UPDATING.....

i know it has been a while but we have been so busy..... i know just like all of you!

BRODIE IS 6!!!

His birthday party was a blast and he had a great time with Woody the horse! We have started back taking horseback lesson... he is doing so good! we are learning how to hold the reins and say whoa (to make the horse stop) we also started trotting some and of course he loves that!!!

He has lost a tooth!

I ask that you would be in prayer for us we are about to start some new meds for him to help with focusing, attention, etc.

We are also getting ready to start working on transitioning into the public school and getting his IEP all ready!

He is doing great and making lots of progress. He can spell his name, tell you the days of the week, shapes, colors, he is starting to color and he is making marks with his pencil or marker~making lines and drawing circles!

Funny Things Brodie is Saying....

We are in the process of learning the Lord's Prayer! So he knows that last thing we say at night is Amen! Well the other night we were in bed discussing what he did at school and he tells me ABC's so we started doing the ABC'S and he was so tired so he says XYZ AMEN!!!!

When I ask him a question he say says " I Remember" but he has no clue what that actually means... so cute!

I have a habit of asking a question and when he answers I will say ? IT IS! For instance the other day I said which car would you like to go in today and he said BUG CAR IT IS! at first I was thinking now why would he say that but then I started thinking and realized I say that all the time!

OH MY GA! He is saying Oh My Gosh! We are trying to convert to OH MY STARS! He even has it down pat he will put his hand over his mouth and laugh!!!

He is always saying something or doing something to crack us up... but mainly he really shows us are habits....Things that we do that we do not even realize... so cool!!!

UPdating...

Brodie is doing so good... we are really proud of him for getting a new year started off on a good foot! He is enjoying school and doing really well. He really has a personality... several things he has said lately!

I want to have a birthday party at school today!
Today is Monday! (Which he thinks everyday is Monday)
I can do it myself!
You are wel wel! (You are welcome)
I remember!
I want to go to Bible School! (This is at Bailey's Church)

Tonight he was saying his ABC's and he says XYZ AMEN! lays down and goes to sleep!

Some funny things he is doing at home!
He is going and getting whatever he wants out of the refrigerator and then going to get a spoon out of the drawer and either getting on the floor or the table and eating it all by himself!

He is doing his own thing. He says I will go out the back door and see what is going on and then he does the side door and the front door! He just goes about his own business and plays and is doing so well.

The most awesome thing he did today was walk from one side of the pool to the other twice all by himself! We were so excited!!!

FABgrills#40

Be sure to check out the Nationwide Race on ESPN 2 on Saturday!!!FABgrills sponsoring the #40 car driven by Jeffery Earnhardt!!!Giving God the Glory!!!

we are great....

i know everyone is wondering where are they are what are they up to...lol!!! we have just gotten back from the beach!!! BUT it has been a full summer. We have had lots of fun going to Bible Schools, Camps, Pools, and the Beach!!!


Brodie is doing super... His aggression is decreasing and we are so THANKING GOD!!!That is probably the hardest thing we have ever had to deal with. Thanks so much for all of your prayers!

We have 2 more weeks off and then we will start school. He will be attending The Children's Center for his last year and will be with Mrs. Ladell again this year and we are super excited. A big year for us and then we will transition! WHERE?Who knows we will have to see which direction the Lord leads.. Hope everyone is having a great summer and we will keep you posted!

long time...

well it has been awhile since i have updated. Brodie is doing well. seems to be doing good on seizure meds and handling it fine. behaviour seems to be doing much better. we are in bible school right now and he is having fun!!! We have two loose teeth. we are walking much better with one cane and today even acted like he liked the cane. we have finished the year at school along with extended school year and will start our last year at the Children's center this year! Very sad of course.. it is a fabulous school and i so wish Mississippi had a continuation of this place!!! we are swimming almost everyday which is very good exercise for his legs and helps mama relax too!!! so all in all doing good!!!

