Ready....set....
"Look Mom, no hands!"
"Alright, that's enough for now Mom! I'm worn out..."
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Practicing delayed gratification
I know everyone is anxious to see Ava using her new walker....I am too.
Two problems.
Problem 1: There is a certain canine living in the house that has a bad habit of chewing on whatever he finds laying around, as well as a little 4 yr. old girl living in the house that has a habit of taking the shoes off another certain little girl and leaving them laying around the floor. Unfortunately the super special and important foot support/inserts got left on the floor last week and a certain brown lab chewed them into smitherines. A replacement has been ordered, but meanwhile there won't be any attempts at walking, as Ava's feet are so SO low-arched, tiny and wobbly without them. I expect them to be here in a week or two.
Problem 2: I haven't bought a camera replacement as of yet. John did tell me he "had to make a quick stop" on our way home from soccer practice, he does love to surprise me (as you learned when he brought me home 2 cows and 10 chicks on Saturday). Could it be a camera? Maybe a goat or a pig? I shall know soon. Have I mentioned lately how much I love that guy?
Two problems.
Problem 1: There is a certain canine living in the house that has a bad habit of chewing on whatever he finds laying around, as well as a little 4 yr. old girl living in the house that has a habit of taking the shoes off another certain little girl and leaving them laying around the floor. Unfortunately the super special and important foot support/inserts got left on the floor last week and a certain brown lab chewed them into smitherines. A replacement has been ordered, but meanwhile there won't be any attempts at walking, as Ava's feet are so SO low-arched, tiny and wobbly without them. I expect them to be here in a week or two.
Problem 2: I haven't bought a camera replacement as of yet. John did tell me he "had to make a quick stop" on our way home from soccer practice, he does love to surprise me (as you learned when he brought me home 2 cows and 10 chicks on Saturday). Could it be a camera? Maybe a goat or a pig? I shall know soon. Have I mentioned lately how much I love that guy?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
This is the result of reading three chapters, instead of our usual two chapters of The Red Fern Grows in our read aloud the other day......What I don't have captured in the picture is the two dogs and Ava asleep on the floor right next to them. I must be a REALLY monotone reader!
A couple of mornings ago I was really upset with Hope for getting in the crib with Ava and waking her up at 7:30 when I had put her to bed SO late the night before. I said, "Hope I am really upset with you for waking Ava up!" She responded, "I didn't wake her up. Look mom, it's morning! I can't make the sun come up and make it morning!"
This girl absolutely cannot keep her hands off the little chicks, which are living in our house at the moment until we can figure out where else to put them!
I told you that Ava makes a pretend baby doll out of everything. Here she is, just singing away to her empty Windex baby that she found in the recycling box.
And sorry to anyone who was wanting to make plans to take me out to lunch some time in March. Thanks to Hope I am completely booked up for the entire month. Thanks Hope!
A couple of mornings ago I was really upset with Hope for getting in the crib with Ava and waking her up at 7:30 when I had put her to bed SO late the night before. I said, "Hope I am really upset with you for waking Ava up!" She responded, "I didn't wake her up. Look mom, it's morning! I can't make the sun come up and make it morning!"
This girl absolutely cannot keep her hands off the little chicks, which are living in our house at the moment until we can figure out where else to put them!
I told you that Ava makes a pretend baby doll out of everything. Here she is, just singing away to her empty Windex baby that she found in the recycling box.
And sorry to anyone who was wanting to make plans to take me out to lunch some time in March. Thanks to Hope I am completely booked up for the entire month. Thanks Hope!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
For Rachel
One of the blessings of having a child with a disability is the many friends that you make along the way. Some of those are friends we see every Tuesday afternoon at therapy. We had the option after we moved in September to switch over to a therapy center just up the street from us. Instead, we choose to make the 30-minute drive every week to see our favorite therapists.
Rachel, our occupational therapist, was the winner of my camera, and I got to hand deliver it to her today. I was so happy to find out that the camera will be used at the therapy center to document the progress of the children she treats.
I am particularly fond of Rachel because she shares my love for orphans as well as my love for kids with disabilities. I especially like her because, sometimes when Ava surprises us both with some new accomplishment, I look over at Rachel through my watery eyes, and I see her eyes tearing up too. I know she shares my sense of pride in every one of Ava's accomplishments.
One of the most meaningful blog comments was left by Rachel a couple of weeks ago after I posted the video of Ava singing to her baby doll:
I am blessed to see your Ava every week. So many changes that we can document on paper and submit to the insurance company to prove that they should keep paying for therapy....but what I like most of all is what we see in the video...to know love, to express love - now that is a skill that the insurance companies don't care about, but it is what her new life is filled abundantly with.
Rachel
Rachel, our occupational therapist, was the winner of my camera, and I got to hand deliver it to her today. I was so happy to find out that the camera will be used at the therapy center to document the progress of the children she treats.
I am particularly fond of Rachel because she shares my love for orphans as well as my love for kids with disabilities. I especially like her because, sometimes when Ava surprises us both with some new accomplishment, I look over at Rachel through my watery eyes, and I see her eyes tearing up too. I know she shares my sense of pride in every one of Ava's accomplishments.
One of the most meaningful blog comments was left by Rachel a couple of weeks ago after I posted the video of Ava singing to her baby doll:
I am blessed to see your Ava every week. So many changes that we can document on paper and submit to the insurance company to prove that they should keep paying for therapy....but what I like most of all is what we see in the video...to know love, to express love - now that is a skill that the insurance companies don't care about, but it is what her new life is filled abundantly with.
Rachel
Thanks again Rachel for what you do day after day to help Ava and kids like her. You are truly gifted in what you do and I am so thankful for you (and the others too, of course, but I know they won't reading this!)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Farmer wanna-be's
John surprised us all over the weekend with this!
Meet Buddy the Calf......
We ended up going back for a second calf, which died the next day. :( We had a couple of little heartbroken cowgirls but we quickly decided we are not going to give up so quick. I went about three times to check on Buddy last night since it was his first night to spend alone in the barn. Can you believe we actually talked about bringing him into the laundry room for the night since it got down in the 20's? Maybe we are not cut out to be farmers after all but it is sure fun trying. Let me tell you how nice it has been to have farmer-friends!
When John came back from buying bottles and calf formula from the feed store, look what else he picked up while he was there. I think I'm going to be too busy to blog for awhile. Anybody wanna come for a tour of the Urban Funny Farm?
Meet Buddy the Calf......
We ended up going back for a second calf, which died the next day. :( We had a couple of little heartbroken cowgirls but we quickly decided we are not going to give up so quick. I went about three times to check on Buddy last night since it was his first night to spend alone in the barn. Can you believe we actually talked about bringing him into the laundry room for the night since it got down in the 20's? Maybe we are not cut out to be farmers after all but it is sure fun trying. Let me tell you how nice it has been to have farmer-friends!
When John came back from buying bottles and calf formula from the feed store, look what else he picked up while he was there. I think I'm going to be too busy to blog for awhile. Anybody wanna come for a tour of the Urban Funny Farm?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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