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...

CHEZ AMI :)

Just letting everyone know I am having a Chez Ami Party on Sunday, February 22, from 2 until 4! I would love for you to come and if you are not able to attend go to www.chezami.com, Look at the new spring clothes and give me call if you would like to order something. Look forward to seeing you there!!!

Dr...

Well the dr. visit is over for another 6 months the only problem is he added a referral to another specialist...BUT it is going to be fine! We are going to go see a pediatric urologist. Not sure if most of you knew it or not but we knew going into the SDR surgery that the nerves located right beside the nerves they were cutting were the ones for the bladder... so we are going to find out if he has any feeling in this area. Not sure when this appointment will be they told me they would call me next week.