NEW YORK CITY

Me and my mom went to NEW YORK CITY!!! We had a blast. We couldn't have asked for better weather and got to see lots of sights and eat lots of great food!

I will write more about the trip later.

Sick Little Boy

WELL~Thursday morning Brodie did not want to wake up and while I was trying to wake him felt his back and he was burning up, took his temp and of course 102.5 under the arm, gave tylenol, of course he throws it up~ waited a few minutes try it again and throws it up!!! Called Mrs. JoAnn and she said Come on in got there and they sent us to hospital for head scans, of course~they couldn't tell in Laurel because they didn't have anything to compare to so of course~ sent us to Jackson to neurosurgeon. WHAT A DAY!!! They don't think it is shunt related but they do think he is very much dehydrated and that it is viral! GREAT!!!

Friday went back to Dr. Tibbs. CBC great got a urine sample and it showed he was very dehydrated with nausea. SOooooo.... IT IS VIRAL~WAIT~! He continued to have a fever until Monday Morning.

I did go on to New York on Saturday morning as scheduled and Chris took great care of Brodie and they did just fine!!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY

Brodie's Birthday Party was on Saturday at our house and we had a blast! I have posted a video for you to see his party. He also had a party at School on Monday and the kids really had a good time playing with their hats and hammers. Anyway My Baby is 4!!!

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SPARE TIME

This is what we do in our spare time!

I was washing dishes and lost Brodie the other night and I find him in the bathroom with the brush cleaning the toilet but after he has rolled off all the toilet paper onto the floor!!!

PRICELESS

ALL SMILES

Not sure really what we are doing except just being happy!!!

Playing Outside`

Fun on Saturday's~

Playing outside having a great time!

Most kids are running out the door at 8:00 on Saturday mornings to play out in the sunshine but usually Brodie is cooped up with his parents while they do chores because we didn't get them done during the week and FINALLY they said let's go play!!!

We went outside and played ALL day! Brodie had the best time walking on his walker, riding the Bad Boy Buggy, playing in the dirt and biting LuLu!

MY NEW COUSIN

SHE IS A GIRL!!! EMALEE GRACE MOSS
October 13, 2007 4:30am
6 pounds and 4 ounces


She is beatiful!!! She started thinking about wanting to come out and play on Friday morning early but then she decided maybe she would just stay in a while and finally at 4:30 on Saturday morning she decided what the heck I think I want to see my mama and daddy!

I am a great cousin because I tuffed it out all night waiting on her. Although, I did have to have a power nap I finally closed my eyes at 1 am and at 4:15 I heard she was about to be here and I was bright eyed and bushy tailed to see my new cousin!



LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!!

PROGRESS and VENTING

Brodie has just come so far in the last couple of months! We are still not where we want to be but we are all working so hard. Brodie is still going to therapy 4 days a week. We try to leave one day open for doctor visits. He is going to school 3 days in the morning, seeing TJ 2x a week, aquatics one afternoon, and hippo one afternoon. SOooooo.... Need I say more about time! We have none!

His speech has just progressed so much in the last couple of weeks. Saying anything you say and lots more.Nana tells my mom she is about to be in trouble because someone is about to start repeating everything she says....

His physical is getting so much stronger. We are still not seeing much progress with the way his foot is without braces. Braces have been cut down and he is doing much better in the last couple of weeks coping without the taller brace.

Went to neurologist a couple weeks ago and of course not so excited that we went through with rhizotomy but OH WELL! WHO CARES!!! Maybe when some of these doctors start caring about what is going on or maybe if they had a child that was hurting all the time, or knocked out on baclofen all the time, or maybe if they had to take their child to therapy 4 days a week instead of playing in the playland of McDonald's like everybody else then maybe they might go out on a limb for their child too!!!

Went to the opthamologist a week or so ago and guess what? SURGERY!!! That was what was recommended. Basically the surgery will be pretty much like last time except it will be the muscle under the eye to help with the vertical alignment vs. the side of the eye with the strabismus! Not sure when this will take place~ Just could not make a decision right there on the spot. Was not really expecting it and BOOM. I just know I need to think and pray! I want to do the best thing for him and to help him but another surgery....

