls himself onto his tummy then let him stay. He rolls around all day and I know he can roll back over so I am becoming ok with that. Our pedi did recommend taking my cute bumper pad out of the crib though because he does get very close to it when he is sleeping. I love that crib set and I was so sad tonight when I had to take it down. Maybe I will get to use it again sometime....oh well....safety must come first!
After a fun day of playing in the pool, going for walks and playing with toys it was time for dinner. Since Cole was needing a bath I stripped him down and sat him in his highchair to eat. We hardly ever let him go without a bib but I simply forgot and this was the mess that I got to clean up! Cole has recently learned to blow bubbles and decided to do so while eating his squash. As you can imagine squash was everywhere. I could not help but laugh because he was having so much fun and was so proud of his new trick!