This is ME!

For Sheldon's 3rd birthday I wanted to make him a book about his life. I was inspired by this quote:

So I checked out every picture book about adoption at the public library. I also read through the original messages from Blaine and Annie.  I used as much of their actual words as I could. I wanted to be thoughtful and prayerful how I told Sheldon's story. If he memorizes Go, Train, Go! and every other book we read to him, then I needed to choose just the right words. This is the first of many books I hope to make for our sweet boy. 

Updates

This video is Chris on February 21st. It is his second attempt at this new feature in the terrain park. Check out the next photo to see how he did on February 28th.

http://youtu.be/5r-U7qLKBCM

"This is me after riding that same terrain park feature yesterday. I hit this feature about three times yesterday with no issues. Until the fourth time when I stalled at the top and had to baiI. I managed to get on my edge which is not a good thing. My snowboard shot up toward the sky and my left shoulder into the hard packed snow from a height of 5-6 feet. The result, I have an AC Separation that requires me to go see the orthopedic surgeon this week to see if I will need surgery. I guess I needed the reminder that I am no longer 25-years-old."

The surgeon said he has a level 3 seperation that won't require surgery. He will be on light duty for 5 weeks. My husband is not the "sit-behind-a-desk" kind of guy, so this should be interesting. He is an amazing father and husband, but a horrible patient. I definitely don't need to worry about him getting addicted to pain meds because he refuses to take them. He also refuses to wear his sling. This makes for interesting looks at Costco while I'm loading all the heavy bulk items onto the belt and he is sharing a berry smoothie with the little ones.



And since I'm sharing medical updates, I'd like to thank everyone for their continued prayers for Tyler. Obviously they are working. It blows my mind to think that if I had followed the neurologist's recommendation instead of my Momma Instinct, he would be on anti-eleptic drugs for at least another year and suffering from the brutal side effects. Tyler has been completely off meds for 4 months now and we have not observed a single seizure. His EEG off meds in November indicated no seizures but he was borderline two different times in the 30 minutes. Exactly one month later using only Frankincense Essential Oil and he had his first completely normal EEG since he was diagnosed at the age of 7. We have been extremely blessed to have had complete seizure control with the meds all these years. So this is a bit nerve racking for me. Two more months seizure free and we will hit the important 6 month marker. Keep those prayers coming.

So what does a mom of three busy boys and stubborn husband do to keep from going crazy you ask?

Mid-??? Break

Around here we have Mid Winter Break. Most school districts tack on an extra few days to President's Day or take the whole week off. Either way, it is a chance for our family to head to the mountain and play in the snow. Unfortunately winter hasn't arrived yet. I heard it is the warmest winter on record for this area. So last minute we changed our plans and headed to Cannon Beach. It was 64 degrees and blue sky.

 Daddy's little helper.

Apparently Sheldon thinks it is helpful to imitate a beached whale when I'm trying to get a photo of all four boys and Brek. Silly boy.

 Sheldon is obsessed with anything that pulls. He spotted this jeep and travel trailer toy when we went to buy wood. How could we resist those sweet blue eyes?

 After dinner we headed to the beach, again. We timed it so we could explore during low tide.

We spent our last day exploring Seaside. You can't go to Seaside

without feeding the seals and touring the aquarium.

 Tyler rode a mechanical bull that looked like a shark.

Since we didn't get to play in the snow,
Tyler wanted Sheldon to practice skiing on the carpet.

Well done Coach Tyler.

Check out that new haircut. Sheldon was so brave. It was the first time in FOREVER that he didn't scream bloody murder during the entire thing. He was able to tell us he doesn't like the "windy." So we made sure the hair stylist didn't use the hair dryer.

Click on link for haircut video:

http://youtu.be/okbH7bDbl4A