WHEN DOES HE EVER GET A BREAK!!!

GO GO GO

I am always on the GO! I can't sit at my house longer than an hour or so or I am stir craZy! Dad cleaned out his truck one afternoon and put his car seat in the house and I thought we needed to go. I would go and sit in it and try to give my parents a hint but they sometimes just do not get it!

AWANA BEES

I have been going to Awana Bees! Mrs. Michelle, Rustin, and Katye invited me to their church to be a part of Awana's. I have done so well. I learned my first Bible verse. "God made the heavens and the earth" I say it like this~ "Ga Ma hea hea er" It is the greatest thing to my parents. They were so proud of me!! This is one night after I went down a BIG slide all by myself my dad almost PASSED OUT!

HIPPOTHERAPY

I LOVE HORSES!!! The helmet not so much but love the horses! Mrs. Rachelle has been doing some vaulting with me. I stand on the horse and tall kneel on the horse. My new horses name is Misty!

BALLGAMES

That time a year again~ BALLGAMES! Graham had a soccer game and Bailey went with me and Mom! Well we were geared up ready to see a game and the other team did not show up! BOO HOO! We had fun eating popcorn anyway!

PLAYGROUND

Mrs. Judy sure knows how to treat a boy! Take him to the PLAYGROUND!!!

I love to be outside and the new playground at school is so cool!

UNITED WAY KICKOFF

United Way kicked off their campaign in September and Mrs. Sarah was asked to speak on behalf of the Children's Center! I went with her and of course showed out. I actually did so good on my walker today. I walked from the parking lot inside Target, to the pharmacy, took a rest and then walked all during the meeting and walked all the way to the car! There was a nice lady that worked in Target and heard from a special someone that I liked popcorn so guess what? I got some popcorn. I took it to school with me to share with all my friends.

By the way thanks to all of you who are contributors of the United Way! In case you did not know where your money was going NOW YOU KNOW to help boys and girls like me to learn how to do things just like everyone else! Thanks to all of you!!!

This is my Classroom! I really love it!!!Sometimes I have to get to school before my friends to see Mrs. Judy and I like to go in and try to get in my chair but Mrs. Judy will not stand for it!

UPDATING

I know I have not been updating as much but there is a great reason WHY!!! All of our pictures now have to be converted to a smaller size with a different program, resaved, and then added! Also with adding pictures I can only add one at a time so this causes for needing lots of time! Which I do not have but I love being able to but new things on the blog so just bare with us!

DESTIN

DESTIN!!!

Loving the BEACH and even more so LOVING BEING AWAY!!!!!!!!!

Unloading our stuff!!!!

Loving the BEACH!!! Actually loving the Wa-Wa!!!

BAILEY

Bailey is now a cheerleader!

We went to the mall to watch her cheer!

It was really loud but I enjoyed seeing Bailey!

Playing with the Moss'

Just a typical CraZy morning in the life of a Moss!

Daddy trying to work with me on standing. This is called the good boy corner at my house!!!(Mrs. TJ coined this name for us!) (Got to be creative in this line of work!)I am not be a good student but I am sure having fun!!!

Of course my mom is trying to get me to walk by playing on the sit and spin!!!

Motivation is the KEY! If you figure out what motivates me please let my mom know!!!

Schedules

Day 3 of School~ Ready to get to Class!!!

Of course I think everyone is suffering from trying to get the fall schedules down and I think we have finally got it worked out but I am sure there will be changes but maybe we will be settled on this schedule for awhile anyway. So far we have it scheduled so that we are off on Fridays. we will use this day for doctor appointments and extra things that we have to fit into to our therapy schedule! Brodie is enjoying school and I think he is having no problem adjusting except for the getting our nap time down so he will be able to sleep at night so he will be ready for the next day but besides that he is doing great!!!

HORSE

I went to ride the horse again this week! It was so much fun but it was so hot.

I go at 2:00 in the afternoon!!!