Donation

Thank you to the Hamiltons for their gracious donation in our name to the Ronald McDonald House in Ann Arbor. This will help many family in the same situation! We all thank you!!!!!! Ian is now on the move and walking all over! Your prayers are working more than ever!


Happy 17 month birthday, Ian!!!!!!

End of June....

What does the end of June bring....St. Stan's, lots of polka dancing, definately a hot fry for a night cap AND.......the Neering/Mosiers! Rachelle is in town with Molly and Ryan. They came over for a play date and boy did we have a blast. The kids are the same ages 5 & 3. For those of you who know the Neerings.....what is Greg doing in this picture? Boy does Ryan look like his Uncle Greg! What life would be like if they lived in Michigan! Texas or bust in 2012!

Thanks for the laughs, the toys and most of all the friendship! We miss you already! K-line!

What a face!

Look at this face.....next time someone else can try and tell Greer "no" to something. Thank you, Neighbor Larry for the hats and toys! We will call when it is tea time. :)

I can do it, too!

Ian was trying to do everything E an G were doing a the park tody. Our friends Mari and Milea met up with us to have some fun as well. :)

Tough Girl

Is this girl from the Bronx or what? Greer is a ball of laughs to have around. This was her "Stink Eye" as she put up her dukes at me.

A Lesson In Archery

Last I took Easton to the State Park for a lesson in archery. Thanks to Papa it was a huge success! Easton loved it and can't wait to go back next week with his Dad! He called Dan at work and tol him all about it and is counting the wake ups for them to go back.

Pudding Pops Gone Bad....

Greer is much like Cookie Monster when she eats. Just watch them both one time and you will immediately see the similarities. Here was an example of eating a simple pudding pop. Notice she does not get a shirt when she eats these.
Master of eating Pudding Pops. Who knew that they would love them as much as their mom!

Starts out clean but as you saw.....ends up a mess! God love her!

Maturing by the minute! He is so ready to come to work with Mom in the fall. I can't wait to see him in the classroom whenever I have a moment. :) His peanut allergy will not be so nerve racking either with me close by.

Opened our minds...

Today our journey began with a trip to one of our favorite stomping grounds...THE SAGE LIBRARY! We played with Miss Lindsay and picked out some doozies of books and a flying squirrel puppet. If you are looking for a good book sure to make you laugh....try Bark, George. We have read it so many times we now own our own copy. Duck At the Door is another favorite. After we opened our minds to reading at the library we grabbed some lunch and headed to the best park ever....OUR BACKYARD!

Ian had fun exploring textures. I put his big boy shoes on him and made him walk the yard with me. It was exhausting for us both and we both shed some tears...his were in frustration, mine were of joy. To see him teeter tottering along the fence brought so much emotion to the surface. We were not given much hope that this was ever going to be a possibility...once again..Miracle Boy made it happen. One small step for Ian, one giant leap for a cure!

Talent...I can walk and still take pictures at the same time...kinda.

Ian was getting a head start for Daddy.....mostly used it for balance. :)

If I could only get this thing to move!

That's one giant bird up top!

Slip and Slide and Scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pool, Roller Coaster and Slip and Slide all were on the circut today.....then comes......

WATER BALLOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ian just sat adn watched with envy. It is just too hard and risky to let his Broviac get wet and possibly an infection. Until then, we will stay dry together. Thank goodness in Ian's mind that Michigan summers are so short.

State Park Fun

Yesterday we traveled to the State Park to give Dan some quiet sleep time after a long night at work. Ian had his say on everything the kids did. Today he has been up and walking with my assistance holding his hands. If there is a wall or couch for support he cautiously takes steps on his own much like a 1 yr. old. I am hopeful in a month he will be up and running on his own again once he gets rid of his "sea legs" and has to the wear the Miami-J collar less. He was only walking before the surgery for 6 weeks and it has now been 6 weeks since the surgery. Spins and spins and spins as she giggles and giggles and giggles! That would be our Greerzy!

Easton is getting more and more daring with his skills on a jungle gym. He now goes to the gym with Dan for man time. I think he goes there to avoid taking a nap.

Look at this little Trooper! He is so happy this week. It makes us all feel so good. Each day this will get easier as we all continue to accept and adjust to our new lifestyle for the next few years. Again thank you to all of the wonderful support from friends, family and community members. We could not do this alone. It really does takes a village to raise a child.

Linda the children love their hand made quilts from Minnesota. I will try to get all three of them bundled up for a picture. :)

Spray Park Fun

Looks like Ian found Greer's sunglasses or is that Elton John? Ian was checking out the goods under his shirt.

Goofy girl!

Goofy guy!

So happy to be out with his family!

Karate moves .....

Famous "Rump Shaker" from Greer.

Today the whole family ventured to Midland to the spray park. Dan was thrilled to ride his motocycle there as we followed. He loves it when I suggest that! It gets me good points as well. :)

For those who are interested, I am on the committee that is bringing our very own spray park to the Bay City State Park. If you would like to buy a brick or bench please let me know. I have plenty of donation forms. The bricks are an easy $25/$50 way to get your family or loved one's names to be remembered forever in the path around the park. We are hopeful that it will be up and splashing by 2010! I know the Andersons will be there everyday!