It is finally summer break! I’m not sure who is more excited – me or the kids. I can’t say that our summer is going to be any less busy than our school year, but it does mean no lesson plans or assignments to complete! Grace and Samuel have been in Branson with my parents […]
Christian Standard Article
A friend of ours writes for the Christian Standard, and a few months ago he asked if he could write an article sharing our story. We are humbled and blessed that God is continuing to use our story to help others. We hope you enjoy his writing as much as we did! God Had Other Plans […]
Botox Progress #1
The splint Josiah has on his hand is one he has had for over a year. He has refused to wear it, and therapists had suggested to put it on him while sleeping. My response – I’m not messing with his sleep-because there’s not much of it! 🙂 Every time I would put it on […]
MRI-March 2015
Late night and early morning! I woke up with Josiah at 3:30 this morning to give Josiah his medicine and give him one last chance to eat and drink. He did eat, and thankfully was okay with going back to bed around 4. We were up again at 5:30 to get ready and be at […]
Progress!
As I fixed lunch and Grace practiced her violin, I hear Josiah say “I play music!” I looked down and this is what I saw–he had placed one chopstick in his right hand. All. By. Himself!!! This is the first time he has initiated using his right hand for anything! Therapy 8x a week is […]
DAISY Award – Part 4
I had really hoped to post for four days in a row. I was doing so well and had great intentions of finishing up and posting last night…then Josiah threw up. So I did what any good mom would do – I fell asleep right along with him! He does seem to be feeling better […]
DAISY Award – Part 3
Today’s blog post is super easy, since it consists of a simple copy and paste from InSight – News for University of Missouri Health Care System employees. A huge thanks to MU Healthcare Public Relations for allowing me to post the following article that was written for employees. We were also told our picture appeared […]
Daisy Award – Part 2
An overview of the DAISY Award celebration that we were able to be a part of. On Thursday morning we were up earlier than normal to head to the hospital. Josiah was happy to be going; he never is once we get there, but he sure likes to go. Our other kids joined us as […]
DAISY Award – Part 1
On Thursday morning, December 11, 2014, our family was invited to be a part of a ceremony for three of Josiah’s nurses. Each nurse, Renae, Kathy, and Kristen were awarded with the DAISY Award. While in the hospital each week with Josiah, we saw cards available to fill out to nominate outstanding nurses for the […]
November 2014
Aside from all the doctor’s appointments, we had plenty more going on in the month of November. On November 1st, we were honored to attend Jefferson City Cross-fit’s fundraiser they had put on for Josiah. It was called “Journey for Josiah” and they raised money for us to purchase gym mats for our basement play […]