Nov 2009

It is hard to believe it is November already. Yikes, how the time flies. It has been really busy this fall between school starting, Amanda's therapies picking back up, Dan's dad's passing, horse shows, putting in a pool, and just the general chaos that accompanies any family.

Amanda has been doing really well lately. She is adding back more sounds and making great progress toward walking. She can walk across the room with only a little support on her leg. She can walk miles holding onto your finger. She and ELLIE have been doing well walking together as well. ELLIE also helped her out last month when she had her first seizure of the year (exactly 14 days after her seasonal flu shot). ELLIE got her meds and brought them to me so that I could get the seizure stopped. It stopped and there was no need to take her to the ER so that was good news. We are now 10 days out from the first H1N1 vaccine and she seems to be doing really well so far. She is such a fun kid to be around -- full of life and the best snuggler in the world.

Katie is now sporting a bright pink cast on her right arm from an ice skating incident on Friday night. I guess the word is that she has a crack in her growth plate area but that it should heal well. It doesn't seem to be slowing her down too much and she is enjoying getting all of her friends to sign it. She is a pretty good sport about everything though. She continues to do really well in school, so that makes us proud. It is fun to see what an important year 5th grade is in terms of maturity. She is really growing up into a wonderful young lady.

Dan is doing pretty well. Both Dan and I keep pretty busy with work, the girls, etc. We are looking forward to some nice family time with my parents, Katie and Amanda and ELLIE over Thanksgiving break. We are so thankful for all of the wonderful people that God has placed in our lives. Hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Susan