March?!

Where has the time gone? I really can't believe it is the end of February already. CRA-ZAZY!!!! We are going to a Vegas night fundraiser for the PTO at Drew's school on Saturday. Drew is going to have a blast--his cousins are coming over to hang out. I see Rock Band in Drew's future!!!

We go on March 6th to have his plate removed from his hip surgery. It has been 6 months already! He won't need a cast or anything, just some rest and more rehab. Our next adventure is the Lokomat, a gait training device that uses robotic 'legs' and computer programming to pattern walking. It is at Children's/DMC rehab in Novi, and we will go 3x per week for 8 weeks. The sessions are an hour each. Hopefully, this will improve the brain/muscle connection and create pathways so the brain will communicate with his muscles and he will realize he has the capacity to walk. Then, it just a matter of balance, strength, coordination and putting all of that together on a regular basis! easy peasy. tee hee.
He loves to move, and is ecstatic when he is 'walking'. Challenger baseball starts soon...we are so excited!
We hope all is well...holla!

Catching up

I can't believe it's already almost the end of February! Time flies. We had winter break last friday, mon, tues and back to school on Wed. I kept Drew home today due to icky snot and coughing. We will see if he is better for school tomorrow.

As I write this....he is still crabbing in his bed, fighting sleep. UGH! We are looking forward to Spring...since I think snowmobiling may be done for the season. At least for us!!

Oh, and now for a new installment of 'is it just me, or...':

Is it just me, or is 'The Office' the freakin' funniest show on TV?!?!?

K, gotta check on my crabby-wonderful child...cold season sucks!!!
Terri, we love and miss you!!!!!

Sledding /Girls Bday with the fam January 2009

We had a great time with the Madigans and Smith-Jasinski's at the cottage...sledding, snowmobiling, playing games and cards. Happy Birthday Kylie and Morgan!!! Drew loves having his people around him. We do to!

up north again

We just got back from the cottage, but this weekend was not as fun at the last one where the fam came up for 'Winter Classic' 2009. I will post pics once I get my PC back. That is where all the pics are stored and it fried last week. Hopefully Dave can work his magic and fix it!
This weekend was a somber one for us...we found out on the way up that our dear friend and neighbor John passed away on Thurs. night. He had numerous health problems the past couple years, but died from pnuemonia. He was only 67 and Chris met him on a walk the first year up there...1996. That was his first year up there too. He retired early from GM due to heart problems, and we shared a lot of dinners, converstations, and coffee. He was a cool guy and will be missed.
We did go snowmobiling for a while, but it was very cold. Drew gets bored on the straight-a-ways, but totally loves the trails! All of those dip-hilly-thingies crack him up! We had to stop a few times to make sure he was laughing and not crying! He was so bundled up, but I could see the smile in his eyes! He was a trooper thru the funeral arrangements too, and it never ceases to amaze me to see him get stressed when he feels our sorrow. Such an empath!
We are home now and looking forward to seeing friends this weekend at the Superbowl party. Go Cards!!!! Chris is going for the Steelers, but I want Kurt Warner, I mean the Cardinals to win! We are betting a whole dollar on the game. Fingers crossed, y'all!!!!

Almost 1/2 way there!

Usually, I begin my 'Days till January is over' countdown on the 1st or 2nd of the month. I just realized it is the 12th, and I haven't started the countdown yet! WOOO HOOOO! Maybe it's cuz the snow has distracted me...it is so pretty when it snows. Plus, we can play in it! Maybe it because Drew is cracking me up lately. He is kicking his legs right now, watching the Irish dancers on 'Superstars of Dance'. Watching Chris incorporate the 'curly shuffle' in his dance is good for a few giggles as well.
I so want to take Drew to 'Monster Trucks', but they are coming on the 17th, and we won't be home that day. I think he would love the monster trucks and all the activity. The noise would bug him at first, but he would adjust to that quickly. He is such a boy. Ever since he was really little, the more smash-up, crash-up the better. We used to have Elmo vs. Barney Smackdowns and such. Good times, good times. Oh, yeah...bodily functions kill him too. Boys!!

Facebook addict.

Hey, I need to get on here and post the pics of Tday and Christmas. This past week I have been immersing myself in all things Facebook. I joined months ago and didn't realize how cool it is! Check back soon!!!

Is it just me, or...

Can Christmas be over already? I am not being Grinch-y (okay, a little grinch-y) but Christmas is not nearly as fun as it was when I was little. Although, I gotta say that this year was really cool cuz Drew was so into Santa. He received a letter from Santa and was beaming, so proud. He was into the whole thing. We had a great time at Joan's. Played Wii Mario Cart and pictionary with the rugrats. Connor and Kylie killed the rest of us...it was cute to see how grown up they all are (morgan and erin were texting, probably eachother in the same room!!!) and B was helping out too. We are blessed to have such awesome cousins for Drew--we always miss Johnny, Matt, Mike, Steve now that they are adults and, sadly too far away. I will post pics another day.
We just got back from hanging out with Aunt Joan, Kylie, Erin and Morgan at Canturbury village then Connor's championship tourney game. They won!!! A very close and suspenseful game, they won by one basket. WHEW! We had a fun day.