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I guess the daily challenges of life have gotten in the way of our blog updates! Ya think??
So since my last post we have been VERY busy!!! We had a great busy summer. We were able to do some camping, traveling to visit family, parties and cookouts with friends... but the best was taking the boys on their first trip to New York City! We were given some great tickets to go see the Yankees play in the new stadium. The boys LOVED it! We were given tickets that were just to the right of the Yankee dugout and 18 rows up from the field. We spoiled the boys while at the game of course and we got a great deal on on hotel right in the city. They were amazed at the sights, smells and sounds of the city. They can't wait to go back. They got to ride the train there, rode in their first taxi ride and subway ride. We had great food, great shopping and an all around wonderful time... we can't wait to take them back.
Andrew continued his horseback riding therapy (Hippotherapy) this summer at Medicine Horse. As always, he loved it. We've seen some huge improvements this year. He continues with PT, OT and speech to help him achieve his goals. He had a doctors appointment with his Orthopedic doctor here with a great report. He shows no signs that he will need heel cord lengthening at this time. His hip, knees and ankle xrays looked great. His hip dysplasia that was forming is no worse than before his Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery. Although his heel cords seem tight to us and he tends to have days where he walks on his toes aggressively, the Ortho said that he does not need surgery yet! whew! Basically, Andrew has gone through a huge growth spurt this summer and his body can't keep up. So we have to just stretch stretch stretch. Otherwise, he's doing great. He's started first grade this year and is coming along nicely in school. Today was picture day, can't wait to see them! Will post when they come in. :)
Matthew had a fun filled summer playing t-ball again this year. He really seems to like it and loves the Yankees. His favorite part of the summer was going to see them play in real life. He was excited to get to see Jeter hit a home run too. He's doing great in kindergarten... Can't believe he is actually in school now. He has a hard time getting into the routine of the classroom, but seems to be learning a lot. He's doing a great job with reading... we're so proud of how talented he is when it comes to being creative. He loves to write his own books, staple them together and bring them to school to share with his class.
So we plan to try and get them into a winter activity. We're torn between Karate or just swimming. We would love to do both, but with it both being on Saturday, it may not be possible.
We've been so busy and we're looking forward to the holidays... yes, holidays already.
Hopefully we can update our blog more often. I guess if we continue to keep it up, we won't have to write such long ones all at once!
Check out some of our pictures from our busy summer...