update on the bro man

He is still tolerating his meds and doing fine. we had several aggression spells on sunday and were not able to go to church but has done great today!
Aunt Dawn called and invited us to their Bible School and we are going and he is having a blast... I have had like 3 hours to do whatever i need to at home. Funny thing is I can find at least 2000 things that need to be done when we are at home and when he is gone and I am just lost. Can't figure out how I get so much done in just an hour! Anyway so glad he is doing good and having fun at Bible School..
We are out of school this week but will be back into routine next week. Hopefully we will get some rest this week and be able to slow down some.

dr appointment

I think overall today was a success. She was very nice and had several questions and we had all of our questions answered. We are scheduled to see her back in a month and we are to continue with the same med just titrating it up!

Today is the Day

Today is the day for our appointment with the new dr. I am really excited but just not quite sure what to expect but it is almost here so know time to worry... I will keep you posted!

Dr. Visit

Well... The dr. visit sure did not go the way we hoped or expected it to go so lets just say we have another appointment set up for the end of May with a new dr...
We are still on the medicine and he seems to be handling it well we will go up to the next dose in a few days.

WELL.....

The dr. called today and the eeg showed epilepsy form discharges. We are to start meds today and see the neurologist on Friday! We have started the medicine and so far so good.. no complications.. Please continue to be in prayer for us as we figure all of this out.. I know God is watching over us and everything will be just fine but please keep Brodie in your prayers!!!Just wanted to give you the update and I will let you know something as soon as we do...

Of course our appointment is Friday and we were leaving to go to the beach and Disney on Ice with our school friends on Thursday but oh well we will just have to be late!!! Don't really know why the doctors can't work around our schedules!!!HA!

These are some pictures from Ella's Birthday Party this past weekend at the gym!

NO NEWS

just wanted you to know that we didn't hear any news today but we had a much better day i must say!!! He did great at therapy, good at school and only had a few hits this afternoon. I was really proud of him.

EEG is complete

We are DONE as Brodie says with staying up all night and the EEG is complete. Not sure when we will know any results if I had to guess probably next week. We thought we were going to have to reschedule once we got there because we could not go to sleep but with lots of prayers in the first hour everything worked out just perfect. I will keep you updated and I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Repeat EEG

We will be doing a repeat EEG this morning...so we are waking up now and we will have to keep him awake until 8:30 in the morning to start the test. LONG NIGHT! We will keep you posted!

wondering why we haven't posted lately ...well i just haven't had much time.. Brodie has been having some aggression issues that we are trying to get under control. We are not sure if some medically is going on or if it is just simply that we need to learn some coping skills. Anyway we would just like to ask for your prayers..

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Past Week...

Went to Davis' birthday party in the BAD WEATHER.. but we had a blast!!! She had a beautiful cake and lots of eggs for us to find.

Easter Party at School~We had a blast.. Hunted Easter Eggs, ate pizza, and hit a pinata until lots and lots of candy fell everywhere! We will get the pics up soon!

Easter Party at Church~ Had a good time.. We had a cookout! We had lots of people, food and eggs to hunt!We will get the pics up soon!

Intensive is OVER!!! for another 3 months anyway!!! First of all thanks for the prayers and concerns during intensive.He did really good and is not walking independently with one cane!! (Well let me rephrase...when he wants to he walks with one pole!) He is doing really good and we are so proud of him!

Anna's Ballgames.. We love going to Anna's Ballgames. They won the 2nd round of playoffs today so they will advance to third round and we are so excited for the 2009 Stringer Red Devil Fast Pitch Girls!!!

We have really been enjoying the beautiful weather outside and taking full advantage of it! Laying in the sun, riding the golf cart, the bad boy, riding in MeMe's new car and riding in the wagon!!

We are ready for Easter and being with family and friends and enjoying lots of good food but we also want to remember CHRIST IS RISEN!!!

The Upcoming Artists

Mrs. Kym Garroway came to our class today to show us how to become "Artist"!!!!

