Strawberries

I discovered that our dear little Addy loves strawberries! It's so hard finding things that she "likes" or "tolerates" during feedings! It doesn't really look like it in the above pic but she was using her happy/excited scream, she's not mad like it looks! I had almost forgotten that I had a Baby Safe Feeder from One Step Ahead, I love their stuff! Addy took actual "bites" of the strawberries! Too cute!

We cannot keep this girl's feet off of the table!

Please continue to pray!

Please continue to pray for L, my principal, more tests are being run and the treatment hasn't been determined yet.

Jarika has once again sprained her ankle. This is the same ankle that she had surgically reconstructed in January of 2007. She is back in an air cast and has a referral to go and see a podiatrist. She hasn't seen one before, just orthopedists so maybe we'll get some new info on what we can do to save her ankle so she can continue to cheer! She REALLY wants to cheer in college!!

Wordless Wednesday

Prayer Request

I received this letter in the mail from my principal at school. I am re-typing it just as it was written. You can see how upbeat and positive this person is! I consider her a friend and she is an amazing person. She has brought a huge ray of sunshine to our school and she is a go getter! She used to be a Special Services Director and she does a great job with our special needs kids. I am devastated, she is just a year older than me and has a wonderful husband and two young children. Please add her to your prayers.

Hey Friends!!!

As you might have heard already, I have had some life altering news as of Thursday, July 23. I had a colonoscopy done on Monday and the results came back on Thursday that indicated a diagnosis of colon cancer. Yes, the "C" word. I do not know much of anything other than that. I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and should know more with a plan of action at that time.

PRAY!!!! Please pray. At this time, it is all in the Lord's hands and I truly believe that this is happening for a reason. Maybe someone needs to be checked themselves or maybe we just need to be closer to the Lord.

It is time to KICK BUTT and CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM!!!!!!


Love you all,

L :)
(I am not including her name because I didn't ask if I could copy her work!)

As you may know, I lost my father to colon cancer. I am praying fervently that this has been caught early!

This is too cute!

Jill and Kevin's Wedding Entrance


Can someone tell me how to post this directly to my blog, I am obviously a You Tube novice!

Addy Update

I took Addy to Dr. Pediatrician yesterday to have her ear re-checked, again! It is clear, yeah! It took three rounds of antibiotics but it finally healed. We go to new Dr. ENT on the 4th of August for an audiogram and to decide if he wants to put in new tubes. Addy weighed in at a whopping 18lbs. 13 oz. and was 31 inches long. So since the 1st of July she has gained 2 oz. We go back on the 19th of August to do a weight check and hopefully by then the new doc will have her medical records, they still aren't in! I don't know why it takes so long to get records sent! Addy is so tiny I really hope we can do something to put some meat on her, he little bones just stick out and her legs are scrawny. She is going to be 3 in October and she looks so frail, I would love to chunk her up some! I'm attaching a pic of her when we first brought her home (8/6/07) she was 19lbs. 7 oz and 23 inches long! Just look at those rolls! Our doctor switched her formula (we didn't have hers available here) since it was 24 calories per ounce and she was overweight. She is on 20 calorie now, I'm thinking she needs the 24 calorie again!


She did something amazing during OT yesterday. Delene was irritating her and Addy signed "stop please"! She combined the two signs all by herself!! Yeah! That is a huge milestone! It was so great to see! Her communication skills are really blossoming, maybe I have done some things right this summer!

This is just a cute pic of our cat, Jorge Thumbs. He has two thumbs on each "hand" and he sucks one of the thumbs, it's too cute!

Camp

Well for the first time I sent Avery to church camp today! My mom took him for me since Jarika had a doctors appointment. He was so excited! I've already sent him an email but I know he's having a blast!

We had a good appointment with Jarika's doctor this morning and I think we have a good action plan. We're giving it about four weeks to see improvement and then we will go from there. She's had two good cheer practices so yeah!

I was just playing with my camera today. Addy is so funny, the flash kept making her blink but she didn't want to so she looked like Popeye in most of them!