Hurricane Fay is finally gone! We pulled out okay: never lost power and no major limbs caused damage. Our yard is a lake, though! I don't know if you can tell in the one pic, but the water was up to my ankles. Aunt Joani and Camden's cousins came over to hang out for a while Friday. They had lost power and we had lost our minds with boredom so it worked out well! Maddie showed us her latest tricks (see pic) and Jake cheered for "Hooo-ston" when we watched some football. We made lemonade out of our lemons! :)
Camden had a super-cool day today at daycare. There was a horsie, a pony and a petting zoo for the kids to play with! Camden took a ride on the pony to start, and then moved up to the big horse. He absoulutely loved it!! When he wasn't smiling, he was laughing and my little cowboy wasn't at all scared.
This was really encouraging to me and Kevin because kids with CP (once they turn 3) can start hippotherapy (fancy word for horse-therapy). There is something involved with riding horses that stimulates pelvic/hip movement and teaches CPers to walk. It's good to know that Camden will enjoy this when he's ready to start it! We're blessed. :)
Hey all...know it's been a while since I've blogged. The recent "changes" kinda kicked the wind out of my sails. Hope you haven't given up on us! Here's some pics from last weekend when we got bored and blew up the pool for Camden to cool off in. This past weekend we went to Tally to visit Nana and Gramps, catch up with Beth, David and Camden's Tallahassee Lassie Olivia, as well as Aunt Heather. I also "helped" Aunt Betsy throw a baby shower in Crawfordville (Camden just came for the food). But I was a bad mommy and didn't bring my camera. :)
As for Camden, he's really wanting to talk and is experimenting with more sounds every day. His PT is concerned about his weight and says if he doesn't start putting more on, he may have to have feeding tubes. But we haven't heard this from his nutritionist or GI yet, so I'm not going to worry about it. We're just going to stuff his face as much as we can!
We are your typical family; Dad is a special ed art teacher, Mom is a case manager to homeless families. We have two beautiful children, one with special needs and the other just plain special. We love our house but are selling it due to a summertime move to Tallahassee for a better educational and therapeutic opportunity for our oldest son, Camden who has been dx with Cerebral Palsy.
You will notice that one of the bedrooms has a custom painted mural of Camden Yards. We are huge baseball fans but the mural can be painted over or customized to fit the needs of the next fortunate owner. We hope you enjoy our home and will seriously consider adopting it for the future.