We had a ball and Mrs. Kym was so nice...

ARC Buddy Party

We went to the ARC Buddy Easter Egg Hunt. Brodie had a ball! He had a hard day at Intensive so he was asleep for the first few minutes and then woke up and had a great time. He met several new friends and we are so glad to now be a part of the ARC!!!

WoW! What a weekend!

Wasn't it beautiful??? of course after all the bad stuff went away!!

Saturday was the car show... Meme had her cars in the show. FABgrills was there. and I did not win the money in the 50/50 contest (Maybe next time)!!!

Getting free rides in the other cars!

Sunday was the baptism for Cade!!! So proud for Cade for accepting Jesus Christ into his heart!!!

Then we had a birthday party for Nana! She is 29 again!!! (Yeah right)

Me and my mama and daddy!


What Brodie did all day!

My brothers and sisters along with their families!


Papa/Nana and all their grandchildren!


Brodie and Meme!

INTENSIVE UPDATE

He is doing really good.. He is really tired!!! (OF COURSE)

They are working alot on building strength and endurance with standing.. He has been standing about 3 to 5 seconds for a long time now so I really wanted to increase that time! So today we have a new record. 8 seconds a couple of times and then we had one where it was 12 seconds!!! YEAH BRODIE! Here are several pictures that have been taken throughout the week 1

WEEKEND FULL OF FUN!!!

We went to the Gaither's on Saturday Night and had a blast!!! We also went to Sal and Mooky's and had pizza and ice cream....

Went out to Meme's and rode in her new car!!!

Visited with Nana and Papa!

Played with Anna and ate fish with Granna and Papa!!!

Man what a weekend.. it was so much fun!!!

INTENSIVE UPDATE

Well he is handling it well..Yesterday he took his aggression out on Mrs. Jennifer! Lets just say Mrs. Jennifer ate her wheaties today!!! HA HA HA! Anyway...he did some great weight training today and I was so proud also he is standing 3 to 5 seconds more times than I can count but never over 5 seconds!!We will so which direction we go tomorrow!

Intensive starting again...

We will be starting intensive again this week so please keep us in your prayers.. We will keep you posted..

Appointment went well

Brodie had the urodynamics test done this past week after returning from the beach and the test itself was HORRIBLE!!! But neither here not there it is over and we received great news. They do believe that everything is fine and he will be able to feel. He is probably not ready at this time simply because he is still not releasing all the way but they said that will come.. So overall we were thrilled...

BEACH TRIP

Mom and Brodie just got back from a much needed beach trip with our friends, Jadee and Ella!!! We had a blast.. lots of sun, fun, and good times were had by all!!! We took the kids to the zoo, and to the track to play on the day that it rained but besides that we were on the beach or eating...

Thanks Mrs. Jadee and Ella for a wonderful time!!!

WHAT A DAY!!!

WoW!!!What a BEAUTIFUL day!!!

We went to the Car Show where Meme had entered her car. It was at Gander Mountain. We took the bug car and what a day to be in it.
We then went to Bailey's Birthday Party!! It was a blast...We painted and played outside on the swing set, ZIP line, and rode the golf cart. She had a cookie cake and it was delicious!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY!!!

EYE DR.

We went to see the eye dr and Brodie's left eye is stronger than his right so we are going to have to start using eye drops again in his left eye.. It will dilate the eye causing blurred vision for this eye hoping to strengthen the right eye. Well we will see if it works this time...

A Wonderful Day!

We had a FAMILY day!!! We went to Jackson, shopped at Bass Pro Shops, and then went to eat at PF Changs! It was really good!!!We had a wonderful day!
We thought we were in trouble this morning when we woke up and told Brodie we were going to Bass Pro Shop and he could get a surprise... He quickly told us he was getting a 4-wheelter! Not only did he tell us one time there was no persuaded him that we were getting anything other than a 4-wheelter! He told us for the 2 hour drive every few minutes.. I said Brodie I thought the Easter Bunny was bringing you a 4 wheeler and he says "No, I get 4 wheelter today! New Surprise"sooooo the whole way there we are trying to figure how we are going to get a 4 wheeler home today... Well we got to Bass Pro and they had a box of 3 4 wheelers along with noodles (swim noodles in the back~his favorite toy) in the back so we got the 4 wheeler toys and 3 noodles!!! LUCKY DAY FOR MOM AND DAD!!!!!

