Update on the kids!

Preston and Madison are doing really good. They are keeping this mommy busy and I am wore out by end of the week. Madison was suppose to have eye surgery last week and it got postponed until next week. Now I am wondering if it is going to happen then cause of this swine flu going around. She is really talking now and she is so much fun. Her favorite thing to do right now is shop. She is 3 and I have created a monster. Every time we go somewhere she is like lets go shop. It is really funny but she is going to make me go broke. Preston is doing awesome he has been coughing the last few days and we are praying it goes away soon. He went swimming for the first time last week with my sister and her boyfriend at the YMCA. He had a blast he really loves the water and seems to be at home. The water helps relax his muscles and he can move easier. He are in the process of ordering him a gait trainer which will help him walk. We are excited to get that he wants to move. He is crawling a lot now on all fours. Well I wouldn't call it crawling it is more like hopping around. He is wearing his implants more and more. Tonight he said his first word besides mom. He said bye bye. Scott and I both heard him say it and we looked at each other with tears in our eyes. I couldn't get him to say it again but I am going to keep trying. It is great to hear him make new sounds and say words that we can understand. The other day his therapist thought she heard him say sissy but we haven't heard it since. I will post pictures soon.

Happy 8th Birthday Gabe!!

Gabe is 8 years old today. It is hard to believe that he is 8. Even knows I am his step mom I have been around since he was born. Scott and I started dating a month before he was born and I got to meet Gabe when he was a couple of weeks old. He is living with us part time now and it is taking some getting use to. He is a good big brother and Madison loves him to death. He comes home and she basically tackles him at the door. All she talks about all day is Gabe. Gabe is a really good kid and is doing pretty good in his new school. He has his days but what kid doesn't. He really has been through alot in 8 years. He lost his baby brother almost two years ago and his grandmother that he was very close to just a couple of months ago. He is one tough cookie. He is having a birthday party next week at Chuckie Cheese. I will post pictures then.

Preston got another hair cut

Preston hair grows fast. When we brought him home from the hospital he didn't have much hair at all due to all of the iv's. He didn't have a hair cut until he was like 2. Now it needs cut every other month or so. It is a chore to get it done. He doesn't like it most of the time. With his implants they fall off easy and part of it is because his hair was to long on the sides. I finally got tired of his hair looking really bad. He had a duck tail in the back that I couldn't get laid down. So we took him tonight to have it buzzed. He did not like it at all and they probably hate when we come into the salon with him. He fought the lady pretty bad and didn't like the razor at all. But he looks so much better and i have to say my little man is gorgeous. He is going to be a heart breaker when he gets older. Maddie didn't like them working on her brother but she did really good at sitting in a chair and watching. She is doing really well lately and we can not get her to shut up. She has not stop talking all day today and we are really starting to understand what she says. Her therapist are very pleased with what she has been doing lately. She is still delayed but she is getting better all the time.



Preston in the toy box










Preston before hair cut a couple of days ago










Preston after his hair cut









Preston from the side











Maddie being silly