It seems as if our whole family has been grabbed by some kind of bug....
3 of the 5 of us in the last week have had the ever dreaded stomach bug. Yuck! Hope is the latest victim of this lovely bug. I hope we can knock this out soon....
A couple of the others of us have been gripped by none other than "the funk". For that is all that I can describe it as. And it is amazing how this funk can be so contagious. It can sweep through the whole family before we have even realized what has happened. I pray that God would pull us out from this and let us see that "light at the end of the tunnel" or the "silver lining" or whatever you choose to call it.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Happy New Year and all of those things
Been a while since I've been on here. I guess the new year has brought some extra busy time. Basketball season is in full swing, we start district play on Friday. Hope this year is a good one.
We had a great Christmas time this year in Clovis with mom and dad. Chad and Marci got to come up too. We hadn't seen them in quite a while. It sure was fun just all being together again. The girls were great and got spoiled lots. And I have to say this was the first holiday that I did not worry about Claire having some seizure and missing out. I didn't have the feeling of "oh hurry up before she is out of it." She was such a part of all of it this year, from the singing of Christmas carols to the opening of presents. And such sweet little smiles when she saw something she liked. Yeah! And then there was Hope.... was present doesn't she like. So full of joy! "This is just what I wanted... Thank you, Thank you Thank you! " and on and on.... ha! And then Miss Molly! Oh how funny she is.... paper, paper and more paper were her favorite toys!
Homeschool session 2 is back in business. Hope and I are enjoying it (most of the time). There are those days when she is determined to piddle and I am determined she will finish her work. And somehow we make it all work. She has gotten to read 2 chapter books now and is so excited by all of that. Of course she is already trying to plan our next homeschool outing to some exciting place.... not sure where we will head next... maybe San Antonio to see Chad and Marci.
Oh Claire... I guess I must admit to myself that she is having what we call in our most medical terminology the "jumpies" some breakthrough spasms. The doctors say that could happen and we just need to keep our eye on them. As long as she continues to make progress maybe we shouldn't worry too much. But that is hard for us mommies to do. She is also having so much tummy problems we are hoping the doctor can help her out. Not fun to have your tummy sound like you are popping bubble wrap because the gas bubbles are so bad. But inspite of all of that. She is continuing to make progress. We are working on more distance vision with her. Getting her to feel more with her hands and hold more objects. She is still rolling every where. And sleeping all night long! yeah!
Molly..... is about to be walking I am afraid. She is pulling up on everything and beginning to let go and balance standing there. Yikes! She is my little explorer... off through the whole house seeing what she can find to chew on.... I have found her chewing on the cat's water bowl, the bathtub, the toilet--yuck... and any and every wire and/or plug she can find.
So from the time we get up in the morning till we fall asleep at night, we seem to fill our days... whether it is chasing a crawling baby, to therapy for Claire, homeschool for Hope, basketball games for Daddy, painting the church nursery for Mommy. And through it all God gives us the grace and the strength to carry on to the next day.
We had a great Christmas time this year in Clovis with mom and dad. Chad and Marci got to come up too. We hadn't seen them in quite a while. It sure was fun just all being together again. The girls were great and got spoiled lots. And I have to say this was the first holiday that I did not worry about Claire having some seizure and missing out. I didn't have the feeling of "oh hurry up before she is out of it." She was such a part of all of it this year, from the singing of Christmas carols to the opening of presents. And such sweet little smiles when she saw something she liked. Yeah! And then there was Hope.... was present doesn't she like. So full of joy! "This is just what I wanted... Thank you, Thank you Thank you! " and on and on.... ha! And then Miss Molly! Oh how funny she is.... paper, paper and more paper were her favorite toys!
Homeschool session 2 is back in business. Hope and I are enjoying it (most of the time). There are those days when she is determined to piddle and I am determined she will finish her work. And somehow we make it all work. She has gotten to read 2 chapter books now and is so excited by all of that. Of course she is already trying to plan our next homeschool outing to some exciting place.... not sure where we will head next... maybe San Antonio to see Chad and Marci.
Oh Claire... I guess I must admit to myself that she is having what we call in our most medical terminology the "jumpies" some breakthrough spasms. The doctors say that could happen and we just need to keep our eye on them. As long as she continues to make progress maybe we shouldn't worry too much. But that is hard for us mommies to do. She is also having so much tummy problems we are hoping the doctor can help her out. Not fun to have your tummy sound like you are popping bubble wrap because the gas bubbles are so bad. But inspite of all of that. She is continuing to make progress. We are working on more distance vision with her. Getting her to feel more with her hands and hold more objects. She is still rolling every where. And sleeping all night long! yeah!
Molly..... is about to be walking I am afraid. She is pulling up on everything and beginning to let go and balance standing there. Yikes! She is my little explorer... off through the whole house seeing what she can find to chew on.... I have found her chewing on the cat's water bowl, the bathtub, the toilet--yuck... and any and every wire and/or plug she can find.
