Luke bday :)

We had Luke's bday party last Sunday while Annie was home. His theme was dragons, as one of his favorite book series lately is Eragon. Mary did an awesome job (of course) with the decorations. Of course, the bad mom that I am, I forgot to take pics of them, so I will have to get some from Mary to post here. Luke had a great time! :) He loved his cake. It really didn't take me very long, it wasn't too bad. Luke and I improvised with what we had at home for decorations on him. Not bad, hah??

Note the faux look of surprise on his face since he had already picked out his presents from us! :)

I'm also including a cutie pic of Sammy sleeping . I found him like that when I went in to wake him up. Too funny! He never sleeps like that! :)

more cutie sammy pics

Thought I'd share this cute pic of Sammy that Luke took. Maybe he has photography in his future?? He also took the pic of Sammy standing with his AFOs on and playing. He likes for me to hold him at the couch while he weight bears instead of the gait trainer now, for some reason. As long as he does it, who cares?? He's been good about wearing the AFOs and the glasses. Yeah! :)

Sammy's new BLUE glasses

Sammy got his correct BLUE frames the other day. I was told by the optician (I question how much THEY know!) that it would take like a month to know if the glasses are working for his wandering eye. Of course, she also said that kids don't outgrow it (which Shouldice said that CP kids usually do) so I had to correct her on that one! I assumed it was an immediate fix. :(

She told us we need to keep them on him, even if he fusses. (Easy for HER to say!) Apparently his brain needs to make a connection with the eyes. I guess that's what the glasses do, is help the brain and eye function correctly together. He's been good about wearing them all day lately. Good boy, Sammy! :) I am also putting his AFOs on him more regularly to hopefully get him used to them so he will be more likely to try and take steps in them. He bicycled with them on this morning while I was holding him like an airplane! That was big because he usually doesn't even bicycle in them! Yipee! Small steps, right?? (no pun intended!)

Luke is officially a Webelo

So after 2 years of begging on his part, we finally signed Luke up for Boy Scouts tonight. Ok, he's technically a Webelo 2, but halfway through 5th grade, he officially becomes a "Boy Scout". He is PSYCHED about it! There is a kick-off thing next Friday at the State Forest that sounds pretty cool. They have a bon fire and Smores and stuff, and you bring the whole family , so it should be fun! They seem like really nice people, but Luke's pack leader wasn't there since he's somebody that works "high up" in the city. So how can he have time for this, is my question. Oh well, Luke should have a great time, anyway. He can't wait til it starts! His friend is also in it with him, so that's good. :) They have fun trips planned, too.
Of course, Luke was the TALLEST kid there...he literally TOWERED over all of the other kids...he looked like a giant! Of course, a lot of them were from younger packs, but still...there were some older kids there, too. It was just funny! My little Shaq! :) LOL

Sammy's new specs :)

So Sammy's new glasses came in today. Wrong color, however. They are supposed to be blue--way cuter than the tan/peach color that these are. The frames have little teddy bears that you can't see from far away. They are re-ordering the right ones for us and he should have them in less than a week. He's still a cutie-patootie, anyway! :) (The picture of him with the toy ring on his head is because Luke asked Sam if he wanted a "halo" and put it on his head!) :) His eye is still crossing with the glasses on, and when I put them on me, I couldn't see ANYTHING far away. It was wicked fuzzy! SO if he has decent vision like I do, (not perfectly20/20 but close enough) what does it look like for him?? I have to call the eye doc and see what he says. It is worrying me now! That's a lot of money to screw with his vision for a SOMEtimes wandering eye! :(

(P.S. Doesn't he look like he's wearing mem's glasses?) hee, hee.... :)

Sammy in his Baby Einstein activity seat

Sammy went in his activity seat on Sat. after I put his AFOs on him, and then it occured to me that he would just SIT in it--Duh, Ellen! :) Either way, it's good for him to flatten his feet when he sits...He had a ball in it! He was able to lean himself over and spin the seat somewhat to get to the different toys. I just had to adjust his feet. He loved to press the animal thing on it and hear the sounds.