UH-OH!!!!

Micah's favorite thing to say right now is uh-oh. Over the weekend he had a big uh-oh when we were at Waffle House eating breakfast. He loves to play with the packets of coffee cream. He got one, put it in his mouth and POP...it went all over the place. After it popped he was shocked and afraid that he was going to be in trouble. Then he saw that we were all laughing at him, so he thought is was funny as well. He made a huge mess! Cream was all over the floor, his face, hands and pants. Toddlers are so much fun!!!!

Splish Splash

We went camping over Memorial Day weekend. We love to camp and Micah is really starting to enjoy it too. He loves to be outside, so camping for him is a dream come true! This time we decided to take along a baby pool. This was his first time since the weather has gotten warmer in the water. At first he was not so sure about it, because he was cold. After a couple of minutes he was splashing around and having a great time. See pictures below.

Cold!!!!

Micah and Meme getting ready for the pool.

Micah's Boo Boos

I took Micah to the doctor yesterday for his 15 month check-up. I did not realize that he would be getting 4 shots. I hate having to hold him down while he is screaming his lungs off in pain. It takes a while for them to give 4 shots, but while I am holding him down it seems like an eternity. He enjoyed looking down at his Bugs Bunny bandaids when his sweet little legs were exposed. Today he has 3 bruises in the spot where the shots were given. Poor little guy! See pictures below.

Cutie Pie!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

This is a picture of one of my best friend's newborn baby boy. His name is Luke. Her due date with Luke was May 12th or 13th. The entire time that she was pregnant, I told her that she would have the baby on my birthday. She would always say that there was no way she would go that far past her due date with her THIRD baby. She did not quite make it to her due date with her first two. Well, I was right!!! Luke was born last Tuesday, May 16th...MY BIRTHDAY! I told you so, Debbie! :) He was my favorite birthday present! The neatest part of the whole thing is that their first son was born on Charlie's birthday and now their third son was born on my birthday.

Mother's Day and Birthday

I have not posted in a few days. The last week has been an emotional one and I have not felt much like blogging. There are several items that I have wanted to blog about, so over the next couple of days, I will probably post several different things.

Last weekend my family got together to celebrate mine and my brother's birthday. My birthday is the 16th of May and his is the 26th. My mother always took advantage of this growing up and we usually had combined birthday parties. I remember one year we had a combined party and his theme was race cars and mine was clowns. I think it was clowns...at least that's what the cake was. The two go together so well! :) My mom was always great about making us a homemade cake that she decorated herself. I guess that is probably one of the things that I remember most about my birthdays growing up. Well we celebrated this year by taking a trip to Lake Burton and grilling hamburgers, fishing and playing at the park. Our children were the ones running around all over the place having a wonderful time. My, how time flies!!!! I can remember when I was a little girl swinging on the swings and sliding down slides. Now, I am standing by my toddler has he begins to experience these wonderful and innocent things of childhood.

The next day was Mother's Day. My parents went to church with us. I really enjoyed the service. All the mothers received a rose and a devotional book. I held my rose during the entire service and the thoughts going through my mind was how blessed I am to have a son! I just pray that I can be half the mom to Micah that my mother was to us. Most of all, I want everything I do in raising this child to be pleasing to God.

After spending the weekend celebrating with my mom, we traveled to Young Harris to see Charlie's parents. That night we took Micah to this huge play place in town. They had a toddler section and he had the best time running around there.

Having fun at the park!

I liked this picture! Micah looks so cute on that big playground.

One happy family!

The toddlers loved riding down the hill in "The Big Red Car!" That is my dad getting ready to push Micah. My brother is sitting in the chair. He usually does not look that goofy...and that is a Mountain Dew can in his hand. :) He does act the part though!!! His son, Kaden is waiting his turn for a ride in the car.

Another Crazy Resturant Experience!!!

