Happy birthday Luke

Happy Birthday my sweet young man..... the first love of my life! :)


12 years later and you are still my everything! Even more so now! I love you more than ever and you make me so happy to be able to call you my son! :) I am officially old now that I have a 12 year old! ;)


Some pics from the party on Sunday....

Can he get any more grown up???? :) (And Sammy loves to be "wrapped up" in the wrapping paper!) :)

Don't laugh at my chihuahua cupcake on the cake! Brian said it looked like a pig and I think it looked like a cartoon wolf! HA! :) Luke told me it looked like a chiwi, maybe he was just being nice because he wanted his presents! ;) LOL Anyway, he thought it was cute! (Half the problem was that I couldn't find my decorating stuff! UGH! I finally did by the end of the night! Good timing, hah??? :)

Shriners pick up visit

We went to Shriners on Tuesday to pick up Sammy's brand new gait trainer (walker) and special needs car seat. The walker is the same size as the loaner we had, but a very cool shiny purple color that Sammy himself picked out. You should have seen him, he was literally running down this long hallway in it showing off for the therapists. Nothing but a giant smile on his face the entire time he's walking in it. :) My sweet man! We are working on getting him to bear weight more when he walks instead of just propelling himself with mainly his toes, but he is very motivated to move! :) Please continue to support Shriners! They paid for the car seat totally ($800) since the ins. co. wouldn't cover it. They consider it "either a convenience item or everyday care item". Crap, hah?? Thank God for Shriners! We are truly blessed to have them and have them so close as well!

He loves his new car seat, too! It looks like an overstuffed lounge chair! He sits lower in it than the old one, but it's got great head cushions that keep his head nice and straight and lots of cushioning to keep his body straight too. He looks tiny it because it is so big for him to grow with, but he looks very comfortable in it! I will get some pics of him in it and in the walker when I get a minute!

Luke's birthday is next Tuesday...my little man is turning 12! It seems like such a milestone! How did I get old enough to have a 12 year old??!! UGH! :( We are having his party on Sunday...just a regular party since he is too old now for themed parties! Oye! I am going to attempt chihuahua cupcakes to go along with the apple crisp he requested. (they are his fave dog) We'll see how they turn out! I'll post pics if they come out decently.

Happy birthday to Brian, who's birthday was yesterday. We did cards and his favorite ice cream cake last night and his mom is having an official birthday party tomorrow since his sister and mom have their birthdays in Sept. too. I got him a Kreuger (sp?) coffee maker. I know he doesn't read this, so I know he won't find out until tomorrow. :) He really wanted one, and I got a sweet deal at Bed, Bath and Beyond with a great coupon, so I was able to afford the nicer one. Of course, Luke will love it, too, being the coffee fiend! :)

house pics.... FINALLY

Hey everybody! Finally got to take some pics of the house this weekend. Don't mind the messes and the unfinished parts of the house, like my bathroom (with the lovely cat litter box in it!) that has yet to have a working shower installed. It's ok, I can wait! ;) We also don't have doors on our closets yet, so you have to look at the crap in them! AHHH! :)

Sammy and his walker

Sammy is doing great in his walker lately! I put him in it last Sat. and he "walked" to me!! How weird of a feeling that was! But great, of course! He is still working on holding his head up, but at least he's moving it on his own without assistance. Brian found out that he can put the ankle straps on him (they hold his legs apart so he doesn't scissor) and he now "sprints" around the house. Brian said that he made it from the kitchen to the other side of the area in about 3 seconds! And Brian got him new sneakers yesterday to help him get better traction. The only bad thing is that he is getting a huge line of bruising from the strap that holds his sling seat up. Hopefully the new walker will not have this issue. We'll see what we can do! He loves his independence, though! It just stinks that I am missing most of it! :(

So we go to Shriners on Sept. 22 to get his new walker and his new special needs car seat! Thank God for Shriners!! They are paying for the whole cost of the car seat as our ins. told us that it falls into the category of a "convenience item/ everyday care item". No duh, idiots, but we still HAVE to have it!! :(

Sammy in school

Sammy started his preschool program on Wednesday and Brian actually left him yesterday right away and he was fine. My little man! He likes school and loves that he can torture me with the fact that he gets to go play with his friends and with MY friends (his OT) and I have to go to school and WORK! (This is how I leave everyday--it makes him laugh so he doesn't cry when I go. He is such a cutie!

Luke is not too crazy about 7th grade. He likes almost all of his teachers but he says it's overwhelming with everything to remember. We are discussing several ways to deal with this. He is starting back up with the sax again and doing band at school which will be great! He's happy about it! :)

We got our official new couch after a set back with our first new couch having issues. Good to recline! :)