Gotcha! Three years ago today.....

We were as scared as Evan on this first night.


Somewhere in all that winter wear is Evan. He loves going to the zoo.



Even with all of the challenges that Evan has brought in to our lives we couldn't love him more. Happy Gotcha Day Evan. We Love You!

We're going to STATE!

We're going to State!!! Emma's meet was wonderful. I am so proud of her!!! Here are her scores. Vault - 9.225 (got 4th place), Bars - 7.950, Beam - 8.30 (got 4th place) and Floor - 8.050. She finished 7th overall in the all-around. These are the best scores on every event. Yeah Emma!

No! No! No! No! more times than I can type

Evan just said no to me with the touch cue about 30 times. That's how long his silly Mommy took to figure out what he wanted. Who would ever believe you would be so happy to hear those words. Please pray that Evan's progress will continue that this rate for a while longer if not forever.

Blowing Bubbles

Yeah! Evan was able to blow bubbles tonight with his music therapist. They played like that for a half an hour. I am so proud of him. Sucking is the next task he needs to learn. I promise next week I will post about Emma's meet.

Sue

The whistle blower

We have a big moment to celebrate at our house. Evan can now blow a whistle. Yeah Evan!!! Now we will be working on getting him to suck and then the skies the limit.

Sue

It could be worse. It is in Quebec.

Good News at Shriner's

Yesterday Evan had an appointment at Shriner's to have his ears checked. He had surgery last month and it didn't go well. He had one severely ruptured ear drum and a tube placed in the other but there were concerns because there was so much scar tissue.

BUT, Evan could hear!!! He heard more than he has ever heard before. There is still a range that he is not hearing in but speech should be heard in all but the loudest places. Yeah Evan!