HOLIDAYS

When I was teaching (before Brodie) I always counted the days down to HOLIDAYS now.... Well lets just say Brodie is very routine and HOLIDAYS are not so exciting! (Just kidding)... We were out of school on Monday and Tuesday... Monday was ok (not great) still got away with thinking it was the weekend but by Tuesday we knew soemthing wasn't quite right. So what did we have to do??? We woke up Tuesday morning ate breakfast and had school at our house.





I was so amazed!!! I watch Brodie everyday at school and I see his progress with his teacher but THIS WAS PROGRESS (doing it with me)!!! He spelled every letter to his name for me to write it on his paper. He listened as I read a book, he colored (some) which is way better than usual. Then he matched correctly colors and shapes!!! (Of course we did all circles, then all triangles, then all squares but he named the shape and the color and then matched it.) I was so proud of him.





We took a bath, played outside some, then went to therapy and then he stayed with Mrs. Lauren a couple of hours so Chris and I could go to the SPECIAL KIDS SPECIAL FAMILIES meeting where we relearned CPR!! I needed to be refreshed~that is one of the things that still scares me...Not knowing if when I am in the situation I will be able to remember so I always loves refreshing myself!





Anyway I just wanted to brag a minute because I am so proud of him!!!

LAST WEEK!!!

It was a busy but fun week! Daddy went to some Redneck Adventures thing and had a great time and even brought mom home some pearls (white beads from a Mardi Gras parade)!!! They went squirrel hunting and then cooked for the Rednecks on the MOTORHEAD grill! I got to stay at MeMe's on Friday and Friday night and then I got to stay with Nana and Papa on Saturday. They took me to Kate's Birthday Party. I got to paint a tractor and slide... HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY KATE!!!then I stayed with Granna and Papa!!! Way Fun Weekend being with the grandparents...Problem with that is I come home rotten!!! My mom went away on Saturday for a Girl's Day and Night! She got to go to Keifers and PF Changs oh yeah and she did some shopping..She had a great time and then she had some people over for a Chez Ami Children's Clothes Party on Sunday!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

We hope everyone has had a great Valentine's Day!It has been really busy for us but I think maybe it is slowing down as of now..

We had a Valentin'es Dinner and a movie at our church tonight. Of course we watched Fireproof. I love that movie... It is just so good to me. I was really excited that we did something a little different this year and I thought it turned out really well even though we did not have that many people to show up...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY is also a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to GRANNA!!!! and also a
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to UNCLE ZACH and AUNT ASHLEY!!!!
We hope you all had a great day!!!

DAD is HOME from DAYTONA

They had an Awesome Trip!

FABgrills.com sponsored the #51 car (Kelly Bires)! He did an awesome job and we are so proud of him!!

Great job Kelly!!!

MS Kelly's VISIT

Ms. Kelly came to visit us this weekend... We had a blast! We will have to download pics of dad and Ms. Kelly playing Guitar Hero..Rock On.

Also the restaurant The Kiln (old Pasta's) has reopened and we went. It was really good and back to the same type atmosphere. We really enjoyed it! Finally maybe we will have something at night in Laurel (for a change) to eat...

VALENTINE'S PARTY

Before Dad left on his trip he was sure to give me a Valentine's gift!!! He bought me a huge box of fortune cookies so I woulod not run out anytime soon!!!

The Valentine's Party was a blast at school! First we had doughnuts for snack and then we had a pizza party and then had CAKE!!! We also got to bust a pinata!!! It was loads of fun...