Bowling and Beach weekend

We had a fun weekend! Took the kids bowling on Saturday and the beach in Florida with friends on Sunday. They had a blast!

Check out Shane

Shane did great at his appointment at the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta yesterday! We got the test results from the first blood test he did about 4 months ago, it said that he didn't have Fragile X syndrome and is not genetic. The doctor said about 80 percent of Autism cases have no known cause.

family pics part 2

Shane's Appt.

So we had Shanes appt. with the biomedical doc in Macon GA today! It was great and informative. The results won't be back for a while though. For now they said it was great that I started the GFCF diet, and I am gonna start giving him cod liver oil, a probiotic and digestive enzymes and also some diflucan to kill yeast in his gut. His gut may not be absorbing all the nutrients so they are gonna check his stool too. Once they get the blood results back then they will go over it and see if we need to do anything else.

Family Pics

Its SOO hard to get a good family picture of us, but we tried!!

small update...

Shane has been doing really really good lately! Everyone that sees him, like his speech therapists and my friends all say they notice he's been making eye contact a lot and generally seems happy, like he's always smiling and laughing now. That makes me so happy! The diet has been hard, but we are trying. He's still not fully off of gluten stuff, but the majority of his food is dairy and gluten free. Also, I started giving him some really good quality (ie. expensive!) liquid vitamins 3 times a day made specifically for children with autism. I think they help a lot too.

He goes in to see the Biomedical doctor in Macon, GA on Monday. I know they are going to run a bunch of tests on him, (like toxicity levels, specific allergens, etc), but we will have to wait a couple months for those results. I hope he does ok! Then he goes back to Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta on Aug. 18. Lots of doc appts!

Early intervention services for Shane will end when he turns 3, October 15th, and they recommend him starting special ed school then. Mike and I are both unsure about this yet, he seems so young! But they want to start him off 2 days a week I think, half days. Any body have any thoughts about this?

Makenna starts her school on Sept.8 I can't wait! I have also enrolled her in a beginners ballet/tap dance class! I am so excited for her to start!

Me and my babies...

Also... an update on my niece Isla.... She has been diagnosed with infant epilepsy. I am so sad. She will have to take medication for it. Doctors haven't found the cause of it. I personally think it was because of the vaccines. Thank you for your prayers...

Please pray

My sister's 6 month old baby girl has been hospitalized, because she has had 5 seizures in the last week. She got her 6 month shots last week and the next day had 2 seizures. The doc sent her home and said everything will be ok. She then had 2 more the the day before yesterday and again yesterday and went back to the ER. At the hospital, she had another seizure that the doctors saw so they are going to transport her to another hospital. Most likely it will be Trippler, in Hawaii, hopefully so that family can be there to help her out. I am so worried.

Random Kids Pics

Lil Miss Model



I love it when Shane's happy when he wakes up!

Makenna is braver than I am!

Took the kids to Wild Adventures Water park today, Makenna sat next to a bobcat then held this snake! She loved it!

Weekend trip to Wilmington, North Carolina

We had a fun time this past weekend in North Carolina. Mike got to see old high school buddies he hadn't seen in almost 20 years! I finally got to meet most of his best friends from high school, and they were so nice and cool. His friend PJ's wedding was so nice, on the beach! The long 9 hour ride wasn't too bad, kids were great! Here are some pics from our trip:




The gang


PJ and his new wife Nicole





My handsome lil guy


Mike and Adam



Mike, Chris, and PJ








Mike and Dave


Mike, Jeff and Dave

On the way back we stopped in South Carolina and had dinner with Mike's cousin Donna, who I finally got to meet, along with her husband Rod and son Ethan. It was so nice to see them! Unfortunately we forgot to bring our camera so we don't have any pictures with them.

Happy 4th of July!

We ended up going to a friends house for a bbq then downtown to the Valdosta fireworks show. Makenna really wasn't up for much so we pretty much stayed low key. Shane seemed to like the fireworks, Makenna , not so much. She is scared of loud noises.

Makenna has been doing really well after the surgery. She HATES taking her medication though but is doing a lot better than expected. She is a little whiney and hasn't been talking much but she hasn't been bad at all.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend. Mike has Friday and Monday off so its a nice 4 day weekend for him. Then next weekend is our trip to North Carolina to see his friend PJ from high school. He's getting married and its gonna sorta be a high school reunion with all his friends. We are leaving GA on Friday and getting back on Monday, so it will be a short trip. We also plan to make a quick stop to have lunch with Mike's cousin Donna in South Carolina on drive up. I can't wait, I have never been to Wilmington, NC and it sounds like such a cool place. I will be taking lots of pics! I hope the drive will go smoothly! Its about 9 hours, ugh!

Makenna's Tonsillectomy

Her surgery was early this morning and she did GREAT! No crying or whining at all! The nurses all said she was such a good girl. We just got home and she's resting now. Today shouldn't be so bad but the doctor said she will be in pain tomorrow and the next couple days, so we will see how she does then.


BEFORE the surgery!




My friend Ashley came by to visit Makenna!


AFTER surgery


She loved her tinkerbell balloon!