Ride 'Em Cowboy

Case's 1st hayride at Uncle Beeper's 25th Birthday!

Case rides his 1st bull at Grammy and Poppy's farm.

When all else fails....

go to the store and invest in a bouncer. It has turned our cranky, demanding baby into a happy, independent baby-for the time-being at least.

Answered Prayers

1. Keith made it to and from PA safely and was able to visit with Grandma and his mom. Grandma was able to see some videos and pictures of Case.
2. Case and I made it safely too and from East Texas for my appointment and Harley's surprise party. While at my appointment, the doctor checked Case and told us as long as I bring him to my appointments he'll continue to watch him for any signs of neuromuscular disease. As it turns out my neurologist used to do pediatric neurology. This is a great relief to me because now I know someone will be watching Case should anything arise.
3. I had some tests done that we were very concerned about and the results came back completely normal.

Continue to remember our families in prayer. We have many who are suffering or going through hard times. Also, remember our friends, Comb and Simone. Simone is really enduring a lot of pain right now.

Laneigh

Prayer

Please be in prayer for our family as Case and I travel to Longview/Omaha today for my appointment with neurologist and for Keith as he travels tomorrow to PA to visit his Mom and Grandma. Pray for Grandma as her health declines that she might not suffer.
Laneigh

Bath Time

12 weeks old today!

Case now weighs 12.5 lbs and is smiling and babbling a lot. He has learned to roll over but he cries every time he does it. And he refuses to do it for the video camera. He enjoys bath time now too. He may be the next Michael Phelps. He has been eating a few bites of baby bananas every couple of days. He loves them. He stays awake now for 5 or 6 hours sometimes and he sleeps through the night every night. He is quite the ham!

Hurricane Ike Update

We are back home and we have power. Our neighborhood was one of the first to have power restored. Our house faired pretty well. We lost some shingles and we think there's a little water damage but other than that no problems. There was quite a bit of erosion in my flower beds we just worked on and the crepe myrtles were nearly uprooted along with the rose bush, but the fence remained standing along with the front pine tree. Our neighbors lost part of their fence and the other neighbor has a street sign in his back yard. Many neighbors' roofs look worse than ours and many lost trees. A lot of people on our street have friends and family staying with them because of the power outages. Businesses are beginning to open back up. Monday, when we got home, we had to wait in line to go into Wal-Mart. There was no cold stuff but we got free bananas. Stoplights are sporadic. The local stations have shown news around the clock until today. We are now getting bits and pieces of tv programs. Many school districts are closed. We are under a curfew. As of yesterday, we can drink our water again. The weather has been pleasant allowing everyone to enjoy being outside and opening windows.