Monday, November 24, 2008

New Wheels!





Look at Claire in her new "razzleberry" pink wheels! This is her new totally customized chair. She absolutely loves it. It fits her so well and gets her up being so big. And of course Hope is so proud too... she helped us pick out the color of the chair. She always is wanting us to put her in it so she can push her around the house in it. We took Claire to our church Thanksgiving dinner in it last night, and she got "oohed and ahhed" over.

And yes... we are now... 51 days seizure free!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

One Month

Who knew all that could happen in just one month's time....

Claire has been seizure free---yeah! Thank you Lord for your unfailing love. Your faithfulness endures for all generations. May we have many more days. Because of her being seizure free we have seen Claire laugh, cry, roll all over the room... and even begin to bear weight on her legs. Almost all who know her think she is a different child. The other day at church one of the ladies, Charlotte, who just has a heart for our family but truly for Claire, came to find Claire and give her some sugars.... as she was kissing Claire, Claire leaned over to Charlotte and smacked (kissed) her on her cheek! Oh how sweet!

Molly has learned to sit up and even begin to creep on the floor. We have started more solid foods... so far we just prefer our bottle really.

Hope has learned to read more words. She loves to read to us every night "Dick and Jane" before bedtime. She has studied dinosaurs, thanks to Grandmommy and a visit to the Dinosaur Valley State Park. And she earned her official AWANA Sparks card for memorizing her first verses, mottos and song.

In one month we have seen the end of football season (almost) and the beginning of basketball season. And with that comes the changing of Daddy's schedule... hopefully for the better so we see him more often.

One month has brought cooler weather most days, Halloween, birthday parties for next door neighbors, ringworm from our new kitten has come and gone (sorry Shanae) and Thanksgiving is bearing down upon us before the next month is out.

Thank you God for all of the time you have given me with my precious daughters and for the changes that we see happening in just a month's time. May Russell and I be able to impart godly wisdom and unconditional love to our daughters in this short time that you have entrusted them to us.