Madison had a great day celebrating her birthday at Riverdale Farm and Nana & Papa’s. Her and Nate loved looking at the pigs, horses, cows, sheep and ducks. After a nice walk through the farm she went to Nana and Papa’s for her birthday lunch. She loved her Bubble Guppy cake and all her wonderful gifts. Madi and Nate love to play with all the fun things at Nana and Papa’s and their hang out time together.
Madison had an exciting afternoon with her family at her soon to be siblings gender reveal party!
Her Aunt Nadia and Uncle Mark hosted a fun afternoon that included a secret coloured cake, a box full of balloons, pizza and time with family.
Everyone wore either pink or blue based on their guess for baby #2. Three people wore pink shirts and seven people wore blue. Aunt Nadia was the only one who knew the gender. She hid balloons in a box in baby # 2’s colour and had Madison open the box.
Madison is excited to announce that she is going to have a baby brother!
We knew with the V.V. Pool closing that Madison would miss going to her lessons, but not so much that she would pretend to jump and dive in the house. Madison was full of beans tonight and pretended that Carters bed was a pool and she practiced her diving into the pool. She loved it so much she dove into the bed for well over 20 minutes. She even swam with Grandma Ambos this afternoon at a neighbours pool but it clearly wasn’t enough as she still wanted to do her dives at the house. If you have us on Facebook we have a video posted of her excellent technique. Good form Madison!
After a great morning at Pre-School, Madison spent her afternoon with Nana. She had a long nap, big lunch and read through lots of books. Papa stopped in for a visit and found Madison playing with her stuffies in her crib after her nap chatting away.
Madison then went for physio at Variety Village with Stephanie. She worked on balancing on a ball doing rotations to help with transitions with crawling to sitting to standing. She also worked on using her walker around the Fieldhouse and also walking without the walker with hands on her hips. Stephanie has set the goal for Madison to take 2 steps by the end of October. Fingers crossed!
Madison worked up a big appetite after physio and was happy to visit Grandma Ambos for dinner.
This afternoon Madison, Mama and Nana went for a visit with Dr. Cooper who is a Neurologist based out of Stouffville. She works in conjunction with Sick Kids and Ajax/Pickering Hospitals. She is in her 30th year of practice, she was very detailed and spoke to us for 1 hour 45 minutes.
Madison went for a consult for an MRI. We discussed the pros of having an MRI which were: obtaining a baseline image of Madison’s brain, to do a spectroscopy to measure chemicals and metabolics to rule out any biomedical/biochemical problems and to rule out any genetic abnormalities in the brain or issues with the spine impacting her ability to walk. The MRI would be done at Sick Kids in 6-8 months and would be a 1 hour procedure. The cons of an MRI would be having to sedate Madison with anesthetic to sleep for the procedure. The Neurologist feels there is more to be gained then lost and she wants to make sure the CP diagnosis is correct and that Madison does not have something else that is presenting itself as CP.
Her physical examination was very extensive and said if the CP diagnosis is accurate that Madison is classified as spastic diaplegic.
We will take a few days to think about everything and decide. A big thank you to Nana for taking detailed notes and entertaining Madison while Mama asked questions to the doctor.
Most days Madison waves at Mommy’s belly to say hi to the baby, she gives it kisses, snuggles and sometime lifts Mommy’s shirt up and bites her tummy.
She is also obsessed with two baby books she has entitled ” Big Sister” and “Welcome Home New Baby”. She reads each book a few times each day – her choice of course. She also loves to feed her cabbage patch dolls, take their clothes and diapers off and burps them on the back.
So when Mommy and Daddy brought home pictures of baby #2 today she was very happy. She blew the pictures kisses and said “Hi baby!” Madison stayed home with Nana so she could have her nap and lunch while Mommy and Daddy went to see baby #2. The gender was seen and Madison will be revealing it with the help of her Aunt Nadia on Saturday! ….stay tuned.
Lunch Time with Nana
Baby #2
Madison also had a nice visit with her cousin Nate, Aunt Nadia and Uncle Mark who brought her a birthday balloon and some gifts that her and Nate explored on the front lawn. Madison had a great day!
Today Madison celebrated her 2nd Birthday!
So much has happened in the past year that has been life changing for our little peanut. She has grown so much and has had so many successes and gains. It’s all going too quickly but we have cherished every second of her amazing little life. We can’t wait to see how much she continues to change in the next year.
1st Birthday! 2nd Birthday!
She started her special day celebrating at school with her teachers and friends. They had cupcakes, sang songs and played with noise makers. Her teachers decorated her class and she had a great morning!
Madison spent her afternoon with her Aunt Janine and Suzanne. She had a super long nap from all the morning excitement and then ate a big birthday lunch. She opened presents and played with them for the rest of the afternoon.
Madison spent the rest of her birthday with Mommy and Daddy. She went out for a special dinner, had ice cream and then home for presents. It was a great day!
Happy 2nd Birthday Madison! We all love you so much!
After a fun filled morning with Nana, Madison went shopping for cupcakes to bring to school tomorrow. She had to find cupcakes that were nut free and gluten free and sure enough our grocery store carried mini cupcakes for mini hands and that met all the school requirements.
When she woke up from her nap she did some good stretches as her legs, feet and toes have been very tight the last few days. She then went over to Pam and Medford’s house to open her Elmo card and gift and to visit with their kitty and all her favorite things around the house.
Madison then went for dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Ambos’ house to celebrate her and Grandpa’s birthdays. She had a nice visit with her Great Grandma and Great Aunt, played ball with Stanley, was silly with Aunt Emily, had yummy cake and opened some nice presents. She surprisingly stayed awake on the way home and then went straight to bed to get rested for her big day tomorrow.
This morning Madison celebrated her 2nd Birthday with her buddies at March of Dimes!
Her teachers did an excellent job decorating the building and they led activities, exercises and stretches that were lots of fun but perfect for each friends goals in mind. It was so nice to see Madison having fun with other kids her age that are working on the same things as her. After some fun they had cake and fruit and opened presents. Madison loved the Bubble Guppies theme. It was a wonderful morning. We can’t believe on Monday our little peanut is turning 2!
Madison had an excellent first week at Preschool! We are so proud of her for trying new things, playing with new friends and there were no tears!
Her entry in today’s communication book was so cute! “Madison was very fond of Alma as they sat on the potty together”. She is also trying an open cup for drinking by herself. She is able to hold and lift the cup with her right hand but when using both hands has a hard time lifting the cup.
After her afternoon nap and lunch Madison went to Variety Village with Dada and Grandma Ambos. Madison is working for the next few weeks with her physiotherapist Stephanie who has a clinic at Variety Village. She will be working with Stephanie while she is on her break from Grandview. Her next block of treatment at Grandview starts at the beginning of November. Madison practiced transitioning from crawling to sitting, crawling in 4 point, standing squats and walking in her walker. We are happy she has Stephanie to work with over the next few weeks to continue with the progress she built over the summer.
Madi Moves 