So from the time we get up in the morning till we fall asleep at night, we seem to fill our days... whether it is chasing a crawling baby, to therapy for Claire, homeschool for Hope, basketball games for Daddy, painting the church nursery for Mommy. And through it all God gives us the grace and the strength to carry on to the next day.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
22 lbs and counting
To some of you 22 lbs doesn't seem like a big deal... some of you might want to lose 22 lbs.... Americans eat on average 22 lbs of candy a year...the Israelis eat over 22 lbs of turkey in a year... Americans also eat 22 lbs of tomatoes (mainly in the form of ketchup) in a year .....22 lbs in our house is a big number any way you look at it. We weighed in today for Claire at just over 22 lbs... we have not seen that number on her since she was one! yeah! And yes.... still seizure free! Hallelujah! Keep packing on the pounds Claire. Her therapists continue to be surprised and impressed by the progress she is making.... We will take every baby step we can get.
And the countdown to Christmas continues. Another link from our paper chain gone. The excitement is building. Are you waiting in expectation of some great gift you have hoped for? or are you waiting in expectation for the celebration of Jesus' Birthday?
And the countdown to Christmas continues. Another link from our paper chain gone. The excitement is building. Are you waiting in expectation of some great gift you have hoped for? or are you waiting in expectation for the celebration of Jesus' Birthday?
Friday, December 5, 2008
2 months
As I sit here in a rare moment when all 3 girls are asleep for a nap at the same time I thought I would reflect a moment.
2 months and Claire is still seizure free! What an extended Thanksgiving we are having. She continues to do well. Gaining strength almost daily. She loves sitting in her chair and playing, viewing the world. Today we got her in her chair and let her play her favorite computer cause and effect game. She really loved being right up at the computer. Much easier for all of us instead of me holding her in my lap.
And now to Molly.... she is crawling and pulling up and talking more. My oh my. As Russell said the other day, we are so glad we decided to have a 3rd child. What a sweet and lots of times funny little blessing she is.
And Miss Hope....we have moved on into our 1st grade phonics and she is doing great. In fact we will probably finish this out by Spring Break. She is a joy to watch as she learns and discovers new things. She is really growing up. She continues to amaze us with her vocabulary (always big), her bigger than life persona and her unending love for her sisters.
We are onto the countdown till Christmas. Hope pulls off one chain from her paper links every day. She can hardly wait. Although I think she is most excited about Georgia and Maggie (my brothers 2 dogs) coming to Grandmommy's house for Christmas. The presents under the tree are killing Hope that she can't open them yet. I mean after all what good are they doing sitting there looking all pretty when I could be playing with them.
But somehow admist the busyness of Christmas and the "I want" attitudes.... we have managed to find a time almost every evening to remember the advent. A couple of years ago we started with Hope a daily advent reading... this year we have expanded that to lighting the advent candle, reading the scripture and Daddy leading us in prayer. It is exciting to see how Hope is getting into the spirit of Jesus' Birthday and gaining an understanding of some of the scripture we are reading about Christ's birth. May we all take time daily during this season to remember just exactly why we celebrate this blessed.
And on that day in the city of David a Saviour will be born to you and you shall call his name Jesus.
2 months and Claire is still seizure free! What an extended Thanksgiving we are having. She continues to do well. Gaining strength almost daily. She loves sitting in her chair and playing, viewing the world. Today we got her in her chair and let her play her favorite computer cause and effect game. She really loved being right up at the computer. Much easier for all of us instead of me holding her in my lap.
And now to Molly.... she is crawling and pulling up and talking more. My oh my. As Russell said the other day, we are so glad we decided to have a 3rd child. What a sweet and lots of times funny little blessing she is.
And Miss Hope....we have moved on into our 1st grade phonics and she is doing great. In fact we will probably finish this out by Spring Break. She is a joy to watch as she learns and discovers new things. She is really growing up. She continues to amaze us with her vocabulary (always big), her bigger than life persona and her unending love for her sisters.
We are onto the countdown till Christmas. Hope pulls off one chain from her paper links every day. She can hardly wait. Although I think she is most excited about Georgia and Maggie (my brothers 2 dogs) coming to Grandmommy's house for Christmas. The presents under the tree are killing Hope that she can't open them yet. I mean after all what good are they doing sitting there looking all pretty when I could be playing with them.
But somehow admist the busyness of Christmas and the "I want" attitudes.... we have managed to find a time almost every evening to remember the advent. A couple of years ago we started with Hope a daily advent reading... this year we have expanded that to lighting the advent candle, reading the scripture and Daddy leading us in prayer. It is exciting to see how Hope is getting into the spirit of Jesus' Birthday and gaining an understanding of some of the scripture we are reading about Christ's birth. May we all take time daily during this season to remember just exactly why we celebrate this blessed.
And on that day in the city of David a Saviour will be born to you and you shall call his name Jesus.
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.
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.
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