Cute

William is ready for bed as Abby reads a "Billy and Blaze" story to him. I'm so thankful that he enjoys reading now. Blaze is his favorite. He can even tell some parts of the different stories and he knows what's coming next!
Notice the little dog tucked under his arm? That's Asthma Annie, a real chihuahua, who tolerates his affections very well!

"The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them." Proverbs 20:12

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Happy Birthday, William!

Today my sweet William is 4 years old! We are praising the Lord for this precious little boy, for life, and for a full year of no hospital stays, no pneumonias, no significant lung issues, and the trache avoided! We know that God has protected us from so much and He's been far better to us than we could ever begin to deserve and we humbly praise Him for it all!

Psalm 30:4 "Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness."

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Good times

Been having lots of fun around our house lately, even with all the school and remodeling!







All boys love the Lone Ranger, right?

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Long Day

Yesterday was quite the long day. Amidst all the regular therapies, we saw William's eye doctor and found out what we really already knew. William's visual acuity is somewhere between 20/400 to 20/700 with best correction. Basically that just means he's legally blind. On the upside, his right eye seemed stable and maintained it's vision over the last 3 months. His left eye, however, was slightly worse. He is doing very well and compensates nicely. I am so thankful that we chose to have his implants when we did. I can't imagine him not being able to hear OR see. He really uses his sense of hearing and relies on it heavily. He uses either the sound of my voice or touch to find me. Again, very thankful for Cochlear Implants.


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Amusing

Okay, it's been awhile. William has been healthy for a significant amount of time, praise the Lord! School has been keeping us pretty busy. I have 6 in school this year, a first for me and I'm teaching 2 of them how to read. I've also discovered that Elly has Dyslexia, which has been a new challenge, but I think we're starting to get it. At least we've had an entire week of school with no tears - that's got to be good, right?
In keeping with the idea of school, I was recently emailed this list of "Why teachers lose their minds." I'm only posting the funniest ones...hope you enjoy them!



























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