Sports Weekend!

 Josiah's Fan ("iah")

It was a great weekend of basketball! Josiah's team came up with their first WIN! Josiah scored the point to tie it up, they went into OT and won by 1 point....it was exciting! Then they won their second game too! Very fun after all the not-so-good games they've had this season! :) Sam's team won 2 out of 3 games this weekend and took 3rd Place in their tournament. We got home today in time to watch the football game....which proved to be very sad for the 2 Bears' Fans in our house. So, guess you could sum it up by saying we had a busy weekend of sports!

I heard a miracle testimony that I have to share. My friend, Kristi, who has been fighting cancer (brain tumor) skyped the Bethel prayer room on Sat. morning. We have friends who are at a conference in Redding, CA and arranged this time of prayer for Kristi. She had lost most of her sight (due to the radiation) in the last month and today she said it was 30% better and could see the words to the songs on the screen at church!!! Praise God!

Abby had her 2 year check up this week. I was a little bummed that she didn't make the growth chart for weight (shouldn't be surprised with how little this girl likes to eat...with the exception of rice and mac and cheese). I had taken her off Pediasure thinking maybe that was filling her up too much to where she didn't want food. Dr. suggested to do 6-8 oz. of Pediasure again. She is 21.5 lbs and 32 inches which is a 6 1/2 lb. increase and 3 inches of growth in 5 months! I just can't believe how much she is changing! Her hair is getting so long. No more grey either (literally she had grey hair strands....doc. said malnutrition causes this). Finally found something she will keep in her hair for a headband...PREWRAP! Remember the pre-wrap that goes around ankles b/f adding tape if you have a sprain? Well, they make it in all sorts of colors now and girls are using it in their hair. Decided to give it a try for Abby and IT WORKS! I think it is light enough that she forgets it. :)

The dr. also suggested that we get private speech therapy going in addition to the school district langauage therapy she gets once a week. She is not able to get the concept of blowing or sucking a straw. We thought it was cute when she tried to blow her birthday candles out by blowing air out her nose, however. We have been working on blowing bubbles and opening her mouth to blow like crazy. Didn't realize that would be such a hard thing to do! She can't say the first consonants that are suppose to come, either because of this issue...b and p's require that burst of air to come out. A cute thing she does say now is, "Scott!" (daddy). Can't really type it like she says it, but more like COT! Guess she is just imitating me. :) Still love Josiah="iah", Sammy="ammy" and the way she is turning everying into a gun and shouting, "Moom, Moom" for Boom, boom. Yes, she has older brothers! :)