Our Holiday Present

Well, as most of you know...we got a puppy. Yes, I am crazy...(you knew that too)
He is a 9 week old part lab, part sneaky neighbor dog. His name is Shadow.
He is adjusting very well to his new home.

Brian did have a small run in with him though...he jumped up and poor Brian tripped into the wood stove. He got some burns on his hand and arm. Now that all the pain is gone and its healing, he thinks the bandages are cool.

On a good note about Brian, he received an award at karate tonight. Its the Perseverance Award. This was given to ONE person in the whole Dojo, not just in his class.

Board Breaking Video

This is Brian kicking the board. A few moms had tears in their eyes.
He really does amaze people at Karate.

Once again...

Its been way to long since I updated.

The boys are doing great. Brian had board breaking at Karate and did wonderfully. We had his IEP meeting at school. We have a bit to work on but thats ok. We did find out he was reading level P at school. Thats where a 3rd grader should be at the end of the year. He just loves to read.

Alex is still loving school. He finally has another boy in the class. YAH!

Brian was Star Student the last 2 weeks. We sent in things for him to make an about me board. He was line leader for those 2 weeks, class helper and messenger.

The boys also got to visit with Santa at my craft show.

Here is board breaking.

Its been awhile.....

Hello!

My gosh, its been over a month since my last confession....I mean post.
The boys are doing great!
Brian really likes his teacher this year. She is wonderful!
It has really made a difference in getting him ready in the morning.
Alex loves going also. Everyday he comes home singing a new song. Its to cute!
There are 6 kids in his afternoon class.
5, yes 5 of them are girls!
Here is a pic of Brian's favorite pastime now..can you guess what it is...lol
Also I have a pic of Alex's first homework assignment. It had to be some of his favorite things.
He drew himself in the middle.


That's all for today.
I will leave you with a short video from our future American Idol.

First Day of School!

Brian started 2nd grade this year. He seems to like his teacher and has a bunch of his friends in his class. In Hope Valley they mix up the classes every year so you are not sure who will be in your class each year. PT has checked on his chairs and he has his special lunch chair and desk chair back. They help him sit up straight and even out his balancing. Brian actually asked on Friday when he was going to get homework. I hope he feels good about it when he actually GETS it. Brian still takes the small bus. Its much easier for him to get up the stairs.

Alex started Preschool!!!! He LOVES going. His teacher is wonderful, Brian had her in Pre-K also. As of right now there are 6 kids in the afternoon class with 3 adults. I had to walk him to his class the first couple of days but Thursday, he went down with his teacher. No tears at all. YAH!

Alot of people ask if I was sad or nervous about Alex going....um, nope! Brian has been going to school since he was 2 1/2. I was so ready for Alex to get there...lol

It gives me just a tiny bit of quiet each day.

Here is a pic of Alex on his very first day of school.

Alex has a BIG BOY bed!

Well, Alex has turned 4!!
This means a whole new world of things for him.
1. He gave all his sippie cups to Sadie.
2. He starts Preschool this year.
3. He is working on giving up his binky.
4. He got a big boy bed!



Thank you Auntie Angela and Uncle John for the new sheets!

The Boys Birthday

The Birthday party was Indiana Jones themed.

Brian and Alex had a great day for their party. The weather was perfect. Brian had 2 of his closest friends from school and Alex had some of his friends from the MOMS Club. Alex was inseparable from Mabel.


Grandma made a Wow Wow Wubbzy cake for Alex

The boys got TONS of toys and clothes for school.
Thank you to everyone who got to come and have fun.

Brians cast is off!

Well, its finally off.

Brian got his cast off on Thursday. If it was up to him, it would still be on. It will be awhile before we can really tell if it worked or not. He needs to regain his strength in that foot.

Moooommmm, why cant I have ice cream? I ate all my breakfast!

Brian and Alex went to a bowling birthday party today.

They both had alot of fun.

Alex turned 4!

Saturday was Alexs birthday. I bought him a donut when he got up and he was so excited that it was his birthday donut.

He played all day and then in the afternoon we got him a small cake and some presents. He was very happy. He is very proud of himself because he gave Miss Sara all his sippy cups to give to baby Sadie. He is supposed to give her all his binks but we did not push the issue. He tried to go to bed without it last nite. He didnt even ask. Afyer an hour of him calling me for random things, I gave it to him and he fell asleep within 5 minutes.

Here are some fun randam pics that we have taken.

Alex blueberry picking, Brian riding a pony and the

boys just loving each other.

On another good note, Brian will get his cast off this Thursday. I will be sure to post those for you all to see.

Fun in July

We recently went to a 4th of July/B-day party. C and the kids played Guitar Hero for the first time.

Here is Alex being silly in the garage today.

We went to see Brians orthopedic and neurologist last week. His cast will come off August 7th. Brian can put alittle pressure on it so he has used the walker all weekend. No more wheelchair for him.

As far as neurology, he is doing great. There was nothing in the MRI that the Dr didn't already know. We were told symptoms to watch out for as far as the Chairi. He does not want to see him again in a year unless he has any complications.

Enjoy your week!

Brians Surgery went great!

Well, Brian did wonderful! We got to Hasbro at 6:30ish and Brian was prepped to go in for about 7:30 8ish. He drove the red car down the hallway. He had C go in with him. He picked grape for his gas mask flavor. C said he did great. No tears, no fuss. He was so good.

He was done by 11. When we went into recovery Brian was alittle groggy at first and pretty emotional but once the anesthesia wore off, he was his old self...laughing and being silly. We went up to a room for observation and all Brian did was eat! crackers, tunafish, bread roll, cinnamon bun, more crackers...lol.

Needless to say, the dr said he could go home. So, we went home around 6ish. Brian had a great night....went to bed about 9 and is up now at a LOVELY 6AM! He has been up since 5! Its going to be a long summer...lol

This is Brian waiting, playing the wii

Here he is getting in to his vehicle

This is recovery room after he was feeling better.

Here he is in his room, eating his crackers thinking, MOM, cant ya see I'm busy eating!

Here is his ride to the OR

I hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Brians diggin out!

As promised, here is Brian getting out of the hole he dug himself into.

Karate Beach Class

Sensei does Beach Class once a month in the summer.

Brian loves this class. Alex liked the beach too.

I will try to get a video up soon.

Brian did have to get OUT of that hole he is in...lol

Have a GREAT 4th of July holiday!