He did it!

Flying kites with Mom and Dad

Nathan flying his kite.

Caitlin ready for school

The kids are ready for halloween.

Caitlin at the pumpkin patch.

Getting some pumpkins!

WOW What a week!
Just two weeks ago I was lying in bed at 2 am wondering how much longer it will take for Nathan to eat. Now I am sure for something else at some other time I will have these thoughts again. What did I do? What can I do? What did I do wrong? When when???? When can I just put a plate of food in front of him and have him eat it. It’s not hard we watch Caitlin do it every day. Yes, she is picky about some things but if you ask her to try things (well except apples) she will. Don’t get me wrong the kid has done amazing with the help of Leah and Heidi at feeding therapy. Almost every food they have introduced he has added to his diet. But lets face it after 3 ½ yrs I was ready for some real progress. I was ready to be done with feeding therapy. It frustrates me that it takes 6 weeks to get my kid to eat a hotdog. So anyway as I lay in bed I realized you know some people have real problems I need to just get over it, he is fine, he is not starving, he is happy; he eats so many fruits and veggies. At school he is served lunch everyday. On Monday morning he was sitting there eating ant sized bites of his breakfast and I told him like it was “ Nate you better eat you will be hungry today they are having PB & J for lunch” Sure enough when I picked him up I asked him the same question I ask everyday. “ Nate what did you eat for lunch?” He said “ Peanut Butter and Jelly” I almost had a heart attack. Tuesday was Mac and Cheese and sure enough he had all his Mac and Cheese, a bite of baked beans and green beans. On Wednesday it was Chicken nuggets, salad and oranges. On Thursday it was noodle soup, and he ate it!!!!!!!
To top it all of we went to therapy for his reevaluation on Wednesday and tasks that we were not able to do 6 months ago, like touching each finger to his thumb, holding a pencil correctly, writing with the same hand, drawing a cross, and buttoning three buttons. DONE NO PROBLEM!!!!!!!

We stopped on the way home from school yesterday I told him he could pick out any toy he wanted in the toy store, he got a matchbox car, it cost $1.00.

Oh man I am so proud of him, I am just so happy, he has no idea but me I have a huge smile on the inside. Last Thursday when he came downstairs at bedtime and told me he wanted to show me he could eat a banana, I was just so excited about opening that banana!!!!!!! I can’t thank Leah and Heidi for helping Nathan get to where he is today. We end with a quote from Nate " Dad I love Cheeseburgers"

Grandpa and Aunt Mary visit

Caitlin gets a new dress from Susan. She loves it!

Caitlin and Neshie enjoying breakfast.

A field trip to the fire station.

All the kids on the fire truck can you find Nate and Cait together

Nathan catches a flounder.

Books from Grandpa- THANKS!

Caitlin loved visiting with Aunt Mary.

Thanks for a great visit Grandpa and Aunt Mary. We had so much fun, we spent time at the beach and went out for a nice dinner. It was a fun relaxing weekend! Lets hope we can make the trip to England soon to visit all the family soon!

Ballet

Ready for Ballet- Nathan tells Caitlin " I am a marine you are a princess"

Her class getting ready.

She is second from the right--- oh so cute!!!!!!

Today was the big day. Caitlin loved ballet class, you should have seen her smile. She looked so cute!!!!

Labor Day Weekend

Carl catches a monster shrimp. We caught lots of fish but I was to busy taking them off of everyones lines to snap a picture!!!!!

Building a sandcastle with Grandma

Caitlin helps Grandpa with his birthday presents.

Eating smores yummy!!!

We had a great weekend. We went to visit Uncle Jeff and Aunt Susan. I told Caitlin we were going, her reply " I don't want to wear my big dress" hahah, the dress she wore in the wedding. They remember everything!

The Zoo

We took a quick trip to MD to visit Grandma and Grandpa Poe. A trip to the zoo was lots of fun. Caitlin liked the snakes the best. Nathan really likes turtles. We like reptiles, weird!


Caitlin fixes Grandma's hair.

Caitlin loved the snakes! Ew yuck!

First Day of School

Nathan and Caitlin ready for the first day of school (Nathan dressed himself!!!!)

Waiting to be picked up in the car line.

Leaving school with Nathan's teacher Ms. Shelly. They had fun!

Last Week of Summer 2009!

Wow where did it go so fast. The kids start preschool -5 days a week next week. I am nervous. I hope they are ready. I am a little late on this post but we celebrated Carl’s birthday last weekend. We had a fun day at the beach and a party with Granny and Granddad. This weekend was spent in lockdown as Nathan came down with something. His symptoms came on very suddenly and appeared flu like but what worried us the most was his extremely labored breathing. Carl braved the doctors on Saturday morning! THANKS DAD! He then had to take him to the hospital for a breathing teatment and a chest x-ray! THANKS DAD! We have a great doctors office, open on Saturday and Sunday. After he came home on Saturday he seemed to be getting worse but the office was closed. I was able to call the doctor he saw and she emailed more prescriptions to the Wahlgreen’s around the corner right from her phone so they were ready when I got there. All this while she was looking at his chart on her laptop as we talked on her cell phone! Now that is technology!
He is doing much better today and I told him he needs to be better by Tuesday so we can enjoy our last week of summer!
Here are a few pics of the week.





Happy Birthday DAD!

Caitlin loves to dance to silly songs. Nathan usually joins in the fun.

Yes a live rattlesnake!!!! UGHHHH , I love nature just not this kind and not near my house!!!!!

We got to babysit Chase for a day. The kids had so much fun, okay so did I. He has red hair, I always wanted one with red hair.

New Camera

Got a new camera so thought I would post some of the pictures. We have had a nice boring week. Carl and I celebrated our 6th anniversary with dinner and movie. The kids had a sleepover with Granny and Granddad. I had some alone time and it was awesome! It has been raining for three days straight! Will it ever stop?

Not much news!

Hello,
Wow , its August already where does summer go? Our days are spent at the pool and the beach. Nathan is doing great swimming and can almost make it across the pool alone. Cailtin just likes to watch or tell me to come to the steps so she can save me. Caitlin is completely potty trained and was easy once we realized just leave her alone and she will do all by herself. She is little Miss Independent! School does not start until after labor day but mom is counting the days. Carl has 2 ½ years time on station now and so we are anxiously awaiting word as to his next duty station. We really have no idea where we will go so I find myself getting a little depressed by it all but I know there is no use worrying about something I have no control over. If you know me you know that is easier said than done! So for now we sit and wait. One last thing, how could I forget. Nathan is doing awesome eating. If you bought stock in Tyson you might want to sell now. The last two trips to the store I have not bought any chicken nuggets! I know crazy, thought we would never see the day. He is eating Cheeseburgers, pasta, hotdogs....... and lets not forget those fruits and veggies (pears, apples, grapes, pineapple, broccoli, carrots.... WOW can you believe it. I owe all my thanks to his feeding therapists, Leah and Heidi. Thanks so much! Now for some pictures.







Nathan relaxing in Caitlin's ring

Caitlin just likes to wear her "takini" and watch.

Baby Chase, he lives next door he is almost three weeks old and not even 6lbs yet!!!!!

Caitlin dressed for Sunday school, check out the high heels! NO I DID NOT LET HER GO OUT THE DOOR WEARING THEM

A fun visit with Shelly!

Nathan crying because he doesn't want to eat pasta with red sauce but after a few minutes he came around.

Look mom all done! I can't find the picture I took of him finishing a cheeseburger!!!!

The kids have fun in the wind!

Summer fun!

My four year old listening to my i-pod!