I have been hearing some voices of concern about the lack of posts here on Emmett's Journey. Please know that Emmett is doing fine. In fact, now that he is ten months old, his two bottom teeth have decided to make their appearance. Whoa, stop the presses. Just got a text that a third bottom tooth has just appeared! Apart from one quite irritable night and tons of drool, Emmett handled it easily. Which is a good thing because his two top teeth are apparently right below the gum line and ready to break free any day. I am so impressed that Alisha has put Emmett in his Jolly Jumper rigging and allowed him to play in it. The bathtub is still one of Emmett's most active places. As much as the public swimming pool is an exciting place, his activity tends to be limited as his focus is upon the sights, sounds, and activity all around him. It is in the security of his calm and quiet bathtub where he twists and turns, moves all of his limbs, and even more startling, arches his back and neck as hard as he can. This, of course, means that if he is in his special neck flotation ring, that it will pop up and essentially go vertical. It keeps Emmett's head well above water but has caused minor heart failure for Alisha, Josh, and Rhonda as they've been giving him baths and allowing him to play in the water! I think it's actually pretty cool. I mean, everyone now has to be more cautious about Emmett's placement, because he's active. Due to his lack of movement up to now, if he was set on a couch or a table or a counter or virtually anywhere, we didn't have to worry. Emmett didn't move. Before. And honestly, he still isn't moving a lot compared to other ten month old little ones - but his increasing activity means that everyone has to be more aware. Obviously, everyone has always been aware of his need for health safety. If you know anything about his mom and dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles - it's an obsession. And now we're branching out with safety!

Some of you picked up on my earlier comment where I said Emmett's top two teeth are apparently right below the gum line. Pam and I are back in Ontario right now. We have been going non-stop. Late in 2015 we decided that we had to be closer to Emmett, Alisha, and Joshua; but that living in our RV in their driveway or  right in their house (once it got freezing cold in the temperate Fraser Valley) was simply too close. We bought a strata (that's a B.C. term, we Easterner's would call it a condo), that's a rancher/bungalow style townhouse. Easy access for Emmett to visit and within an easy ten minute drive for us. While finding the right place was a challenge, thanks to Allan Unrau at Landmark Realty, we got it. Then at New Year's we came back to Ontario and found that the real challenge was boxing up 29 years of living. Oh my goodness! The transport company is coming this Wednesday and it has been a rush. With multiple trips to drop things off at a thrift store, several trips in our friend Doris' truck to move larger items around, a few visits from friends who loaded up on car parts from Frank's bizarre collection, and we are 'almost' packed today. Big thanks to Dawn Peace, a Re/Max Twin City realtor here in K-W, for her thoughtfulness and caring throughout the process of listing our home and helping us work through offers and such. It's not black and white yet, but once a few conditions are satisfied that will happen.

So the blog has been somewhat quiet. That will change soon.