Happy Easter!

Be prepared for a significant amount of Easter pix!

Dyeing Eggs.

We were giving Addy a lesson in Easter Egg Hunting. I think she got the idea!

After church.

After church we went to my sister-in-laws parents' house. They are pretty much just like my in-laws, they are really an extension of our family!

Before the running of the bulls!

Isn't this a gorgeous picture!?!?

Liz outrunning Jacob!

Laura taking off back to the backyard.

Addy got her own little set of eggs. She really just liked dumping them into and out of her basket. Pretty developmental huh?

You gotta love trying to get ten kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time. I'm not sure how the Reeds do it!

Here is John telling Addy to stop throwing her eggs because they are going to fall..

Hmmm he may have been onto something!

Addy is singing "If You're Happy & You Know It", she's shouting "Hooray!" We had a very Blessed Easter, I hope you did too! Christ has Risen Indeed!

So big

Addy is acting so big right now! She is cracking me up, she loves to get up on the furniture and act all grown up! These are just a couple of my favorite pix, she's so funny!

The Wind

Addy absolutely LOVES the wind! We are under a small dog warning around here for the next few days so she is going to be in hog heaven! She crawled out onto the deck and was having the best time letting the wind blow her around like crazy!








Jake is very pleased with his camo cast that was put on today. Addy keeps trying to pull it off! We went to the orthotist doc today and they recommended placing her in Sure Steps now, no more AFOs! Addy even picked out her pattern, she was so funny, flipping through the book and she kept going back to the page with ladybugs and grasshoppers on it. I asked her which ones she wanted and she kept going back to that page, she finally handed it to me and said "Bah" which I'm pretty sure meant "Bugs" :) Of course, Addy says "bah" for everything but she's trying!

It's Broken

What a way to end spring break! Yesterday Jake was riding his Rip Stick at the neighbors house. I was downstairs and when I came up he told me that he really hurt his wrist when he fell. I asked "Why didn't you tell me you fell?" his answer "I don't know but it hurts now!" I gave him some Motrin and some ice and after a bit he said it felt better. He could move his fingers and his wrist so I wasn't too concerned. I texted Scott (he was out cacheing, shocker I know!) and he asked if it was the thumb side or pinky side that hurt. I told him thumb. He replied "that's good usually that side is a sprain". Okay whatever. This morning Jake was in tears holding his arm, "Mom is REALLY hurts! Can you take me to the doctor now?" Well, I had to teach JAM (Jesus and Me) this morning, Scott had a migraine so I told him I would do it as soon as I got back. Fortunately Scott's headache was much improved when I got home so I left Addy with him and off we went. Jake was so smilely and bubbly I thought "there's no way this is a fracture, he's too happy now". Nope, wrongo, he has a broken radius, we go to the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow! I hope no surgery we've had enough of that in this house!

Shocker Mama knows best!

In February we had a professional development day at school. Usually these days consist of me sitting in meetings that have absolutely nothing to do with my job but I am required to go! This time I was more than looking forward to our speaker, it was Dr. Pierce from the Vision Enhancement Clinic in Springfield. He was so interesting to listen to. Did you know that 40% of school age children have vision difficulties!?!? Vision problems aren't just acuity of course but I was surprised that it was that high. Anyway, during a break I asked him a bit about Addy. Her pediatric ophthalmologist told me last March that Addy has Mild Hyperopia and there was no need to see her back. He also said that this was common in children with DS (duh, I already knew that but whatever). I told him that I was concerned about her crossing her eyes still and having trouble with tracking and when she was working on stacking she would overshoot her target. He said "It's common in kids with DS she's fine". I knew right then and there that I wouldn't be taking her back to him but he's the only pediatric eye doctor in Springfield (I hear there is now another one but who knows). Anyway, after meeting Dr. Pierce in Feb. I knew I wanted him to take a peek at Addy, I knew that something was not right!! We had our visit with him today and I am SOOO glad that I listened to my gut! Dr. Pierce did a functional vision exam (not just an acuity exam, very important!) and after about twenty minutes of doing all sorts of different things with her and looking in her eyes he sat back and said "Cammie, your daughter is severely farsighted. I'm not just saying severe, she has SEVERE farsightedness." Yes!!! I knew something was not right! He did say that even though Addy is three we are catching it pretty early and hopefully by the time she is a teenager she may not even need glasses anymore! So my sweet little one is going to be getting some glasses! This is going to fun!! I asked about getting frames from Specs 4 U and he agreed, no problem! We did try on some frames in the office to find the right size etc, it was hilarious, Addy wanted no part of it! She did finally realize that we were going to be putting these things on her face and she just had to play along! We first put on the plastic looking frames and I didn't like them at all, they looked way too big and bulky. We did find one pair that fit pretty well and they were adorable! We found a comparable pair on the Specs website so the eyeglass girl is going to be trying to get those! I am so anxious for Addy to really be able to see all of these things that we are constantly showing her! She can see some up close but he said that it is definitely blurry or double, I can't remember what he said now! So hopefully in another week or two my daughter will be able to see! That is after the repeated re-application of them on her face!

She's so smart!

Yeah!!!

I was so excited today! Not only did my oldest son turn 11 years old (pics of him coming after his "party" next week) but we were able to meet up with the Urbans today! We LOVE the Urbans! We just had a short visit but it was so nice to see everyone! I got to see Ava walk!!! I nearly cried! It was a gorgeous 68 degrees so we met at a McDonald's so the kids could play. We are under a winter weather advisory now, snow coming tomorrow! Gotta love the Ozarks!

Believe it or not this is actually the best picture of the entire group!