Happy Birthday, Chad!!

Chad Ryan had a birthday last week!

We celebrated on Thursday because we had plans to be traveling on his birthday on Friday.

I cannot believe you are twelve Chad!!

We love your steady qualities, your gentle loving spirit, your mechanical mind, your quick wit and sense of humor, your integrity and strong character traits, but most of all your love for the Lord and your desire to live for Him.

You are a precious gift, Chad Ryan!

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Chad picked turkey veggie burgers, sauteed onions, cowboy beans, yam fries, and fruit stew for his birthday dinner! Good choices, Chad!

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He also chose an ice cream sundae bar for dessert!

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I will add these photos of one of our special guests at Chad’s birthday party!

Your welcome!

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Happy Birthday, Chad Ryan!!!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Appointments, Appointments

Well, hello there bloggy world!

This ‘ol blog is certainly a labor of love.

Between my wonderful hubby (and myself), we have spent hours upon hours trying to get this blog working again – just not all at one time, of course.

The only thing we have lost so far is the cute little teal wallpaper that used to be on the sides of the blog.

Praise, Praise!

And I will just give a shout out for You Tube as well. It was there that we finally found a tutorial that spoke “stay-at-home Mom and truck guy” computer language to tell us what to do to be able to download photos again!

So, ok then! Time to do just that, and update what is also my family scrapbook!

This month of December has been full of appointments – mostly for the little two.

Eliza’s routine one-year check-ups fell in this month, and then when the neurosurgeon canceled Tate’s surgery that was supposed to be on October 9th and scheduled repeat scans instead, she wanted them in December as well.

It is keeping us busy!

A week ago Wednesday, both Tate and Eliza had an appointment with the urologist.

Our double stroller was a blessing!

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Last Thursday we had seven dentist appointments scheduled, crazy as that sounds! It takes the whole morning!

I have to admit that I was shocked at how perfectly Eliza did! What a HUGE change for us!!

You are SO brave, sweet baby!!

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Tate does not fear things like this!

He did great too!

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Tate’s sedated MRI this Wednesday went very well.

Tate struggled more coming out of sedation this time, and we had our hands full leaving the hospital, coming home, and once at home. Sweet boy.

We are still so grateful for the child life gals that help our littles get through these procedures!

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We are supposed to be heading to Madison Monday morning for Tate to have a repeat sedated CMG. The predicted weather looks like it might change our plans, but we will just have to wait and see! We are prayerful that the Lord will see fit to allow this appointment to happen and be on this year’s insurance coverage.

When I look back at December’s calendar, I cannot believe all that has taken place!

Praise the Lord for all of the doctors, nurses and technicians that take care of our smiley precious Tate, and our sweet baby Eliza!!

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This month has been full of appointments of all kinds, and we are not slowing down over the next two weeks even with the Christmas and New Year holidays!

Tate will be having a repeat MRI tomorrow morning. We are thankful that this is done locally! Tate will be sedated. Our wait will be shorter, as they will be pinpointing areas that need repeat images instead of doing a complete brain and complete spine MRI.

This test and the test that Tate will have next Monday in Madison will help the neurosurgeon decide about the need for Tate to have surgery to untether his tethered spinal cord.

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Prayers for our little man are always coveted!! For not being able to eat or drink tomorrow morning, for IV placement, for clear imaging of what is needed, and for discernment for our neurosurgeon’s decisions. We are trying not to think about the need for spinal surgery right now and enjoy the blessing of Christmas, but having these sedated tests makes it a little hard to ignore!

Thank you for your prayers!

*I am having troubles with the blog at the moment, as I am unable to add any new photos, but hoping to get it all back in working order asap! It might be a little quieter here until then! If you would like to keep up with our crazy and check on Tate’s appointments – please click on the camera icon under the “follow me” button on the right side bar as I do post to Instagram still! You do not have to have an Instagram account to see my posts!