May flowers!

Well, a pathetic excuse for a blogger I am! Much has happened for the Bailey family since you last checked. In March We moved out of Nana and Gramps into a small 2 BR/1 BA 0apartment. The idea is to save as much as we can for our next home. (That's the idea!) The weekend of the move, Mommy took Camden and Luke down to Tampa for cousin Melanie's first birthday (while Daddy stayed back to move). They had fun playing with their cousins and watching little Melanie dive into her cake. I had to ask Grandpa Dan to help me watch Luke, because he's not just walking--he's running! And always finding some mischief to get into. The nice thing is that Camden has a renewed interest in walking: It would seem as if Luke has inspired him! Now, whenever there is a free moment, Camden will start moving his legs in a walking pattern, which is his signal to us that he wants to walk. He's so motivated and works SO hard! We wondered how seeing Luke walk would affect Camden, so we're glad to see that he is challenged by it. It's renewed our hope that God is certainly not done with CamCam!
April was busy too, with the family continuing to settle in and Mommy helping to put on a 5K race for the Veterans she works for. Camden started with the Miracle League playing adaptive baseball. The baseball diamond is made of rubber and is very wheelchair and walker friendly. It's so cute to see him and his teammates out there being cheered on so enthusiastically by the volunteers and family members! He really seems to like his Thursday night games. We also went out to the Ochlocknee River for Sportsability and enjoyed a ton of adaptive activities. Camden and Luke rode horses (Camden's hippotherapy provider was out, as well as his usual horse Sham!), swam, ate some hamburgers and Cheetos and Camden went tube-skiing and tandem kayaking. It was a fun day with a live band out, at a beautiful park and Camden made lots of new friends that we've run into since then. Tallahassee has proved to be the right move for our family and lately have way too many blessings to count!

Luke's first birthday! part 1

We celebrated our "Pook"'s first birthday on a Tuesday, election day, by having some cake at home. Some of us ate a little more neater than Luke! Luke also had a second party at Great Grandpa Hoyt's house during Thanksgiving, with all his cousins. With the second party, he devoured a cake shaped like a drumstick, from Aunt Katie. "Drumstick" is a nickname he acquired while licking on a drumstick at Grandma's house a few months ago. If I can figure out how to get video from my phone to here, I'll post that too.

Halloween, Fall pictures, Thanksgiving, and house updates!

Look I know this is all out of order, but I'm playing catchup here! Here are some shots from Halloween, our pumpkin patch pictures, and Thanksgiving at Grandpa Hoyt's. It's been a crazy busy time for us. Since the last post, we've celebrated Luke's first birthday, created a John Deere tractor for Halloween (with Grandpa Dan's help!). I helped organize my work's parade float, using Dad's trailer for Veterans Day. The boys had a blast at the parade and we treated our Vet, Gramps to lunch afterwards. Hmmm...I hope I haven't forgotten anything.

Oh yeah! Our Jacksonville house is under contract! We go this weekend to get the rest of our stuff, as the new owners (a married couple--don't know if they have kids) want to be in by Christmas. So now, we're weighing our options...renting vs. owning, trying to find a rent-to-own as we're back to square one, financially. We'll see what God has in store for us. In the meantime, we're still having a blast with Nana and Gramps here and they've been such a blessing during this crazy time in our lives.

Luke playing with his balls!

Here's Luke's first time in big bro's ball pitt!

Tally-Ho!!

We've landed in Tallahassee and are living quite comfortably with Nana and Gramps--Heck, we may just move in permanently! Just kidding, the plan is to sell our house in Jacksonville, and for Mommy to find herself a job. When those two things happen, we can look into getting our own place. I've had a 2nd interview with one of the agencies I've applied with and will know by tomorrow if the job is mine. Kevin is into his 2nd week of work and has found a carpool group to save on gas to and from Thomasville. So far so good, but its only been training and orientation. The real work will start next week, and Kevin is happy with his staff. Camden has found an awesome school, DeSoto Trail Elementary (Pre-K). He has such wonderfully supportive and involved staff surrounding him. His teacher, Ms. Hill, has high expectations for Camden and is very patient and fun. He has not one, but two aides in the classroom and they are very patient and experienced as well. He gets PT, OT and Speech (he didn't even qualify for Speech in Jax!) almost every day. Camden is, for the first time, in an inclusive classroom and has been enjoying the school bus every afternoon. His brother Luke has been enjoying pulling up on Mommy's legs while she looks for jobs! Daycare won't start until I find work, but we've got the perfect one picked out already. So, we're doing very well and enjoying our new roomies. Nana and Gramps have made this crazy time in our lives so much more than bearable--they've made it fun! We're so grateful to them. :)