"Happy Birthday Nate"

I cannot beleive my baby is 7 years old today!!! He is growing up way too fast!! He is such a blessing to us. I don't know how we ever survived with out him. He has been through so much this past year. Yet He continues to amaze us.

We Love You Nate and are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy that God chose us to be your Mommy and Daddy!!!!

May 2003

May 2010

"My little FIRST BASEMAN"

Nate is really loving baseball this year. He absolutely loves being the first baseman. He said there is nothing like getting a guy out at 1st. lol Last week, we played Summiton and their boys were so much bigger than Nate. It looked like the Varsity playing Pee Wee!!!

We talked to the neurologist about him playing ball and the only condition he had was that he couldn't wear a hat. (because he doesn't sweat!) So we ordered him a visor instead. He knows when he's getting too hot and he runs off of the field for someone to wet him down. I really hate that he has to deal with this at such a young age. But his doctor seems to think that changing his medicine would do more harm than good. So for now He is doing a wonderful job dealing it. He amazes me everytime he steps out on the baseball field. He has come so far since the diagnosis last summer!! Please continue to pray for him!!

Spring Break 2010

Matt took off a couple of days this week and we went to Gatlinburg. We left early Monday morning and came back Wednesday night. It was a short but fun trip and I think the boys had a blast. Here are a few pics:

The boys LOVED the snow!!

It's Baseball Time Again!!!!

Its that time again!!! Since Nate is doing so much better, and after discussing it with Dr. Fequiere we have decided to let him play baseball again. He has been begging to play since they gave out the notes at school. He went back to the doctor a few weeks ago and he is doing great. We still have weekly migraines but we are learning to deal with them.

"Gotta Have His Boots"

Every morning when Nikolas wakes up, the first thing he looks for is his boots. If you will notice, they are a little big. They were Nate's Croc boots and Nikolas found them in his closet and FELL IN LOVE with them, especially since they were his bubby's... He wants to wear them all the time!! With socks, without socks, with pants.................."WITHOUT PANTS"

"Soooooooooooooooo Much Better"

Nate is doing wonderful. He loves first grade and absolutely loves his teacher, Mrs. McCown. He has been sleeping through the night since school started. He has also been sleeping in his bed. We went for the MRI about 3 weeks ago and it was NORMAL. Thank You LORD. He still has the epilepsy but there is no tumor causing it. Which means that it can be treated with medication. He is still taking Topamax, they have increased it to 75 mg daily. One in the am and 2 in the pm. We go back to Dr. Dabbs next week and to Childrens in a couple of weeks to meet with a neurologist and for an over-night EEG to make sure the meds are working like they want them to. He has NOT had any seizures that we know of in weeks. Thank you all for your prayers. They are greatly appreciated. We still need them.

"Not So Great"

Nate started out doing great on his medicine until....... they changed it to 2 a day. The first day, he laid in bed all day. We couldn't get him up. He said that he just felt like it was a lazy day and he didn't feel like getting up. The second day, he tried to do the same thing but Matt and I decided to get him out of the house and take him to the IMAX to see Transformers 2. That was great until that night. I guess it was too much excitement and he had 2 seizures during the night. So, he slept all day the next day. This week has been terrible. He is sooooo scared of EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING. He will not even go to the bathroom by himself. So, that means Mommy can't go by herself either. I find myself getting aggravated at him a lot, but I just have to keep telling myself "He can't help it" I just really wish he could be his old self. Before he was so mischievous. Now, he's a couch potato. It amazes me that one day everything is fine and the next, your whole world and way of living is turned up side down. The fits that the doctor warned us about has started. He has moment where he gets sooooo upset about the smallest of things. One minute he's fine and the next he has these rages of anger. And I think he has started to realize it too. Tonight he got upset and started to scream and stomp around and he looked at me and said, "Mommy just hold me down". What do I do? It is so hard. I am SCARED TO DEATH to send him to school in 3 weeks. He starts to school on the 11th and then the 13th he goes to Children's Hospital for more tests. Keep your fingers crossed that when we go to Children's we will get answers.


NIKOLAS: is doing great. I haven't even mentioned him in a while. (I know, I'm a bad Mom) He is 19 months old and the last few day he has used to potty more times than his diaper. He will run through the house yelling "Potty Mommy" It is so cute and sad at the same time. He is sooo smart. My goal is to have him completely out of diapers by his 2nd birthday. And right now his big thing is Nate's Nintendo DS. He really thinks he's playing the games and he cries for it when Nate has it. And he cries to go and see my Mom and Dad every morning. I forgot my camera at my Moms but as soon as I get it back I will post recent pictures of him and Nate.