Charlie was off work today, so we went out to eat Chinese food for lunch. The Asians in the resturant really love my little blonde headed boy! Every time we go in there, a couple of the waiters come over the the table and either rub his head, stroke his cheek or shake his hand. The rest of the time they stand in the back of the room and wave at him. Micah loves the attention, so he stares at them the entire time and waves back. There was one waiter today that came to our table several times just to talk to Micah. The last time that he came to our table, Micah was chewing on a wonton chip. He decided to share his chip with the waiter, so Micah threw it into the pitcher of tea that he was holding. That was some what embarrassing. Charlie saw the waiter go to the back and poor out the entire pitcher of tea.

YUCK!!!!

Our friend David from Alabama came up for a short visit last night. Today we took him out to our favorite restaurant in town for lunch. We were telling David how much Micah hates meat and refuses to eat any meat that is put in his mouth. I decided that I would prove it to David by feeding Micah some of the meat from my taco...BAD IDEA! Micah opened his mouth wide and I shoved it in. He tasted it and tried to gag to get it out. That did not work, so he stuck his finger down his throat and throw-up came out of his mouth like a snake and hit the floor. How embarrassing. I guess Micah is telling me that he is a vegetarian.

Not Again!!!

We had broken a record, not having visited the doctor in over a month. That record ended last week when Tuesday we were at the ENT for surgery follow up and then we were back at the pediatrician's office on Thursday. Micah received a good report from the ENT, so what happened over the next 48 hours??? I decided that it was time for a visit to the doctor when he started to get an eye infection which was his forth over the last several months. We came home from the doctor with SIX prescriptions. Micah has been battling with allergies for about 6 weeks now and the doctor believes that the allergies are what is causing his eyes to become infected. For that, we got Nasonex and a small expensive bottle of eye drops. Both of those the doctor gave to us, so for that we were grateful. Next we received an antibiotic (NOT AGAIN) for his ears which were not infected, but inflamed. They have been bothering him for quite a while, so I'm sure that's why. I really hate that he is still in such pain with his ears after getting tubes. Micah also has severe constipation. The antibiotics act as a stimulant for that, so after being on those for about 4 months, his body became dependent upon them. He is now on a stool softener and fiber supplement. Well, the last ailment is Exzema. Exzema is spread all over his back and stomach. We were given a cream for that and it is working wonderfully. We are going to have to be careful with him when we have him outside. That is when the Exzema tends to flare up. Poor little guy! He is a real trooper about taking his medicine though.

On a more positive note...Micah is doing much better today. The eye infection is gone, the Exzema is fading, the Nazonex seems to be helping with the allergies and he is not having as hard of a time going to the bathroom. The only think that seems to still be bothering him is his ears. I just hope that we don't start this all over again.

Update on Micah

Well, I have not posted since Easter. Charlie had Spring Break and we spent a good bit of it out of town visiting family. I started this blog mainly to keep people updated on Micah, so today I will post about that since I have not done so in a while.

We have not been to the doctor since March! I can't believe that! For about three to four months we were at some sort of doctor's office nearly once a week. Micah is still getting therapy once a week. He has done really well since receiving his tubes, but is still behind on some things. The latest update that his therapist has given us (last week) is that she strongly believes we are dealing with a motor planning issue. We don't really know the cause of that. It could be how Cerebral Palsy will affect him, because the therapist said that the area of his brain that deals with motor planning has probably been damaged. Right now, we are having to teach him how to do certain things...one being getting into a standing position. We are having to take him through the steps and prompt him to do it. He will eventually be able to do it on his own after the process is programed into his brain enough times. This does make Micah a bit slower then other children his age, but the ability is there for him to do most anything after being shown the process. He is also behind with his language skills right now after having had fluid in his ears for such a long period of time. He may have some mild hearing loss at this point. He goes the his ENT for his surgery follow-up tomorrow, so he will tell me what our next step should be with that.

On a positive note...Micah is doing new things almost everyday. His new thing now is to try and mimic what Charlie and I do. Micah's favorite thing to do is go outside. He would stay out there all day. He get's upset when the door is opened and closed and often walks over to the door and points. He is such a precious gift from God! I think of all the stages that Micah has been through, I am enjoying this one the most. He is getting into more things, but he is so much fun to be with!