It's Off!!!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hal-le-lu-jah!!

The helmet is off.  Damon wore the helmet for just under 3 months, and the results were amazing.  In the first visit they measured the diagonals of his head at 12.6.  They want the number to be at 6 or below.  Today's scan he was a 4.9 and completely done with the helmet.  The Orthotist was really happy with his results.  View Album for more pictures.

Namah's Visit

Namah visited us twice in one visit.  Say what??

Don left for Hawaii on Tues.
Namah's flight was cancelled on Wednesday afternoon.
Namah got on the evening flight to St. Louis and arrived in SA at 11:30pm
I woke all kids up and threw them in the car to pick up Namah.
Got home at midnight and threw kids back in bed.
Namah stayed with us until Sunday afternoon...said our good-byes...driver picked her up.
Namah called and said her flight was cancelled and she was staying until Wednesday.
We hopped in the car and picked Namah up for her second visit.
Don got back home Monday afternoon.
Cadynce had double ear infections.

So what did we do in between all that fun???  View Album for more pictures.

Baby Blessing

We had Damon dedicated at church this evening.  This picture was taken after the dedication and reception.

Damon 7 Months

A little photo shoot outside today.  Damon is low crawling all over the place, and he really wants to go in the grass.  Life just got a little harder:)

On the move.

Kinda liking the helmet now.

2013 Highlights

Take a look at our 2013 favorite pics.  I tried to put them in order, but somehow a few are out of place. I would fix it, but  "Ain't nobody got time for that." (YouTube video)  View Album for more pictures.

Best Zoo Trip

Donnie woke up and requested to go to the zoo...so that's what we did!  We followed our normal route, but when we showed up at the "boring" elephant they had just started "the show."  I've been going for 6 years now and never knew there was a show.  So we stayed to watch the elephant do tricks.  It was so cool and the best part was the end, when they had the elephant lay down and "trumpet."  Coolest thing I've ever seen at our zoo.  View Album for more pictures.

Christmas continued...

More pics we took on our cell phones.  View Album for more pictures.

Indiana Christmas

We spent two weeks with family in Indiana, and we finally got a white Christmas...it's been a while since that's happened.  We had a great visit and we even stayed an extra day so we could take our kids sledding.  We are so thankful for our families who feed us and let us hang out in their homes.  We're not exactly a small and quiet bunch:)  View Album for more pictures.

Our Christmas

The kids opened their Christmas presents from us before we make our road trip to Indiana.  They opened each gift with a lot of excitement...they really made us feel good.   View Album for more pictures.

Gingerbread House (A Beautiful Mess)

This morning we went to Donnie's school to decorate a gingerbread house.  The house was already put together, and all we had to do was add frosting and candy.  We had no plan, we just started frosting and sticking as much candy on as we could.  We only had one hour...we showed up late...so we just went for it.  It was perfect!  No set up...no clean up...just fun.  The director's daughter held Damon the whole time which was a huge help.  View Album for more pictures.