Quinlan shows off some walkin'!

This physio ball movie is from 2 weeks ago.  This is a new activity that the OT came up with for him to practice his dynamic standing balance...he just finds it hilariously fun!

As you can see from this video Quinlan is really happy most of the time. He is becoming much more confident in his walking, especially after not doing as much this past week as a result of his teething. The new canines coming in were quite difficult for him and we could not send him to daycare on Monday, 11/25 because he had a fever, a runny nose and was quite persnickety. Jess had him on Tuesday and we decided to take him to the docs that afternoon to confirm that he did not have an ear ache or strep or some other bug. He was a bear after that afternoon nap, but was surprisingly happy once we braved 4 o'clock traffic downtown...and the good news was that he just had a bunch of teeth coming in...nothing else wrong. By Thursday he was back to his old chipper self and we've had a super amazing week!

On Saturday Q and I (dad) went on a brewing adventure down to Hollbrook to visit with Mathew, Zalika and Illiana....it was super fun! We enjoyed some amazing Thanksgiving leftovers, including home made gluten free mac and cheese, noodle kugel, brussel sprouts, mashed spuds, squash, sweet potato and turnip/carrot stuff. We both loved it. The brewing of a decadent chocolate stout was also a major success--we did a double batch--Matt used all Willamette whole leaf hops and followed the recipes hop additions of 60/35/15 minutes. Dad veered slightly off by using Legacy hops (think blackcurrent aroma) with just two additions at 60 and flameout. Both recipes used 2 oz of organic cocoa nibs at 30min and another at 5min. The cocoa we ground up a bit finer and it was this beautiful scarlet, almost purple color in the wort....This beer is going to be a massive winner!!!

Anyway, the next set of vids are from today, our recent visit to Bec's new digs in Somerville.

And enjoying some noodles just before we went on our adventure to Bec's...

 

Dad let me try his apple...fresh from the local CSA....I LOVE IT!

Do you want it back Dada?

OK...you can have some but give it back....

Ah! A nice messy lunch! Dad's busy with the camera, so I'm going to get a bit jigggy with this entree!

I'm just like my parents...I really enjoy my food!

Could I have some more cheese please?!

Meal time with Dada is the best because he just lets me try everything! And he doesn't stress if I make a bit of a mess ;-)

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